The Community Reentry Mess – What Works?

Every time I explore that very fuzzy interface between the mental health system and the corrections system, my takeaway is that it is a mess that needs a solution beyond the current silos of policy and funding. I had the same takeaway from last week’s session, Serving The Criminal Justice Population: Reentry & Community Mental Health Programs, at the 2015 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute, where we had a lively session on community reentry programs. Our panelists presented three very different approaches to community reentry in three different states – Betsy Hardwick, Chief Operating Officer & Program Administrator, ReEntry . . .