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Lancaster County Reentry Management Organization (RMO) Overview and Lessons Learned

Lancaster County Reentry Management Organization (RMO) Overview and Lessons Learned. Melanie G. Snyder, Executive Director Scott J. Sheely, Chairman of the Board, RMO and Executive Director, Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board. Initial Formation.

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Lancaster County Reentry Management Organization (RMO) Overview and Lessons Learned

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  1. Lancaster County Reentry Management Organization (RMO)Overview and Lessons Learned Melanie G. Snyder, Executive Director Scott J. Sheely, Chairman of the Board, RMO and Executive Director, Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board

  2. Initial Formation Criminal justice/government departments, social services • Information sharing • Resource mapping • Relationship building • Consensus regarding purpose

  3. Crime Summit • Law Enforcement • Reentry • Crime Prevention

  4. Identified Issues/Gaps • Long period of getting to know one another • Needs assessment and screening • Pre-release services • Case management • 3 C’s: Communication, Coordination, Collaboration

  5. Missing Structural Link • Re-Entry Management Organization (RMO) • Criminal Justice • Social Services • Subsistence Support • Informal Support • Defined mission • Demonstration Project

  6. Organizational Structure • Governing Council • Fiscal agent • Executive Committee • Finance, Quality Assurance and Community Relations Committees • Other Task Groups as required

  7. Funding • HSDF • PCCD • Leveraged WIB funding streams • Leveraged agency funds and resources • Board member challenge • “Compassion Fund” • Grant applications • Local foundations

  8. RMO Process (Linked to NIC’s Eight Principles for EBP) • Conduct LSI-R on inmates nearing release (Principle 1: Assess Actuarial Risk/Needs) • Discuss RMO with inmate: offer choices and “self-determination” make referral • Assign case manager: 90-180 days of intensive service to client (Principle 3: Target Interventions – Dosage; Principle 5: Positive Reinforcement; Principle 6: Ongoing Support in Natural Communities)

  9. RMO Process (Linked to NIC’s Eight Principles for EBP) • Create detailed service plan: Probation and Parole, Housing, Drug and Alcohol, Education, Employment, Family, Financial, Transportation, Medical/Dental, Spiritual, Legal, Mental Health, Food, Clothing (Principle 2: Enhance Intrinsic Motivation; Principle 3: Target Interventions; Principle 6: Ongoing Support in Natural Communities) • Carry out service plan (Principle 5: Increase Positive Reinforcement)

  10. RMO Process (Linked to NIC’s Eight Principles for EBP) • Monthly case conferencing/collaborative problem solving with all service providers (Principle 7: Measure Relevant Processes/Practices; Principle 8: Measurement Feedback) • Track and document client outcomes (Principle 6: Ongoing Support in Natural Communities; Principle 7: Measure Relevant Processes/Practices)

  11. Challenges • Funding (and not letting it dictate) • Connecting formal/informal supports • Faith community/community at large • Religious vs secular • Competing goals/priorities of partner organizations • Keeping focus on recidivism • Getting “success stories” heard • Capacity & client “selection”

  12. Selected Outputs & Outcomes RMO Intensive (med-high risk) Program Clients: 2011-Present • 65% of clients participating in employability skills trainings • 84% of clients participating in substance abuse programs • 92% of clients compliant with child support payments • 75% of clients compliant with fines/costs payments • Recidivism rate for these medium-high risk clients after participation in RMO Intensive program: 28% • 28% reincarcerated for parole violations • 7% reincarcerated for new crimes

  13. Selected Outputs and Outcomes Reentry Employment Program at PA CareerLink of Lancaster County: 2012-2013 Fiscal Year • 639 people completed “Landing a Job with a Criminal Background” workshop • 107 people obtained Ready2Work certification (national work readiness credential) • 185 occupational skills certifications obtained by clients in manufacturing, OSHA, blue print, welding, forklift, HOT lab, office procedures, sales, customer service and other high priority occupational skills employers are demanding • 142 people placed in jobs with average wage of $10.80 per hr

  14. Beyond Service Delivery • Fines and Costs • Drivers Licenses/ID • Sentencing • Medications • Employment • Domestic Relations/Child Support

  15. Additional Initiatives • Reentry Employment Specialists at CareerLink • Reentry Life Skills course inside the prison • Offender Workforce Development Specialists training other professionals in community • AECF Healing Communities model • Children of Incarcerated Parents Network • Mentoring • Social Enterprise

  16. Lessons Learned • Early mapping of resources – who offers what • Devote time to relationship and trust-building • Clear organizational/accountability structures • Information sharing agreement • Leverage multiple sources of funds • Collect multiple types/levels of data • Not just recidivism, intermediate “successes” • DOCUMENT success stories • Cultivate relationship with and engage local media

  17. Contacts Melanie G. Snyder, Executive Director melaniegsnyder@yahoo.com Scott Sheely, Chairman of the Board ssheely@lancastercountywib.com 313 W. Liberty St., Suite 114 Lancaster, PA 17603 717-735-0333 http://www.lancastercountyreentry.org/

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