CSOSA Citywide Reentry Strategy


	CSOSA CITYWIDE REENTRY STRATEGY
	Five workgroups led by respected leaders from criminal justice system agencies and community-based organizations completed an Action Plan that sets an implementation timeline for the Comprehensive Reentry Strategy for Adults in the District of Columbia.
	Pre-Release Planning (Nancy Ware, Executive Director, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council) Education/Employment (Catherine Hargrove, formerly of the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization) Public Education, Family, and Community Support (Ivy Lange, DC Prisoners’ Legal Services Project) Short-term and Long-term Housing (Claire Johnson, Pretrial Services Agency) Legislative and Policy Issues (Council Member Kathy Patterson, with assistance from June Kress) [Read the Comprehensive Reentry Strategy for Adults in the District of Columbia: Action Plan, October 15, 2003]
	The goal of the Comprehensive Reentry Strategy for Adults in the District of Columbia is to provide a detailed, long-range plan for an effective continuum of reentry services for DC offenders during incarceration, transition from incarceration to the community, and life in the community during and after supervision. [Read the Final, Comprehensive Reentry Strategy for Adults in the District of Columbia]
	In order to finalize the Comprehensive Reentry Strategy for Adults in the District of Columbia, the drafters circulated more than 500 copies of the strategy and invited community stakeholders to provide opinion and comment. [Read Comment and Review on the Reentry Strategy]