Work Groups

Communications Taskforce

Meets every 4th Thursday, 11:00-12:00pm @ Project Lia

Current Strategies:

1. Create, maintain, and implement a new MCRC Branding Toolkit. 

2. Build stronger mission-focused conversations in and between workgroups.

Employment & Education Work Group

Meets every 3rd Thursday; 8:30-10:00am @ CICF

Objective: Returning citizens will find and retain jobs with adequate pay and benefits.

Current Strategies:

1. Increase Access to Transitional Jobs

2. Increase Access to Technology and Technology Training 

Housing Taskforce

Meets every 2nd Wednesday; 10:00-11:30am

Objective: All adults with a criminal history in Marion County are housed.

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Policy Committee

Meets every 4th Friday, 2:00-3:00pm @ Community Solutions, Inc.

Current Strategies:

1. Identify policy recommendations (programmatic and legislative) from each work group

2. Develop a rubric for prioritizing policy efforts

Services Work Group

Meets every 1st Friday, 2:00-3:30pm @ PACE, Inc. 

Objective: Returning citizens receive Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) aligned assessment, case planning, and care coordination that aligns with the MCRC’s Re-entry Approach. 

Current Strategies:

1. Launching a Reentry ECHO

2. Community Justice Campus Re-Entry Space Services Recommendations

System Redesign Work Group

Meets every first Thursday, 3:00-4:30pm @ CICF

Objective: Returning citizens are well prepared for successful re-entry upon release from incarceration

Current Strategies:

1. Access to Healthcare from Arrest to Release

2. Community Justice Campus Programming/Services Array, Complex Design