Re-entry & Family Centered Programs Washington State Department of Corrections

1. Re-entry&Family Centered ProgramsWashington State Department ofCorrections

2. WA DOC Strategic Plan • OBJECTIVE: Increase community capacity to assist in successful offender re-entry • STRATEGY: Engage community stakeholders, partners, and offender families in the reentry Initiative • ACTIVITIES: • Collaboratewith other agencies, public, private and non-profit organizations and community groups to link our common clients (offenders and families) to community resources; target our collective investments to services that support successful offender re-entry • Continue to provide interactive family centered approaches and Programs • PERFORMANCE MEASURES: • Number of community (private and public) partnerships developed and/or sustained, having effective collaboration and results recognized • Number of services and activities provided which assist offenders’ families in re-entry readiness 2005

3. LegislationSenate Bill 6157 and House Bill 1422 Support: • Development of inter-agency committees to enhance re-entry collaboration • Family Needs Assessment • Family reunification when appropriate • Wrap-around family programming • Parenting education • Family economic stability • Reduction of recidivism and intergenerational incarceration

4. Predictive analyses confirmed that respondents with family support before prison were less likely to be reconvicted after release, and those with negative family relationships were more likely to be reconvicted or re-incarcerated. Source: Urban Institute, Recidivism and Family Support, 2004; LaVIgne, Visher and Castro

5. Family Involvement with Incarceration • A majority of both fathers (57%) and mothers (54%) in State prison reported never having a personal visit with their children since admission. • Over 60% of parents in State prison reported being held over 100 miles from their last place of residence • 1.5 million children in the U.S. had a parent in prison in 1999 – today over 2.4 million children in the United States have a parent under supervision. Sources: Urban Institute, Recidivism and Family Support, 2004; LaVIgne, Visher and Castro. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Incarcerated Parents and Their Children, 2000, Mumosa

6. CONFINEMENT POPULATION Washington Facilities Total Confinement 15,930 Washington Facilities Work Release 683 Rented Out-Of-State Beds 1036 Rented In-State Beds 822 Total 18,471 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS TOTAL FIELD CASES....... 43,216 June 30, 2007 How many are impacted?

7. In a 2006 survey conducted by Pacific Lutheran University with the cooperation of the Department, Kathleen Russell, Ph.D., MSW, estimated that there are as many as 27,000 children in this state with parents under confinement in prison.

8. Family Friendly Programs in Prisons Statewide

9. Family Centered Programs in Community Corrections Statewide as of 12/06

10. Family Wrap-around Programs • Mentoring • Big Brothers Big Sisters • Girl Scouts/Boy Scouts • Volunteers of America • Parenting Programs • Preparing for Release & Rebuilding Families, Inc. • Faith Based Organizations • Parent Teacher Conferences • Residential Parenting Program

11. RE-ENTRY TEAM 5 “FAMILY MATTERS” ACTION PLAN - COMMUNITY5/23/07 – 3/31/08 • Develop job descriptions for Community Corrections • Family Specialists (2) • Establish (2) CCS positions and the Transition Specialist for Family Services • Establish (2) CCS positions • Recruit and hire new CCS (2) positions for Community and Transition Specialist • Develop statewide curriculum such as: Parenting Violence Prevention/Parenting Parent-Teacher Conferences • Develop performance measures and method of tracking (RPM) for CC • Evaluate & Assess proposal for Family Services Committee • Establish funding for training for CCO’s and reentry specialists • Establish the statewide community corrections family program Strengthening Families • Train facilitators for Strengthening Families

12. RE-ENTRY TEAM 5 “FAMILY MATTERS” ACTION PLAN - PRISONS5/23/07 – 3/31/08 • Develop Correction Specialist 1 and Office Assistant 3 position descriptions • Complete a review and revise PDF’s for current CIPC/CPPC’s • Review position descriptions submitted and signed off by Superintendents • Establish (5) CS1 and (5)OA3 positions • Recruit and hire new CS1 & OA3 positions • Develop job description for CS3 to support OJJDP mentoring project • Recruit & Hire CS3 OJJDP if grant secured • Identify statewide curriculum continuum such as: Parenting Violence Prevention/Parenting Parent Teacher Conferences • Develop performance measures and method of tracking (RPM) for Prisons • Train and develop CS1’s and OA3’s Goal of Positions Future Direction RPM

13. ACTION PLAN - SHORT TERM4/1/08 – 6/30/09 • Hire research intern & related contract staff • Approval and implementation of statewide curriculum • Train and develop Community Correctional Specialist positions • Develop performance measures and method of tracking (RPM) • Standardized, approved family programs • Continue Program Expansion • Continue Performance Monitoring ACTION PLAN - LONG TERMJuly 1, 2009-June 30, 2015

14. ? WHY ?

15. Healthy Families result in

16. … Healthier Communities

17. Our offenders – who they used to be…

25. In the previous slides you saw…BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL, AMAZING CHILDREN! However: 1 is now dead (gang related violence) 2 have spent time in adult prison 2 are immersed in drug addition 4 have dropped out of school