Webcasts
Upcoming Web Events
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Implementing Effective Prison-Based Treatment Programs, National Reentry Resource Center
Developing effective prison- and jail-based programs that mitigate the likelihood that an individual will reoffend after release is important to policymakers and practitioners at the both the state and local levels. However, until recently little was known about which “behind-the-wall” treatment programs are most effective at decreasing criminal behavior, as well as which type is most cost effective.
This National Reentry Resource Center webinar will help policymakers and practitioners better understand how to design and implement “behind-the-wall” treatment programs that research has proven effective.
The webinar will cover the following topics:
- Research findings on the effectiveness of treatment interventions;
- Best practices for designing, selecting, and implementing programs;
- Successful cognitive behavioral interventions and how to train staff to deliver these interventions;
- Research findings on how the intensity and dosage requirements of an individual’s treatment plan varies based on his/her risk level;
- How to prioritize what programming an individual receives based on his/her risk level and the time until his/her release; and
- How an agency can monitor the degree to which its program is consistent with its initial design.
Attendees can ask the presenter questions about any of these or other related topics in the last 30 minutes of the webinar.
The presenter for this webinar is Kathleen Gnall, an independent consultant with extensive experience working with criminal justice professionals, policymakers, community and business leaders, social service providers, and members of faith-based and non-profit organizations to enhance public safety while improving individual outcomes. Ms. Gnall spent 17 years with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC), where she served as executive assistant to the secretary of corrections; the director of policy, planning, research, evaluation and grants; and the deputy secretary for specialized programs and reentry.
Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m. ETTo register for this webinar, click here.
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A Look at Faith-based Approaches to Offender Reentry, The Bureau of Justice Assistance's National Training and Technical Assistance Center
This webinar held on January 30, 2012, is intended to increase participant knowledge of faith-based approaches to reentry with an emphasis on how to become directly involved in and partner with community-based, social service, and government agencies to build a collaborative and sustainable reentry effort. Faith-based organizations will learn specific ways to support current reentry efforts using existing assets and resources, learn about the specific needs of formerly incarcerated persons and their families and how to address those needs, and learn about the impact that reentry and those returning from incarceration have on their specific communities. Best practice approaches to providing mentoring services and building networks of support for formerly incarcerated persons and their families are highlighted. To watch the webinar, click here.
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Building and Maintaining a Successful Non-Profit Board of Directors, National Reentry Resource Center
Managing a non-profit organization's board of directors can be a significant part of an executive director's responsibilities. However, already-taxed staff often struggle to find time to develop the relationships at the core of a successful board of directors. In this webinar, held on January 30, 2012, participants learned about the critical investments they can make in their own organization's boards that will make a significant difference in their board's effectiveness and success. This webinar also helps redefine what it means to have a successful board, how staff can impact board success, and how effective boards can make or break organizational development and sustainability.
To watch the recording of this webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, click here.
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Opportunity to Improve Access to Treatment for Corrections Populations: Apply to be a Pilot Site for a New Department of Justice Initiative, Council of State Governments Justice Center
On January 18, the Council of State Governments Justice Center held a webinar for potential applicants to learn more about the NIATx model and the Bringing NIATX to Corrections project, please click here to watch the webinar. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint slides used in this presentation, please click here.
To access the application materials, please click here.
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Overcoming Community Resistance to Reentry Housing, National Reentry Resource Center
This National Reentry Resource Center webinar, held January 17, 2012 explored the findings from “In Our Backyard: Overcoming Community Resistance to Reentry Housing: A NIMBY Toolkit,” a resource developed by the Fortune Society and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University. The webinar highlighted the experiences of the Fortune Society as it established the Fortune Academy (aka The Castle), a supportive residence for over 60 men and women released from incarceration to homelessness in West Harlem. The webinar also discussed the efforts of staff at St. Leonard’s Ministries—a residential, case management, and education program for men and women that has been located on the Near West Side of Chicago for close to 60 years—to reach out to the community on behalf of returning individuals. Presenters will offer strategies for organizations facing community opposition to the establishment of services for populations that are considered “threatening.” To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation used during this event, click here. To watch a recording of the webinar click here.
