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Offender Re-Entry: One Jail’s Perspective

Offender Re-Entry: One Jail’s Perspective. Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation Wendy Miller-Cochran, LCSW-C Re-Entry Unit Social Worker. Montgomery County Correctional Facility. What is Re-Entry?.

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Offender Re-Entry: One Jail’s Perspective

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  1. Offender Re-Entry:One Jail’s Perspective Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation Wendy Miller-Cochran, LCSW-C Re-Entry Unit Social Worker

  2. Montgomery County Correctional Facility

  3. What is Re-Entry? The transition from incarceration in jails or prisons back to the community.

  4. Why Provide Re-Entry Services • To improve the likelihood of a successful return to the community. • Reduce future crime. • Assist all citizens of our communities to become productive, healthy members of society. • Build stronger, healthier families.

  5. Who Needs Re-Entry • Adults • Children • Families • Communities • Workforce • ANYONE WHO IS INCARCERATED!

  6. Typical Re-Entry Client Needs: • Ongoing medications (physical and psychiatric) • Ongoing Mental Health Treatment • Substance Abuse Treatment • Domestic Violence Programs • Shelter Referrals • Food stamps and food bank • Access to medical care • Employment and Educational programs • Supportive Services for Family

  7. When Does Re-Entry Begin? Upon entering the facility, inmate needs are assessed by the case manager. Inmates are encouraged to participate in educational programming, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, job readiness and/or Moral Reconation Therapy.

  8. When? (con’t) • Within 90 days of release date, Re-entry planning begins with a focus on (re) assessment of current and continued needs and “treatment planning” begins. • Referrals are initiated and appointments are scheduled. • Inmates are released with a treatment plan in hand.

  9. Collaborative Case Management What the heck is that?

  10. Collaborative Case Management • Meets Bi-weekly • Key to post release planning • Identification of resources • Sharing information • Linkages are initiated • Referrals are made • Partnerships are initiated • Formal and Informal networking

  11. At the table: • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Providers • Parole and Probation • Mediation Services • Facility Psychiatrist • Benefits Specialist • Crisis Services • Social Workers/ Case Managers

  12. Linkages and referrals are made during the meeting and Re-Entry work is “officially” started.

  13. Benefit Specialist • Liaison between the Family Investment Administration and special needs populations • Ensures that Medical Assistance, PAC Program, Food Stamps and Cash Benefits are applied for before release • Helps direct inmates in establishing or re-establishing Social Security benefits

  14. Criteria for Eligibility • Montgomery County residents only • Sentenced and within 60 days of release • No detainers • Inmates and their family members living in the same household

  15. How does the referral process work? • Referrals are taken from social workers, attorneys, medical providers, substance abuse and mental health treatment providers, and any other DOCR staff or community partner • Medical completes the 402B form (for MA and TDAP) • Team effort!

  16. ReEntry Housing for Families: The Dwelling Place • 5 project-based vouchers available • Adult offenders with custody of at least one child • Supportive housing for up to 36 months • Permanent Housing voucher upon successful completion of the program • Referrals directly from incarceration

  17. Re-Entry ID Card • Legal Photo Identification • RIDE ON bus/Transit Pass • Library Card for computer access

  18. Re-Entry Employment Services

  19. MCCF ONE STOPOFFENDER EMPLOYMENT CENTER

  20. Workshops/ Career Planning • Job Readiness Workshops • One-on-One Needs Assessment & Career Planning • Answering the “Offense Question” • Good Worker Traits • Addressing Barriers

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