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Housing Matters

Board Members: Albert R. Murray, Chair; Terry E. Barnard, Vice-Chair; James E. Donald; James W. Mills & Braxton Cotton. Housing Matters. Michael Nail Executive Director. Relevance of Housing.

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Housing Matters

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  1. Board Members: Albert R. Murray, Chair; Terry E. Barnard, Vice-Chair;James E. Donald; James W. Mills & Braxton Cotton Housing Matters Michael Nail Executive Director

  2. Relevance of Housing • Georgia Reentry Impact Project research (2006) surveyed 300+ inmates and staff: housing identified as the #1 reentry need • Parole Board research (2003 & 2010): one residence change increases recidivism risk by 25% • Four moves double the risk of re-arrest

  3. Reentry Housing Continuum • Transitional housing: 1st residence following release from jail/prison • Live with others • Personal space, safety and freedom is externally controlled • Personal residence • Others live with you • Experience intrinsic value, worth and valued role in the community = recovery

  4. Presentation’s Focus: Parole Board Resources • Transitional Housing for Offender Reentry (THOR) Directory • Reentry Partnership Housing (RPH)

  5. THOR Directory • Online, searchable database of ~120 self-pay housing facilities: www.parole.georgia.gov • Approved for probationers, inmates leaving prison and parolees

  6. THOR Directory • Standards include ongoing communications with supervising officers and the quality of the recovery environment safety & health factors • Three types of facilities: • 1) Structured housing • 2) Standard recovery residences and • 3) Intensive recovery residences Initiated in 2002

  7. Structured Housing Provides a safe environment in which to live - substance abuse or mental health services not offered but other programming may be available

  8. Recovery Residences Safe and healthy housing for residents needing more than outpatient services to establish/maintain abstinence from alcohol and other drugs and criminal behavior • Standard: 1 or more hours of substance abuse services per week • Intensive: 5 or more hours of substance abuse counseling per week

  9. Transitional Housing for Offender Reentry (THOR) Directory • Currently 126 approved facilities: • Structured housing = 30 • Standard recovery residence = 58 • Intensive recovery residence = 38 • Facilities that accept: • Mental health/co-occurring = 111 • Sex offender = 7

  10. Reentry Partnership Housing (RPH) • Collaboration between SBPP, DOC, and DCA begun in 2006 • Eligibility: inmates beyond theirtentative parole month who do not have a valid residence • Pre-approved housing providers receive first 3 months’ room & board - $600 per month per parolee

  11. Reentry Partnership Housing (RPH) • 427 placements in FY2013 • 87% of placements remain active or successfully completed parole • FY2011-13 cost avoidance: $20,908,148.78 (parole supervision vs. remaining in prison)

  12. Reentry Partnership Housing (RPH) • 30 housing providers: Program capacity = 226 • 136 current participants • 12 participants are Mental Health Level 3 and those housing providers receive $675 per month for MH inmates for 4 months – allows time for SSI/SSDI approval

  13. Partnerships with DBHDD Advantage Behavioral Health Systems (ABHS)/Reentry Partnership Housing Pilot • Long-term housing via RPH for DOC Level 3 & 4 mental health inmates who have no other housing options. • ABHS provides treatment, peer support, medication monitoring , 24/7 crisis intervention.

  14. Reentry Housing Challenges • Affordable housing • Sex offender housing • Felony exclusions from public housing • Prosocial community support • Pervasive stigma and discrimination: Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY)

  15. Board Members: Albert R. Murray, Chair; Terry E. Barnard, Vice-Chair;James E. Donald; James W. Mills & Braxton Cotton Housing Matters Michael Nail Executive Director

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