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Unraveling Myths Around Federal Reentry Policies that Affect Your Clients, Federal Interagency Reentry Council
The webinar, held on December 20, 2011 was sponsored by the Federal Interagency Reentry Council, a partnership among 19 federal agencies that is chaired by Attorney General Eric Holder. Staff from Reentry Council agencies discussed the “Reentry MythBusters,” one-page fact sheets designed to bring clarity and transparency to federal reentry policies. The 22 MythBusters describe federal policies related to housing, access to benefits, veterans issues, employment, and juvenile issues, among others. To watch a recording of this webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the presentation used during this webinar, click here.
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Introduction to Planning and Implementation Guide for 2011 Second Chance Act Adult Planning Demonstration Grantees, National Reentry Resource Center
During this webinar held on January 11, 2012, (the same webinar was also presented on January 9, 2012) Justice Center staff walked through instructions for completing the Guide and talked about strategies for engaging partner organizations in the work. During the last part of the webinar Justice Center staff responded to questions from the grantees. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation, click here. To watch a recorded version of the webinar, click here.
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Evidence-Based Practices of Community Supervision: Part II, What Works in Parole Supervision, National Reentry Resource Center
The second part of this two-part webinar series, held December 13, 2011, highlighted what works in the parole supervision process. Presenters focussed specifically on reentry from prison to the community. They explained how paroling authorities can incorporate the use of EBPs into their reentry strategies, citing examples and success stories from their respective jurisdictions.
The first webinar focused on incorporating EBPs into probation supervision. The webinar included presentations from Dr. Geraldine Nagy, Director of the Travis County, Texas Community Supervision and Corrections Department, and Deena Corso, Clinical Supervisor of the Multnomah County, Oregon Department of Community Justice, Juvenile Services Division. To watch a recording of this webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint slide presentation used in this webinar, click here.
To watch a recording of this webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint slides used in this presentation, click here.
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How and Why Probation Departments Should Partner with Families – A Conversation with San Francisco Probation Chief Wendy Still and New York Probation Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi
National Reentry Resource Center
In this webinar, held on November 22, 2011, San Francisco Probation Chief Wendy Still and New York City Probation Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi engaged in a facilitated conversation on the role of family members in the community supervision process. These two jurisdictions are at the forefront of major reform efforts in their corrections system. Notably, both jurisdictions are making improvements to their agencies to better partner with families and communities. To watch a recorded version of this webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint slides used during this webinar, click here.
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Evidence-Based Practices of Community Supervision: Part I, A Focus on Current Issues and Trends
National Reentry Resource Center
The webinar, held on November 10, 2011 draws in part from the lessons of the recent Council of State Governments Justice Center publication, A Ten-Step Guide to Transforming Probation Departments to Reduce Recidivism. The guide, which was co-authored by Dr. Geraldine Nagy (one of the webinar's co-presenters) provides probation leaders with a roadmap to overhaul the operations of their agencies so they can increase public safety in their communities and improve rates of compliance among people they are supervising. To watch a recording of this webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint Presentation used in this webinar, click here.
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Innovations in Substance Abuse Treatment: Continuing Care and Medicated-Assisted Treatments for the Criminal Justice Population,
National Reentry Resource Center
On October 25, 2011 the National Reentry Resource Center sponsored this webinar in which presenters reviewed how adopting a “continuing care model” to treat substance use disorders can improve outcomes for individuals who are justice involved. Presenters also provided an overview of medications for the treatment of alcohol and opioid addiction, including how specific medications work in the brain and how they can support people who are justice involved with recovery and returning from prison to the community. To watch this webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, click here.
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Webinar on the APPA CARE Model: Responding to Gang Violence in Reentry Planning, Part Two, National Reentry Resource Center
The National Reentry Resource Center sponsored this webinar on gang violence and reentry on October 4, 2011. Gang violence accounts for a disproportionate amount of criminal activity: A study of Boston’s Project Ceasefire found that less than one percent of youth were responsible for more than 60 percent of youth homicides. Many of these youth were affiliated with gangs and under community supervision (or at least well known by justice officials) prior to committing homicide. To watch a recording of this webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint slides used in this presentation, click here.
