RPC Newsletter - 10/23/2008

FEATURES

New Toolkit on Law Enforcement Role in Prisoner Reentry: Four Agencies Selected as "Learning Sites" with Justice Department Grant

The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center announced today the release of the toolkit, Planning and Assessing a Law Enforcement Reentry Strategy. With support by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), the kit has been designed as a guide and self-assessment tool for policing personnel and their partners to help reduce repeat crimes and facilitate successful reintegration by the more than 700,000 individuals who return to our communities from prisons each year and the more than 9 million from jails.

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U.S. Department of Justice Selects Eight "Weed and Seed" Sites to Receive Technical Assistance Aimed at Improving Reentry Efforts

The U.S. Department of Justice Community Capacity Development Office (CCDO) has selected eight "Weed and Seed" sites to participate in a 13-month technical assistance project to build, promote, and sustain a variety of initiatives aimed at helping individuals reenter communities after they are released from prison or jail. The selected sites are Phoenix, AZ; Palm Beach, FL; Indianapolis, IN; San Antonio, TX; St. Louis, MO; Pawtucket, RI; Irvington, NJ; and New Bedford, MA.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS

2008 National Summit on Prisoner Reentry
The Performance Institute
November 5-7, 2008
Washington, DC

115th IACP Conference
International Association for Chiefs of Police
November 8-12, 2008
San Diego, CA

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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Prisoner Reentry Initiative Grants

The U.S. Department of Labor invites faith-based and community organizations to apply for funding as part of the President's Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI). This initiative, a joint effort of the Departments of Labor and Justice, aims to help individuals find employment following their release from prison. The Department of Labor will award grants to faith-based and community organizations providing postrelease reentry services within 19 targeted counties across the nation. Grants will be in the amount of $300,000 for the first year of services, with the possibility of two additional years of funding, depending on demonstrated program performance and the availability of funds.

Organizations operating in the following counties are eligible to apply for funding:

  1. Jefferson County, AL
  2. Maricopa County, AZ
  3. Los Angeles County, CA
  4. Denver County, CO
  5. Fairfield County, CT
  6. New Castle County, DE
  7. Cook County, IL
  8. Allen County, IN
  9. Caddo and Bossier Parishes, LA
  10. Baltimore County, MD
  11. Genesee County, MI
  12. Greene County, MO
  13. Mercer County, NJ
  14. Clarke County, NV
  15. Erie County, NY
  16. Tulsa County, OK
  17. Philadelphia County, PA
  18. Davidson County, TN
  19. Milwaukee County, WI

For additional information, see the grant solicitation in the U.S Federal Register. (See also the solicitation amendment, dated September 12.) Please direct any questions regarding this solicitation to Jeannette Flowers, Grants Management Specialist, Division of Federal Assistance, at (202) 693-3322 or Flowers.Jeannette@dol.gov.

Application Deadline: November 4, 2008

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REENTRY NEWS

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PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCES

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Public Housing Authorities and Prisoner Re-Entry

A growing number of people are released each year from state prison and local jails; this phenomenon, prisoner reentry, has a significant impact on housing programs administered by PHAs, including public housing, the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8), and other programs.

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