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From Cell to Street Facility Re-Entry Services

From Cell to Street Facility Re-Entry Services. Objectives. Transition From Prison to Community (TPC) Overview of Pre-Release Programming offered at all facilities Identification Acquisition Optional Programming Opportunities Special Populations. Transitions and Reentry Services. Staffing

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From Cell to Street Facility Re-Entry Services

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  1. From Cell to StreetFacility Re-Entry Services

  2. Objectives • Transition From Prison to Community (TPC) • Overview of Pre-Release Programming offered at all facilities • Identification Acquisition • Optional Programming Opportunities • Special Populations

  3. Transitions and Reentry Services • Staffing • Prisons with significant release numbers have an assigned transition program coordinator to facilitate reentry resources • Each of the nine adult prisons in Minnesota are staffed with a Transition Coordinator • Intake facility staffed with Child Support Liaison Worker • Central Office management team of four managers

  4. Faribault Jolene Peterson Jeff Petersen Shakopee Sandy Hand Stillwater Harriette Manis Bridget Letnes Oak Park Heights Lino Lakes Joe McCoy Rush City Jason Skwira Moose Lake Heather Walczynski Willow River Craig Olsen St. Cloud Rebecca Fratzke MN Correctional Facilities

  5. Professional Collaboration • Closing the Gap • Casework Involvement • Supervising Agent • Community Partnerships

  6. Intake • Orientation, continuum of service • Mandatory programming • Provides information on programming available at the facility and how to get into such programming • Allows time for a plan to develop • Focus • “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

  7. Continuum of services • St. Cloud recommendations • What did they recommend • What does it mean if I complete these recommendations? • What does it mean if I do not? • Case management expectations • What do they need and when? • Supervising Agents • What to expect?

  8. Transitions and Reentry Services • Pre-Release Class • Mandatory • Challenges of a broad audience • Niche programming (SO, CD, RV, LSI-R) • Continuum of Service – Intake through Expiration • Schedules and programming vary from facility to facility based off of security/programming schedules

  9. Chapters Covered • Identification • Life Skills • Housing • Education • Transportation • Living Under Supervision • Family • Restorative Justice • Health • Money Management • Employment

  10. Day 1 Introduction/Attitude Identification Birth Certificate Social Security DL Record Review Driver’s License/ID Day 2 Housing Credit (NovaDebt) Health Care Overview Day 3 Tax Credit Federal Bonding Family Reunification Child Support Day 4 Release Planning Casework Overview Living Under Supervision Agent Presentation Optional Seminars Sample Schedule

  11. Day 5: Creative Job Search • Job Search Preparation • Career Assessment • Skills Identification • Resume & Cover Letters • Applications • Networking • Internet Job Search • The Job Interview • Finishing Touches

  12. Caseworkers • Accept referrals/questions • Resource acquisition • Release Plan questions • Pre-Release involvement • Q&A

  13. Supervising Agents • Living Under Supervision • Myth Busters • Collaboration with Stearns County and DOC Agents • Monthly sessions • Q&A

  14. Optional Seminar Opportunities • Mandatory Pre-Release Class • Interest-Drive • Targeted Topics: • Housing, Financial Literacy, Family Reunification, Relapse Prevention, Child Support, College Preparation, Mock Interviews and Career Exploration • Offenders are HIGHLY encouraged to enroll in the seminars that apply to their individual needs

  15. Housing Seminars • Housing Link • Salvation Army

  16. Financial Literacy • The Village Financial Consulting • Novadebt (Roseville, MN) • Family Means • Wells Fargo

  17. Family Reunification • Bridge Builders for Kids • Amicus • Minding the Gap

  18. Relapse Prevention • Facility CD Treatment Staff • Mark Groves • Transition Program Coordinators

  19. Crucial liaison between DHS/DOC EDUCATE Assist in modifying child support orders for incarcerated men at intake facility Contact information for county child support workers Quash warrants for non appearance Try to lift driver’s license suspensions prior to release Child Support—Lori Lofrano

  20. College Preparation • St. Cloud State University • St. Cloud Technical College Financial Aid Services Admissions

  21. Mock Interviews • Interview Preparation • Felony Question • Correction Teaching Assistants • Volunteers • Mock Interview Fairs

  22. Career Exploration • Career Scope • Career Exploration Class • Follow-through • Vocational Short-term Programs • College

  23. Identification

  24. Identification Barriers • Need: • Birth Certificate • Social Security • State ID/Driver’s License • Why don’t offenders have these items? • Impact?