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This was the sixth of an eight-part webinar series originating from the Strategies for Creating Offender Reentry Programs in Indian Country publication. This webinar, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice; Indian Health Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services' Indian Country Steering Committee.
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Recidivism Reduction, Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders: What Does the Evidence and Practice Tell Us? National Reentry Resource Center
Treating substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders and matching treatment to the target population is essential for improving individual outcomes and public safety. In this National Reentry Resource Center webinar, held on September 8, 2011, the presenters — Dr. Roger H. Peters, Professor, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida and Dr. Fred Osher, Director of Health Systems and Services Policy, Council of State Governments Justice Center— discuss best practices in effective treatment for people whose co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders range in severity. They first focus on the importance of screening and assessment and then cover evidence-based treatment practices that help to reduce recidivism for people with co-occurring disorders.
To watch a recording of this webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, click here.
Archived Web Events
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Providing Effective Family-based Treatment Services for Justice-Involved Individuals, National Reentry Resource Center
Research indicates the importance of including family members, including children, in the treatment process of a loved one who is incarcerated. Family-based treatment services should be an essential component of any reentry program in order to improve public safety outcomes and recovery in the community. In this webinar, held on July 7, 2011, Dr. Francine Feinberg, Executive Director, Meta House, Inc., and Dr. Kathryn Icenhower, Executive Director, SHIELD for Families discuss the essential elements of family-based treatment services, examples of evidence-based family treatment practices, and how these services apply to justice-involved families.
To watch a recording of this webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, click here.
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Responding to the Second Chance Act Juvenile Offender Planning and Demonstration Project Solicitation, National Reentry Resource Center
Funding under this solicitation is available to help state and local governments and federally recognized Indian tribes plan and implement programs and strategies to reduce recidivism and ensure safe and successful reentry of juveniles released from prisons, jails, and juvenile detention facilities back to the community. To download the solicitation, click here. The application deadline is July 11, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
To help potential applicants respond to this solicitation, the National Reentry Resource Center held a free webinar on Monday, June 27, 2011. To watch a recording of this webinar, please click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, click here.
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How Education and Work Can Contribute to a Strong Juvenile Reentry Plan, National Reentry Resource Center
Educational attainment is connected to a wide variety of important outcomes, from employment and income to health and well-being. The potential impact of education is even greater for youth in the juvenile justice system facing educational deficiencies greater than their peers. Education can bridge youth in residential placement to employment, reduce the risk of recidivism, and increase the likelihood of successfully transitioning to the community and to adulthood. This webinar, held on June 15, 2011, described the elements of strong educational programs in residential facilities, strategies for ensuring continuity to community-based academic and vocational programs, and the roles different juvenile justice system parties have played in ensuring educational opportunities for youth committed to placement. To watch a recording of the webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation used in the webinar, click here.
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The Use of Screening and Assessment to Improve Treatment for Justice-Involved Individuals, National Reentry Resource Center
On June 2, 2011, the National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) held a free webinar on incorporating screening and assessment into addiction and co-occurring mental health treatment. The webinar covered three key questions that can help agencies develop successful programs that will reduce drug use and recidivism and put people on the path to recovery. These questions should guide the development and management of treatment services for justice-involved individuals with addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders. To watch the webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, click here.
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Law Enforcement and Reentry - From Start to Finish, National Reentry Resource Center
On May 25, 2011, the National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) hosted a free webinar on the role law enforcement agencies play in offender reentry. The webinar, “Law Enforcement and Reentry - From Start to Finish,” featured three innovative examples of police-led reentry initiatives. Each example focussed on the key reasons to involve law enforcement agencies in reentry initiatives—from planning and implementation to monitoring and issuing violations. To watch the webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, click here.
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Responding to the Second Chance Act Solicitation for Adult Offender Reentry Planning and Demonstration Projects, National Reentry Resource Center
The Bureau of Justice Assistance recently released the solicitation for Second Chance Act grant applications to state and local governments and federally recognized Indian tribes for adult reentry planning and demonstration projects (Section 101 of Public Law 110-199). This funding is available to help jurisdictions plan and implement programs and strategies to reduce recidivism and ensure safe and successful reentry of adults released from prisons and jails back to the community.
The deadline for submitting an application is June 30, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
To download the solicitation, click here.
