Redesigning the Pathways Home: Alameda County's Pilot to Positive Reentry

The purpose of the Innovations in Reentry Initiative (IRI): Reducing Recidivism Through Systems Improvement is to provide local jurisdictions and Indian tribes with the resources and training and technical assistance (TTA) necessary to identify assets and gaps in their local reentry systems and to develop capacity and partnerships with other justice agencies to provide services that prevent recidivism, reduce crime, and improve public safety in their jurisdictions.

IRI is part of BJA’s Innovations in Public Safety portfolio, also known as the “Innovations Suite.” The Innovations Suite of programs invests in the development of practitioner-researcher partnerships that use data, evidence, and innovation to create strategies that are effective and economical. This data-driven approach enables jurisdictions to understand the full nature and extent of the crime challenges they face and to direct resources to the highest priorities. Successful partnerships between practitioners and researchers require investments of planning, time, communication, complementary skills, and adequate resources.

The overall objective of the IRI is to support the development and implementation of comprehensive and collaborative reentry strategies to reduce recidivism among reentering offenders who are at medium to high risk for recidivating and to improve public safety.

The recipient will utilize grant funding for Redesigning the Pathways Home: Alameda County’s Pilot to Positive Reentry. The Pathways Pilot is an intensely collaborative effort led by the Alameda County Probation Department (ACPD) and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) that weaves together critical reentry support systems to create seamless pathways to reentry that begin prior to release for the state’s highest risk and need clients returning to Alameda County from California State Prisons. ACPD will redesign the way in which clients return to their home communities by creating targeted pathways, infused with evidence-based services and warm connections, that reduce barriers and address client’s needs and reduce recidivism.

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