Welcome to PAPPC
Welcome to the PAPPC website, a few of the features include: the ability to renew your membership or become a member, update your contact information, register for the annual conference, review and register for training, keep abreast of current initiatives and more!
A message from the president
Dear Colleagues,
Happy Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week to all PAPPC members!
As we celebrate Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week, the Pennsylvania Association on Probation, Parole, and Corrections (PAPPC) proudly joins Governor Josh Shapiro in recognizing the dedicated professionals who serve communities across our great Commonwealth. We are honored that the Governor has officially proclaimed this week in recognition of your invaluable contributions to Pennsylvania's criminal justice system.
Every day, you make a difference by promoting accountability, supporting rehabilitation, reducing recidivism, and helping individuals build safer, more productive futures. Your work calls for compassion, integrity, professionalism and is often carried out quietly and without recognition. Yet your impact is evident in stronger communities, safer neighborhoods, and the many lives that are transformed through guidance and opportunity.
This week, we celebrate not only what you do, but who you are—public servants committed to justice, public safety, and the belief that people can change.
Thank you for your unwavering dedication and service to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. On behalf of PAPPC, we wish you a meaningful and well-deserved Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week. We are proud to stand beside you and grateful for all that you do.
Respectfully,
Robert C. McGrath
Mission
The mission of Pennsylvania Association on Probation, Parole, and Corrections (PAPPC) is to support and promote best practice methods and professionalism in the field of juvenile and adult probation, parole, corrections institutional care and community supervision.
Membership
Professional membership is open to all persons who are professionally employed full or part-time in the prevention, control and treatment of delinquency and crime through their work in probation, parole, corrections and victim services/agencies.
Conference
The Pennsylvania Association on Probation, Parole, and Corrections (PAPPC) is committed to providing valuable professional development opportunities through its annual training institute and conference. This event is held each year within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and serves as a central platform for professional growth and networking. Venues are selected on a rotating basis in the western, central, and eastern regions of the state. While the conference benefits members, it is also open to non-members, who are encouraged to attend and join PAPPC.
Regional Trainings
In addition to the annual conference, PAPPC provides regional training opportunities for its members. Each region-western, central, and eastern- hosts annual training sessions led by carefully selected trainers or presenters. These training courses are offered free of charge as a benefit of PAPPC membership, further supporting professional growth and development. Recently, PAPPC has expanded its capabilities to include Zoom training, allowing members to access valuable content remotely at no additional cost.
The Journal
The Pennsylvania Association on Probation, Parole, and Corrections annual Journal comes out every Fall. The Journal aims to provide an informative voice to our members regarding all County, State, and Federal updates that affect and shape our chosen profession. The PAPPC Journal also features members and their respective departments showing some of the events that are occurring throughout the State all year. Please email: rmcgrath@westmorelandcountypa.gov if you or your department would like to be featured in the 2026 Journal.
Award Winners
Sarah Lind
PAPPC 2026 Adult Professional of the Year
A professional who is employed in Pennsylvania by an agency at the federal, state or local level which provides supervision to adults on probation or parole or is employed in an adult correctional institutional facility, including county jails, state, and federal prisons within Pennsylvania, employed in the field of community corrections, including private contract facilities or vendors who contract with state, federal or county governments, employed by county, state, and federal operated half-way houses or community corrections centers within the state of Pennsylvania.
Robert Dill
PAPPC 2026 Juvenile Justice Professional of the Year
A professional who is employed in Pennsylvania by a county juvenile probation department and supervises juveniles alleged or adjudicated delinquent or an agency which provides services to juvenile offenders referred by juvenile courts, including, but not limited to, detention centers, residential facilities operated privately or by the Department of Public Welfare, and out-patient or day treatment programs.
Sponsors