To help potential applicants respond to this solicitation, the National Reentry Resource Center held a free webinar on Wednesday, May 25th. Representatives from BJA explained the details of the solicitation and answered questions from applicants. To watch the archived version of the webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation, click here.
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Responding to the Second Chance Act Reentry Court Solicitation, National Reentry Resource Center
To help potential applicants respond to this solicitations, the National Reentry Resource Center held a free webinar on Monday, May 23, 2011. Representatives from BJA explained the details of the solicitations and answered questions from applicants. To watch a recording of the webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation used in the webinar, click here.
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Responding to Substance Use Disorder and Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders SCA Solicitations, National Reentry Resource Center
The National Reentry Resource Center held a free webinar on Thursday, May 19 at 3:00 p.m. ET for applicants responding to these solicitations. Representatives from BJA explained the details of the solicitations and answered questions from applicants. To watch the archived webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation used in the webinar, click here.
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Sustainability for SCA Mentoring Grantees, National Reentry Resource Center
Sustaining a reentry program requires laying the foundation for the future from the earliest planning stages. This webinar, held May 18, 2011, specifically for SCA Mentoring Grant recipients, discusssed strategies to help build sustainable reentry practices, establish plans for program and staff turnover, and gracefully close out a program when necessary. This webinar also helped participants learn about ways to sustain programming at some level in the event of funding reductions.
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The APPA CARE Model: Responding to Gang Violence in Reentry Planning, National Reentry Resource Center
On May 11, 2011 the National Reentry Resource Center hosted the first in a two-part webinar series focusing on the American Probation and Parole Association’s (APPA's) Collaboration, Analysis, Reentry, Evaluation (CARE) model to address gang reentry. This webinar will included an overview of the CARE model and Project Safe Neighborhoods. Specifically, the webinar will provides strategies for partnering with agencies inside and outside the justice system and helping gang-affiliated individuals return to the community following incarceration. To watch the webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, click here.
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The Principles of Tribal Reentry, National Reentry Resource Center
This webinar, held on April 26, 2011, focused on the essential principles for designing and developing culturally relevant reentry systems supportive of released offenders and the tribal communities to which they return. Presenters discussed the important components of reentry programs in tribal areas and those serving American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) offenders in non-tribal jurisdictions. This free webinar also discussed important governmental, programmatic, policy and cultural factors affecting AI/AN reentry programs. To watch a recording of this webinar, click here. To download the PowerPoint presentation used during this webinar, click here.
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Screening and Assessment in Reentry: Incorporating Risk, Need, and Responsivity, Bureau of Justice Assistance, National Training and Technical Assistance Center, and the National Reentry Resource Center
This webinar, held on April 12, 2011 discussed how the three principles of risk reduction, need, and responsivity can be used to improve outcomes for individuals returning from prison and jail. Le'Ann Duran, director of the National Reenrtry Resource Center, explained how effective use of these principles can help a reentry program decide whom their intervention should target and how to tailor services and supports on the specific risks and needs of an individual. To watch a recording of this webinar, click here. To download the PowerPoint presentation used in the webinar, click here.
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Responding to a High-Profile Tragic Incident Involving a Person with a Serious Mental Illness, National Reentry Resource Center
To help policymakers better anticipate and respond to high-profile incidents, the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors and the Council of State Governments Justice Center have released a toolkit for responding to tragic incidents involving a person with serious mental illnesses. In this webinar presenters discussed the toolkit’s origins and applications. Presenters included:
- Dr. Lorrie Rickman-Jones, Director of Mental Health for the Illinois Department of Human Services
- Dr. Fred Osher, Director of Health Systems and Services Policy for the Council of State Governments Justice Center
- Mr. David Miller, Project Director for the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors.
To watch a recording of this webinar, please click here. To download a PDF of the presentation, click here.
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Responding to the 2011 Second Chance Act Adult Mentoring Grant Solicitation, National Reentry Resource Center
On Thursday, February 18, 2011 the resource center held this webinar to help potential applicants respond to the 2011 Second Chance Act Adult Mentoring Solicitation. Representatives from BJA explained the details of the solicitation and answered questions from applicants.
