Collaboration between faith-based organizations, community organizations, and corrections has proven to be a cost-effective way to meet agency needs and bring much needed services to offenders. This unique partnership also helps to promote social justice, reduce recidivism, and increase public safety.

Objectives

Discussion topics will include the following:

• Leveraging money through partnerships.
• Dispelling the myths surrounding a partnership between faith-based and community organizations and corrections.
• Creating a solution-based partnership that helps to improves lives and fosters community safety.
• Navigating the request for proposal (RFP) process and associated legal terms.
• Developing a “4th hour” action plan to integrate and expand upon the information presented.

Closed caption is available.

Audience

Professionals working at all levels and in all areas of adult and juvenile corrections or inmate reentry are
encouraged to attend. This includes:

• policy makers,
• wardens and superintendents,
• administrators,
• chaplains,
• pastors,
• community leaders,
• individuals working in community and faith-based organizations,
• reentry coordinators,
• individuals working in jails, prisons, community corrections facilities, parole and probation, pretrial services, detention centers.