This article from the Urban Institute provides community organizations with information on effectively disseminating reentry mapping and analysis. Based on the experience of Reentry Mapping Network sites, this brief offers recommendations on how…

This research brief from the Urban Institute describes preliminary findings from a study of the experiences of prisoners returning home to areas around Cleveland. Providing a broad range of reentry challenges, authors examine potential factors…

This Web article features Polk County Decategorization that works in conjunction with the Iowa Department of Corrections and administers the youthful offender portion of the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Grant. The program provides a…

This article, through the Family Strengthening Policy Center, reviews a new model to help support families raising children in low-income environments. Children have better outcomes when cared for by supportive families in supportive communitives…

With three quarters of a million parents in prison, this affects their children by disrupting parent-child relationships, altering the networks of familial support, and placing new burdens on governmental services such as schools, foster care,…

This brief by the Urban Institute analyzes data from ex-offenders, community residents, and reentry policymakers to summarize the community's role in the reintegration process for released prisoners. The brief concludes with proposed ideas to the…

Data has shown that prisoners are less likely to return to crime if they are able to secure employment after release. However, many returning ex-offenders experience barriers to employment. This study looks at the experience and employment data…

This resource is the third in a series of policy-relevant issue briefs by Caliber Associates, Inc. that discuss trends in corrections, the role of religion in reentry, and results of current research. This first issue brief entitled "Prisoner…

Authored by Chelsea Farley. This issue brief describes the Philadelphia-based Amachi program, which partners faith-based organizations with public agencies and nonprofit service providers to identify children of prisoners and match them with…

Under contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of the Compassion Capital Fund (CCF), Caliber Associates is evaluating the pre- and post-release effects of the faith-based Kairos Horizon program. Among the goals…