To watch a recording of this webinar, click here.
To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, click here.
To download the solicitation, click here.
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Screening and Assessment in Reentry Court Program Design: Incorporating Risk, Need, and Responsivity, National Reentry Resource Center
On February 16, 2011, the National Reentry Resource Center hosted a webinar about using risk and needs assessments for 2010 Second Chance Act Reentry Court Grantees. To watch the webinar, click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint slides used in the webinar, click here.
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Effective Case Planning Strategies, National Reentry Resource Center
Held on February 2, 2011, this free webinar demonstrated how case plans can be used as a tool to structure interactions between officers and supervisees by providing supervisees with clear, direct, short-term goals that encourage accountability and and promote long-term behavioral change. The webinar features presentations by Matthew DeMichele and Nathan Lowe, the American Probation and Parole Association, and A.T. Wall, Director of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections.
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2011 BJA Technology Careers Training Grant Solicitation Webinar, National Reentry Resource Center
On January 19, 2011, the National Reentry Resource Center hosted this webinar for representatives from states, units of local governments, territories, and "federally recognized Indian tribes" interested in applying for the Second Chance Act Technology Careers Training Grant. Representatives from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, explained the solicitation and then answered questions from participants. To watch this webinar, click here. To download the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, click here.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Criminal Justice/Mental Health Programs, Council of State Governments Justice Center
This webinar, held on January 11, 2011, presented cognitive behavioral interventions from the worlds of criminal justice and mental health that were created to specifically target the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors associated with criminal justice recidivism. The speakers introduced the adaptations of cognitive behavioral therapy for the criminal justice-involved population and related outcome literature and also presented details of one such intervention, Moral Reconation Therapy. To watch a recording of the webinar, click here. To download the PowerPoint slides, clickhere.
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Victims & Reentry, National Reentry Resource Center
This webinar, held on December 2, 2010, discussed promising and replicable practices and program models for involving crime victims and victim services in offender reentry planning processes. Although reentry planning has long focused on the needs of offenders, there has often been a lack of attention paid to the needs of the crime victims, who are potentially re-traumatized when their offenders prepare to reenter their communities. This webinar helped participants identify ways to assess and address victims’ needs, invite and include victim services in reentry planning conversations, and develop victim-offender programming that focuses on offender accountability.
To view this webinar, please click here. To download a PDF of the PowerPoint slides used in this presentation, please click here.
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Reentry Housing Strategies, National Reentry Resource Center
This free webinar described promising and replicable practices and program models for creating housing opportunities that support successful reentry for people returning from jails or prisons. Housing is a foundation for successful community reintegration. Without a stable place to live, it is nearly impossible for newly released individuals to positively reconnect to a community or get a job. With a better understanding of housing needs and options, and strong partnerships, housing can be a more successful and effective part of reentry strategies.
To download the PowerPoint slides used in this webinar, please click here. To watch a recording of the webinar, please click here.
Related Resources:
Reentry Housing Strategies Webinar Primer Podcast. Carol Wilkins, Chair of the National Reentry Resource Center's Housing Committee, developed a podcast specifically for webinar registrants. The podcast defines terminology and concepts used during the webinar. (NOTE: The free QuickTime Player or RealPlayer plug-in is required to view this podcast.) To download a copy of the PowerPoint slides used in the podcast, please click here.Reentry Housing Options: The Policymakers' Guide, The Council of State Governments Justice Center
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Identifying and Engaging Reentry Mentors for Justice-Involved Youth
On November, 1, 2010, the National Reentry Resource Center and The Center for Advancement of Mentoring hosted a webinar on engaging family members in reentry efforts and identifying pro-social support for youth involved in the juvenile justice system. This webinar focused on incorporating juvenile justice-involved youth's family and social network into reentry mentoring programs. Speakers discussed identifying, recruiting, and training “natural mentors,” such as extended family members, teachers, or neighbors, to work alongside other reentry program-assigned mentors to help youth better transition back into the community and in many instances into adulthood.
To watch the webinar, please click here. To download the PowerPoint slides used in this webinar, please click here.
