REENTRY SUMMIT 2018
Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County is inviting leaders committed to criminal justice system reform and social justice to the Inaugural Reentry Summit on October 3-5, 2018.
This Reentry Summit will be held in beautiful West Palm Beach, Florida and is a perfect venue to share best practices and identify opportunities to collaborate on solutions, as well as to address the topics of innovative funding solutions, the use of peer specialists in reentry, overcoming barriers, juvenile reentry, housing for returning citizens, employment, and many more vital topics.
Community partners committed to continuing the extensive dialogue in Reentry Services are encouraged to attend the Reentry Summit. The reentry movement is at a crucial point throughout the nation – over the past few years, significant progress has been achieved in the field nationally, but there are still critical challenges that need to be addressed so that outcomes continue to improve.
With 5% of the world’s population, the United States incarcerates 25% of the world’s prisoners. The successful reintegration of citizens returning to their communities following incarceration is an integral step in the process of reducing the prisoner population, lowering the recidivism rate, and ultimately eliminating mass incarceration across America, saving the nation’s taxpayers millions of dollars annually.
Palm Beach County’s Community-Based Reentry Model is viewed as a successful model for replication throughout the nation. Palm Beach County has cut recidivism rates in half.
BREAKOUT SESSION TOPICS
| Innovative funding solutions | Defining success | Employment | Reentry for sex offenders |
| Researcher/practitioner partnership | Juvenile reentry and education | Racial disparities | Reentry in the private sector |
| Keys to making it work | Behavioral health and substance abuse | Gender responsiveness | Family unification |
| Current state of evidence-based reentry practices | Reentry simulation | Building a reentry task force | Peer involvement |
| Overcoming barriers to reentry | Housing | Underutilized reentry resources | Reentry on the inside |
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Sec. John Wetzel – Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Tonier Cain – Neen Cares
Ed Latessa, Ph.D. – University of Cincinnati
PANELISTS:
Cassandra Atkin-Plunk, Ph.D. – Florida Atlantic University
David D’Amora – Council of State Governments
Armando Fana – West Palm Beach Housing & Community Development
Carey Haughwout – Palm Beach County Public Defender
CC Holloman – Legacy Communities Initiative
Delancey Street Foundation
Lauren Jablonski – Colorado Department of Corrections
Jill Levenson, Ph.D. – Barry University
Kerensa Lockwood, Ph.D. – Florida Department of Corrections
Jennifer Loyless – Palm Beach County Public Defender’s Office
Wendy Morrison-Cavendish, Ph.D. – University of Miami
Erica Nelson – Council of State Governments
Oswald Newbold – Returning Citizen
Julie Radlauer-Doerfler – The Ronik-Radlauer Group, Inc.
Ted Rodarm – Matthew 25 Ministries
Lincoln Sloas, Ph.D. – Florida Atlantic University
Craig Spatara – Palm Beach County Public Safety Department
Diana Stanley – The Lord’s Place
Faye Taxman, Ph.D. – George Mason University
John Thurston – The GEO Group, Inc.
Chris Warland – Heartland Alliance
Quintin Williams – Heartland Alliance
SUMMIT DETAILS
WHO:
Non-profit providers, Government Officials, Criminal Justice Advocates
WHEN:
October 3-5, 2018
WHERE:
Airport Hilton, West Palm Beach Florida
COST:
$275 early registration, $325 late registration (includes breakfast, lunch, and cocktail reception)
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE:
Wednesday:
4:00 p.m. Registration opens
5:00p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Welcome reception
Thursday:
7:30 a.m. Registration opens
8:00 a.m. Breakfast buffet
9:00 a.m. Plenary session
10:30 a.m. Breakout sessions
11:45 a.m. Lunch provided – Keynote Speaker
1:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker
2:30 p.m. Breakout sessions
5:30 p.m. Small group dinners
Friday:
7:30 a.m. Registration opens
8:00 a.m. Breakfast buffet
9:00 a.m. Plenary session
10:30 a.m. Breakout sessions
11:45 p.m Lunch provided – Keynote Speaker
THINGS TO DO IN PALM BEACH
A diversion program in Florida focuses specifically on redirecting people with mental illness away from the criminal justice system. In the 18 years it has been in operation, the Criminal Mental Health Project (CMHP) has both reduced the county’s jailed population and improved public safety. Read more by clicking below, and register for #ReentrySummitPBC today at www.ReentrySummitPBC.com.
Do Jail Diversion Programs Really Work?
thecrimereport.org
The ACLU has filed suit in Kansas, alleging that the state has failed to give defendants sufficient opportunity to benefit from diversion programs. But a TCR investigation finds many experts who argue that the effectiveness of such programs depends on how well they are executed.Over the last decade, city-wide bans on camping in public have increased by 69 percent while city-wide panhandling bans rose by 43 percent, according to the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. These laws are making homelessness illegal, and at a cost to the individuals and the community. Read more below.
Join the conversation about this very important social issue by registering today for the summit at www.ReentrySummitPBC.com. Seats are limited!
Why turning homelessness into a crime is cruel and costly
theconversation.com
People may not have a criminal record before they become homeless, but they likely will afterward due to laws intended to keep people with nowhere to go out of sight.