What is the Reentry Initiative Resource Map?
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| | The Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative is a collaborative effort of multiple Federal Partners representing the U.S. Departments of Justice, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Education, and Veterans Affairs, and the Social Security Administration. These Federal Partners have provided funding and resources to assist the 50 States and two territories in developing, implementing, enhancing, and evaluating reentry strategies.
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| | The Reentry Online Resource Map is a robust electronic resource for reentry grantees and others across the country who are interested in, or have the potential to contribute to, program development and service integration for returning offenders and their families. Designed to be an evolving resource, the Resource Map presents easy access to Federal, State, and national resources for facilitating prisoner reentry, no matter what phase of reentry program development and implementation a community exhibits.
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Who can Benefit from using the Reentry Resource Map?
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| | Implementing comprehensive prisoner reentry strategies can be challenging. The criminal justice system was not designed to handle the many difficulties prisoners face as they return to their communities, such as mental health, substance abuse, education, transitional housing, employment, and other urgent and long-term issues. Therefore, collaboration among pertinent agencies and organizations has emerged as the preferred pathway to reintegration.
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| | The Resource Map provides a broad range of Federal, State and national resources to assist grantees and others in planning, implementing, and enhancing reentry strategies within their communities.
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| | The Reentry Resource Map is designed to assist:
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| | - Law enforcement personnel
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| | - Community corrections (probation and parole)
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| | - Community-based organizations
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| | - Victim advocates
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| | - Housing officials
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| | - Health officials
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| | - Substance abuse prevention and treatment counselors
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| | - Mental health advocates
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| | - Educators
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| | - Policymakers
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Key Features
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| | - Serves as an evolving, not static instrument
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| | - Offers resources appropriate for all phases of prisoner reentry efforts
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| | - Provides targeted Federal, State, and national level resources
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| | - Compliments the Reentry Online Toolkit GPS
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| | - Offers users the ability to suggest a resource
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| | - Updates occur regularly and efficiently
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How to Use the Reentry Resource Map
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| | Reentry Federal Partners This section comprises the agencies involved in providing services or resources to the Reentry Initiative.
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| | Resource Locator and a Map of the United States You can either click on a State within the map or utilize the pulldown menu within the box. Once you enter a given State, you will see State Resources applicable to that location; links will be displayed for Federal Partner Resources, and National Resources that are applicable to the 50 States, District of Columbia, and two territories. The resources can be viewed by clicking on the respective link.
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Navigation Boxes (located on the right and left side of the home page)
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| | Resource Locator Allows the user to view all resources for an individual State or territory and service category. Also, allows the user to conduct searches by Federal Partner Resources Only, National Resources Only, or State, Federal and National Resources.
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| | Disclaimer Provides a statement to protect the rights of the Office of Justice Programs, its Federal Partners, and the National Training and Technical Assistance Center.
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| | Reentry Web Site This function allows users to click on the link and go directly to the U.S. Department of Justice Reentry Web site.
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| | Suggest a Resource This function allows users to suggest adding a resource to the Reentry Online Resource Map. Once the resource is submitted, a National Training and Technical Assistance Center representative will review and determine the resource's accessibility and validity. If the resource is deemed valid, it will be posted to the Resource Map.
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Icons (located at the top of the page)
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Home By clicking on this icon, the user can always return to the home page.
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Email This Page This function allows the user to email the page being viewed to another party.
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Print This Page This function allows the user to print the page being viewed.
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Contact Us This function provides the contact information for NTTAC allowing the user to ask questions, raise concerns, or make requests regarding the Resource Map.
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Common Terms Icon When you click on this icon you will have the option of finding the definitions for the following:
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| | (related to reentry)
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| | The (three phases of the reentry initiative).
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Tutorial Tutorial-Provides the user with a better understanding of how to fully utilize the Reentry Online Resource Map.
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