Reentry Services Division [2015]

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS | REENTRY SERVICES DIVISION

Overview
MISSION To provide offenders opportunities for positive change using principles of effective intervention and evidence-based programs to promote successful offender reentry, compliance, safe communities and stable families.
The division focuses on the transition of the offender by providing effective opportunities for the offender to achieve positive change and to be a more pro-social contributor to society The transition process starts at the earliest point of entry into the correctional system. The offender is assessed and evidence based programming is assigned to assist in the positive change
GOALS Increase public safety by implementing research-based interventions that increase the offender's chance of staying crime-free Decrease the growth of the prison and probation population by implementing intervention strategies that reduce recidivism (reconviction rates) Implement programs that support restitution (paying back), restoration and rehabilitation through proper assessment Promote public safety through collaborative partnerships that support offender transition into the community
IMPACT Statistically, 1 in 31 adults nationwide is under some type of supervision, such as jail/prison, probation or parole In Georgia, 1 in 13 citizens are under some type of supervision, making Georgia the fourth largest prison system in the country and first largest per capita Though 95% of offenders return to society, within three years 26.6% will return to prison with new charges. In ten years, 66% will return
COMMUNITY REENTRY Optimizes the services provided with external stakeholders and service providers in order to impact reduction on return admissions to jails, prisons and community supervision to promote Justice Reinvestment:
GDC enhances collaborative efforts through the development and implementation of new ways to measure success and failures, thus reducing barriers to offender reentry
Services SSI/SSDI Outreach and Recovery (SOAR) Reentry Parntership Housing (RPH)

Reentry Skills Building Handbook Pre-Release Planning/Public Health Reentry LIaison Vocational and Job Readiness Federal Grants Community Coalitions Fatherhood Programs Max-Out Reentry Program (MORE) Forensic Peer Mentoring Program Opening Doors to Recovery Project (ODR)
Community Corrections Stakeholders Community Reentry Partnerships Community Reentry Coalitions in Macon, Augusta, Savannah, Valdosta, Rome, Atlanta, Cobb, Dekalb, Columbus, Gwinnett and Clayton Atlanta Workforce Development Agency Effective Reentry Coalition formerly Incarcerated Persons Group
Interagency Agreements Georgia Justice Project Human Services/Office of Child Support Services Pardons and Paroles/GDC Paternity Testing Fatherhood Programs Grade Level Reading Program Department of Human Resources Fatherhood Program for Transitional Centers Social Security online application for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits Department of Community Health Fast Track for online Medicaid applications for nursing home placements Department of Driver Services Residence Verification Form Department of Consumer Affairs/Pardons and Paroles/Reentry Partnership Housing Department of Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities (DBHDD) Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network (GMHCN) National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Governor's Office of Transition, Support and Reentry Georgia Prison Reentry Initiative and In-Reach Department of Public Health (DPH) Care and Presvention in the US (CAPUS) Project
The Department also partners with the Federal Government to provide wrap around services in a Demonstration Grant for the Second Chance Act

2/2015