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The Essential Elements of Reentry Webinar: Primary Care and the Transitions Clinic Approach
On October, 25, 2010, the National Reentry Resource Center, with the support of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, hosted a webinar about implementation of the Transitions Clinic Model which is used in San Francisco to reintegrate recently released individuals that suffer from chronic illnesses back into the community.
To watch the webinar, please click here. To download the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, please click here.
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Family Engagement in Reentry for Justice-Involved Youth
On October 4, 2010, the National Reentry Resource Center and the Center for the Advancement of Mentoring , with the support of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, hosted a webinar on engaging family members in reentry efforts and identifying pro-social support for youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
To watch the webinar, please click here. To download the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, please click here.
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From Arrest to Homecoming—Addressing the Needs of Children of Incarcerated Parents
On September 1, 2010, National Reentry Resource Center, with the support of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, hosted a webinar that discussed how best to address the challenges faced by children of incarcerated parents. This webinar covered the emotional and physical needs of children of incarcerated parents and the complex family dynamics among children, incarcerated parents, and caregivers. Practical tips and sample resources developed by experienced service providers, such as co-parenting agreements, were shared.
To watch the webinar, please click here. To download the PowerPoint presentation used in this webinar, please click here.
To download the Council of State Government's Children of Incarcerated Parents: An Action Plan for Federal Policymakers please click here.
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Local Government Roles in Rentry
On August 26, 2010 the National Reentry Resource Center, with the support of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, hosted a webinar about local government roles in reentry. The webinar discussed how local government agencies can establish and sustain reentry efforts, and how these efforts affect local budgets. Reentry tools and resources available to local governments, such as the Urban Institute’s Transition from Jail to Community Implementation Toolkit were profiled.
To watch the webinar, please click here. To download the PowerPoint slides used in this webinar, please click here.
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Webinar: Effective Partnerships between the Public Workforce System and LibrariesWorkforce3One
In June, the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) issued Training and Employment Notice (TEN) 50-09, in which it announced its partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to share information and resources and to encourage effective partnerships between the workforce system and libraries. Register for this Webinar, to be held on July 19th, 2010 at 2:00 PM ET, to learn more about the Federal effort and promising workforce-library partnerships in the State of Illinois and in Jefferson County, Colorado!
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Webinar for Reentry Grant Applicants on Co-occurring Disorder Treatment, Family-Based Substance Abuse Treatment, and Technology Careers Training
On May 20th the National Reentry Resource Center, with the support of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), conducted a free webinar to help applicants responding to three Second Chance Act solicitations:
- Targeting Offenders with Co-occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders solicitation
- Family-Based Prisoner Substance Abuse Treatment Program solicitation
- Technology Careers Training Demonstration Projects for Incarcerated Adults and Juveniles
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Guidance for Reentry Court Solicitation Applicants
On May 18th, 2010 the National Reentry Resource Center conducted a free webinar to help applicants respond to the Second Chance Act's State, Local and Tribal Reentry Courts FY 2010 Competitive Grant Announcement, which was released on April 14, 2010, by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The webinar featured Jacquelyn L. Rivers, Esq., BJA special assistant to the director; Judge Jeff Tauber (ret.), director, reentry court solutions; and Christopher Watler, project director, Harlem Community Justice Center. Ms. Rivers explained the solicitation and application process and answered common questions. (The grant application deadline is June 4, 2010.) Judge Tauber described the reentry court model and Mr. Watler shared his experience operating a reentry court.
To watch this webinar, click here.
To download the PowerPoint slides used in this webinar, click here.
To learn more about the Second Chance Act, please click here.
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The Steps to Start Strategic Planning, The National Reentry Resource Center
Reentry initiatives are most effective when they follow a strategic plan. Strategic planning allows an organization or collaborative partnership to build agreement about the direction of a reentry effort, and clearly describes and communicates the activities that are part of accomplishing defined objectives.
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Second Chance Act Grant Webinar: Guidance for Nonprofit Organizations Applying for Mentoring GrantsNational Reentry Resource Center
On February 5, 2010, the National Reentry Resource Center hosted this webinar for nonprofit organizations planning to apply for a Second Chance Act mentoring grant. During this informative session Dr. Gary L. Dennis, Bureau of Justice Assistance, discussed the FY2010 solicitation and answered questions from potential applicants. To download the PowerPoint presentation used in the webinar, click here.
