Commissioners proclaim April 24-30 as National Reentry Week
Lead Summary
By
Rory Ryan-hcpress@cinci.rr.com
Highland County Commissioners Shane Wilkin, Jeff Duncan and Tom Horst proclaimed April 24-30 as National Reentry Week during their April 27 board meeting.
Highland County Reentry Services Director Rhonda Fannin met with commissioners Wednesday morning to discuss Family Engagement Conversations, an upcoming forum scheduled for May 18 from 1-3 p.m. at the Ponderosa Banquet Center in Hillsboro.
The forum will review processes related to Family Engagement while a loved one is incarcerated. The intent is to review current practices, determine assets and barriers in the community and the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and gather input from agencies working with family members in the community, family members themselves, the incarcerated and DRC employees.
The event is free to attend, but seats are limited. Please RSVP by emailing darryl.graves@odrc.state.oh.us by May 13.
Fannin said that she will be attending a Stakeholder Session in Columbus on Thursday, April 28 to participate in National Reentry Week. The session is provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s Office of Reentry and the Ohio Association of Local Reentry Coalitions to discuss reentry services in the southern district of Ohio. The event also provides an opportunity to increase partnership with the federal Department of Justice.
“We are the only reentry office in surrounding counties [at Turning Point],” Fannin said.
The Ohio Ex-Offender Reentry Coalition Chairman Gary C. Mohr recently thanked Turning Point for their services.
“We appreciate your willingness to offer support, mentorship, legal access, case management and many other services to those returning to our communities,” Mohr said. “We applaud your commitment to spend time connecting with men and women from your community while they are inside local prisons and jails. Your willingness to educate local stakeholders on the importance of effective reentry and to advocate for members of the community who might otherwise be marginalized is truly outstanding.”
Mohr also stressed the “mission to reduce recidivism among those we touch and our vision to reduce crime in Ohio.”
“Reentry is local,” Fannin said. “We have to work together.”
Highland County Reentry Services Director Rhonda Fannin met with commissioners Wednesday morning to discuss Family Engagement Conversations, an upcoming forum scheduled for May 18 from 1-3 p.m. at the Ponderosa Banquet Center in Hillsboro.
The forum will review processes related to Family Engagement while a loved one is incarcerated. The intent is to review current practices, determine assets and barriers in the community and the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and gather input from agencies working with family members in the community, family members themselves, the incarcerated and DRC employees.
The event is free to attend, but seats are limited. Please RSVP by emailing darryl.graves@odrc.state.oh.us by May 13.
Fannin said that she will be attending a Stakeholder Session in Columbus on Thursday, April 28 to participate in National Reentry Week. The session is provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s Office of Reentry and the Ohio Association of Local Reentry Coalitions to discuss reentry services in the southern district of Ohio. The event also provides an opportunity to increase partnership with the federal Department of Justice.
“We are the only reentry office in surrounding counties [at Turning Point],” Fannin said.
The Ohio Ex-Offender Reentry Coalition Chairman Gary C. Mohr recently thanked Turning Point for their services.
“We appreciate your willingness to offer support, mentorship, legal access, case management and many other services to those returning to our communities,” Mohr said. “We applaud your commitment to spend time connecting with men and women from your community while they are inside local prisons and jails. Your willingness to educate local stakeholders on the importance of effective reentry and to advocate for members of the community who might otherwise be marginalized is truly outstanding.”
Mohr also stressed the “mission to reduce recidivism among those we touch and our vision to reduce crime in Ohio.”
“Reentry is local,” Fannin said. “We have to work together.”