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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	April 19, 2016

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Costa

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Subject:

National Reentry Week 2016

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/19/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

Contact:

L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: April 19, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2016/151 recognizing April 24-30, 2016 as National Reentry Week 2016, as recommended by the County Administrator.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

Over the last seven years, the Department of Justice has partnered with state, local, and tribal agencies and national organizations to support hundreds of reentry programs across the country. Thanks to these collaborations individuals leaving our corrections facilities have benefitted from unprecedented access to job training, healthcare, housing, and other services aimed at putting them on a path to productive, successful lives.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The demand for effective reentry services remains high. More than 600,000 men and women leave prison every year and more than 11 million people cycle through our nation's jails. That is why the Justice Department, through the Second Chance Act programs and the leadership of the Federal Interagency Reentry Council, continues to advance evidence-based reentry programming and promote innovative reentry policymaking. Federal actions have been and will be only part of the solution.

In an effort to draw greater attention to reentry, the Department of Justice is designating April 24-30, 2016, National Reentry Week. Throughout the week, U.S. Attorneys' Offices will lead reentry-related efforts in their districts and Bureau of Prisons facilities will coordinate events in their 122 facilities, including job fairs, reentry roundtables, listening sessions with formerly incarcerated individuals, special events for children of incarcerated parents, outreach through OpEd pieces in local media outlets, and other efforts designed to raise awareness of the importance of reentry.

Effective reentry programs offer the chance of a better life to those who return from our nation's corrections facilities. National Reentry Week highlights the value of these programs. The investments we make today - through the resources we dedicate and the enthusiasm we generate - will pay dividends for returning citizens and for public safety in America.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The County would not recognize National Reentry Week.

CLERK'S ADDENDUM

Speaker: Donte Blue, County Reentry Coordinator.