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Juvenile Reentry in Concept and PracticeNational Reentry Resource Center
This webinar, held on January 26th, 2010, features David M. Altschuler, Ph.D., addressing the key components of juvenile reentry, including assessing and classifying reoffending risk, needs, and strengths; balancing social control and services; and blending sanctions and incentives into a graduated response system designed to promote law abidance and prosocial behavior change. The webinar is hosted by Shay Bilchik, founder and director of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University Public Policy Institute. To download just the PowerPoints used in this presentation, click here.
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Second Chance Act Grant Webinar: Guidance for Reentry Demonstration Project ApplicantsNational Reentry Resource Center
This webinar, held on January 14th, 2010, features Dr. Gary Dennis, Bureau of Justice Assistance, and Thomas Murphy, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, discussing the FY2010 solicitation for Second Chance Act reentry demonstration projects. The webinar includes an informative question and answer session in which Dr. Dennis and Mr. Murphy field questions from potential applicants.
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Ensuring Access to Medicaid for Individuals with Mental Illnesses Reentering Their Communities from Prison: A Program Model from OklahomaCouncil of State Governments Justice Center
The webinar, held on October 29th, described an innovative program to ensure that eligible individuals have access to Medicaid on their release date or soon after, including evaluation data documenting the program's effects.
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Anti-Discrimination Laws Protecting People with Alcohol and Drug Problems and Criminal Records, Legal Action Center
This five-part webinar series was created under the Partners for Recovery Initiative of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), it covers Federal anti-discrimination laws protecting people in recovery and those with criminal records.
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Child Support and Reentry, National Crime Prevention Council
Previously incarcerated persons face a host of problems, barriers, and challenges once released from incarceration. Among the most daunting can be the collateral consequences associated with Child Support issues. Child Support arrearages can be five figure obligations that can stymie the most skilled and ready among us upon release.
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Faith-based Reentry Job Training, National Crime Prevention Council
Jobs Partnership Greater Washington is a 501 C 3 faith-based job training non-profit that brings churches and businesses together to train, mentor and employ the unemployed, underemployed and hard-to- employ, including the ex-offender. Presenter: Reverend Stephen Tucker.
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Reentry and Substance Abuse, National Crime Prevention Council
Dr. Faye Taxman leads a discussion on the challenges substance abuse treatment poses for many criminal justice systems. This discussion highlights reentry programs that offer a continuum of treatment services and accountability programming, and successful partnerships in this area.
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Reentry Funding, National Crime Prevention Council
Melissa Bradley, Reentry Strategies Institute, and Sharon Rabb, Campaign Consultation, Inc., address the challenge of finding funding sources that could help support a reentry initiative. The discussion includes fundraising tips and how to approach potential funders.
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The Reentry Framework, National Crime Prevention Council
This webinar features a close look at Reentry technology, namely the Reentry Framework of www.rjcusa.org. The presenter is David Heath who explores the Reentry Framework referral and case management system and how it can serve your community and your clients. David Heath is the CEO of Web Partner Group, a for-profit company that develops web technologies and he also directs VentureCD, a non-profit that provides information and communication technology services to the social service sector, including reentry efforts.
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Grant Writing 101, The Council of State Governments Justice Center and the International Community Corrections Association
This webinar outlines basic steps to take in preparing any kind of funding proposal, and provides guidance to help organizations think through their project design and get their program organized. As a 36 year veteran of non-profit management, Jane Browning presents around the country on effective grantwriting. She is the former Executive Director of the Learning Disabilities Association of America and spent ten years as Executive Director of the Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities, a grant-making state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Understanding the 2009 Second Chance Act Demonstration Grant Solicitation, The Council of State Governments Justice Center
In March 2009, the Justice Center held this webinar in which Gary Dennis, Senior Policy Advisor for Corrections at the Bureau of Justice Assistance, helped potential applicants understand the BJA solicitation for demonstration grants.
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Understanding the 2009 Second Chance Act Mentoring Grant Solicitation, The Council of State Governments Justice Center
On May 11, 2009, the Justice Center held a webinar to help potential applicants understand the BJA solicitation for mentoring grants.