The challenge of Recidivism in San Francisco
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The cost of rehabilitation with no job skill development costs San Franciscan’s over 40K per year, when in reality training for a 21 century desk job costs less than 2K and produces tax revenue of over 50K not to mention the impact on local merchants
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Reentry Council seeks interested individuals to serve on WiCAC The Reentry Council is seeking interested individuals to represent the Reentry Council on the Workforce Investment Community Advisory Committee (WiCAC). Interested individuals must complete a Statement of Interest, which must be received by no later than 5:00pm on Friday February 3rd. Please download a Statement of Interest here or contact me for more information.
Entrepreneurship Class Open Now Do you have a business idea or are you interested in learning about self-employment? Project ReMade, Reentry: Making a Difference Through Entrepreneurship, is recruiting applicants to participate in a series of free workshops which will provide comprehensive entrepreneurship training, leadership development, and mentoring to women who were released from prison 1-5 years ago. Classes will be held February through May 2012 on the San Francisco State University campus and will be taught by students from the Stanford Law School. An orientation to the program will be held at the San Francisco Public Library at 100 Larkin Street, Mary Louise Stong Conference Room (1st Floor) on Thursday, January 5 at 6:00pm To review or print a flyer for this program, please click here.
Seeking Book Donations The Reentry Division of the Adult Probation Department is seeking book donations to distribute to people on community supervision in San Francisco. We’re looking for a wide variety of gently used books, including: nonfiction (exercise, travel, parenting, history, biographies, etc.); fiction (novels, bestsellers, mysteries, etc.); children’s books (all ages); and poetry. Please, no magazines or textbooks. If you have books you’d like to donate to help promote literacy among people served by the Adult Probation Department, please contact Jennifer Scaife, Reentry Resources Coordinator, at reentry.council@sfgov.org or (415) 558-2406.
Change to SF Parole Office and PACT Meeting Location The SF 4 Parole Office has closed. PACT Meetings continue to be held weekly on Tuesdays at 10:00am, and are now held at the San Francisco Parole offices at 1727 Mission Street (at 13th and Duboce).
Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide Child Welfare Services to incarcerated parents The San Francisco Human Services Agency announces its intent to seek proposals from agencies, organizations, and/or qualified individuals interested in providing Child Welfare Services to incarcerated parents and legal guardians who have open Child Welfare cases. The purpose of this service is to provide emergency interviewing of incarcerated parents regarding family and other child placement resources and to provide reunification jail visits, jail/prison case management, coordination with child’s worker, and development of post incarceration plans. The RFP will be released on January 5th. The pre-bid conference will be held on January 10th at 9:30am. Proposals will be due February 6th. For more information, see bid #497 at http://mission.sfgov.org/OCABidPublication/ or contact Johanna Gendelman for more information at (415) 557-5162 or Johanna.Gendelman@sfgov.org.
UPCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS
Subcommittee on Policy and Operational Practices
Reentry Council
Wednesday January 25
3:00pm-5:00pm
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
25th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Luncheon
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of SF
Thursday January 26
Westin St. Francis
335 Powell Street
San Francisco
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area cordially invites you to attend the 25th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Luncheon. Keynote address will be delivered by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California, Goodwin Liu. For more information, email mlk@lccr.com or call (415) 543-9444 x203.
Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) and Executive Committee of CCP
Thursday January 26
2:00pm-4:00pm
600 Embarcadero
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Support and Opportunities
Reentry Council
Thursday February 2
1:00pm-3:00pm
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Assessment and Connections
Reentry Council
Wednesday February 8
9:00am-11:00am
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Full Reentry Council
Tuesday March 6
10:00am-12:00pm
Location TBD
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Policy and Operational Practices
Reentry Council
Wednesday March 21
3:00pm-5:00pm
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Support and Opportunities
Reentry Council
Thursday April 5
1:00pm-3:00pm
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Executive Committee of Community Corrections Partnership
Thursday March 29
2:00pm-4:00pm
Location TBD
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Assessment and Connections
Reentry Council
Wednesday April 11
9:00am-11:00am
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Full Reentry Council
Tuesday April 24
10:00am-12:00pm
Location TBD
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Policy and Operational Practices
Reentry Council
Wednesday May 16
3:00pm-5:00pm
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Executive Committee of Community Corrections Partnership
Thursday May 24
2:00pm-4:00pm
Location TBD
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Support and Opportunities
Reentry Council
Thursday May 31
1:00pm-3:00pm
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Assessment and Connections
Reentry Council
Wednesday June 13
9:00am-11:00am
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Full Reentry Council
Tuesday July 10
10:00am-12:00pm
Location TBD
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Policy and Operational Practices
Reentry Council
Wednesday July 18
3:00pm-5:00pm
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Support and Opportunities
Reentry Council
Thursday July 26
1:00pm-3:00pm
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Assessment and Connections
Reentry Council
Wednesday August 15
9:00am-11:00am
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Community Corrections Partnership
Thursday August 23
2:00pm-4:00pm
Location TBD
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Policy and Operational Practices
Reentry Council
Wednesday September 5
3:00pm-5:00pm
Location TBD
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Support and Opportunities
Reentry Council
Thursday September 13
1:00pm-3:00pm
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Assessment and Connections
Reentry Council
Wednesday October 17
9:00am-11:00am
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Full Reentry Council
Tuesday October 23
10:00am-12:00pm
Location TBD
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Policy and Operational Practices
Reentry Council
Wednesday November 7
3:00pm-5:00pm
Location TBD
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Support and Opportunities
Reentry Council
Thursday November 15
1:00pm-3:00pm
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
Subcommittee on Assessment and Connections
Reentry Council
Wednesday December 12
9:00am-11:00am
City Hall, Room 278
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
More information forthcoming. All are welcome to attend.
If you have anything you think would be of interest to Reentry Council stakeholders, please send the information to me with a request to distribute, and I will include in the next e-mail to this list of over 1,700 interested individuals. Please feel free to forward this almost-weekly email digest to anyone you think may be interested in improving reentry programs and policies affecting people living in San Francisco. Also, all information is posted at http://sfreentry.com. If you would like to be removed from this list at any time, or if you would prefer to receive these digests via FAX or postal mail, please let me know.
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