Southern Apache County Community Re-Entry Grant

Community Awareness Resource Entity of Arizona will facilitate the successful transition and reentry of justice-involved individuals returning to the target area after a period of incarceration. The primary activities for this project are: in-reach services, including life skills education and transition services; service coordination and tracking; peer support; case management; community coaching or mentoring; temporary housing assistance; and civil legal assistance services.

Projected outcomes for the proposed project are as follows: justice-involved individuals in reentry will experience successful reintegration into the target area; social support in the target communities will be strengthened; and recidivism rates among persons in reentry will be reduced.

The service area for this project is Southern Apache County in the tribal and nontribal areas located south of I-40. Communities include Sanders, Chambers, Houck, Wide Ruins and other municipalities in the Navajo Nahata D’ziil Chapter, and the towns of St. Johns, Eagar, Springerville, Vernon, and Concho. The intended beneficiaries of this project are individuals involved in the justice system and their families. The project will serve both youth and adults and individuals in the Arizona Department of Corrections prison system and the Apache County Jail.