  25. Social Security Cards Memo of Understanding Facilities partner with local office Difficulties with varying offices Varying Aliases Social Security Numbers Birth Certificate Various states/various processes Funding Name issues Road to identification (DL/ID) Identification

  26. Driver and Vehicle Services • Driver and Vehicle Services Record Reviews • Fines, Reinstatement Dates, Requirements • Driver and Vehicle Services MN State ID/Driver’s License MOU • Contract DVS to come into the facilities and complete applications for MN State Id’s and Driver’s Licenses • Class D Written Test

  27. DL/ID Issues • Driver’s licenses suspended and revoked • Child support non-payment • Driving After Revocation, No Insurance, etc. • Hard to prove identity in some cases (lost documents, aliases, name changes) • Costs in both time and money to achieve ID docs • MN DL Renewal $24.00 • State ID $18.00

  28. Transitions and Reentry ServicesSPECIAL POPULATIONS • Short-Term Offenders • Female offenders • Release Violators • Segregation

  29. Special Populations • Short-Term Offenders (STO’S) • July 1, 2009 • <180 Days • Unique Population • Mandate • Triage • Demographics • Concerns

  30. Where are they? • MCF-St. Cloud retains all offenders who have less than 120 days to their schedule release date (SRD) • If an offender has more than 120 days, he may be transferred to another facility • MCF-Shakopee retains all female STO’s

  31. Services Received • Under 14 Days to SRD • Triage • Identification • Health Care • Resources • Job Info • Resume • Optional Seminars

  32. STO Services Received • Typical Short-Term Offender Transitional Services • Adapted Pre-Release Class • Targeted needs • Seminars • Self-Paced Opportunities • Resources • Key to success: Collaboration

  33. Female Offenders

  34. Why Gender Matters… • Because men and women are different. To treat men and women equally, we must treat them differently, while always following DOC policies and procedures! • MN State Statute 241.70

  35. Profiling the Female Offenderbased on July, 2009 statistics • Average age 36-45 years old • Typically female offenders complete higher levels of education • Higher rates of mental health issues & dual diagnosis • Parenting prior to & while they are incarcerated • Greater medical needs

  36. Relevant Gender Issues • Common issues that female offenders face • Trauma and Addiction • Relational Issues

  37. Common Issues • Abuse • Poverty • Addiction • Dysfunctional Relationships

  38. Release Violators • Release Violators • “Hints on Transitions – Attitude, Issues and Resources” (HOT AIR) • The program motto is – “It’s all Hot Air. What YOU do with it determines if your balloon flies” • Primarily based off of repeat offender issues—more individualized services

  39. Release Violators • Menu of services offered based off of needs… • Attitude • Issues • Resources • Collaboration: Parole Officers, Ex-Offenders, Community Resources

  40. Segregation Services • Large population getting released directly from segregation living units • MCF-St. Cloud Youthful Offenders • Individualized triage services

  41. Transition Resource Rooms • All facilities have a Transitions Resource Room • Wide collection of resources • Computer Access • Tutor Assistance

  42. MCF-St. Cloud Transition Resource Room

  43. Transitions Resource Center MCF-Shakopee

  44. Computer Programs Available: • Reentry resources home page • www.minnesotaworks.net • United Way 211 • O-NET Work Importance and Interest Profiler • Career Scope • Financial/Credit Assistance • Microsoft Excel and Word • Offender Workforce Development Division • Win Way Resume Deluxe • Legal Aid Information • Child Support Information

  45. Mock Interview Fairs • IMPORTANT Community Collaboration • Volunteer Interviewers • Optional • Class-Interview-Debrief • Facility-wide initiative

  46. Transition Fairs • One of the BEST services we offer offenders nearing release • Community Organizations • Offenders one year from their Supervised Release Date are invited to attend • Collaboration/Education

  47. Upcoming Fairs • April 26th, 2011: MCF-Shakopee • Contact: Sandy Hand • May 11th, 2011: MCF-St. Cloud • Contact: Rebecca Fratzke • June 9th, 2011: MCF-Faribault • Contact: Jolene Peterson • July 19th, 2011: MCF-Lino Lakes • Contact: Joe McCoy • November 2nd, 2011: MCF-Stillwater • Contact: Harriette Manis

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