The Regional Corrections Board for Tri-County Community Corrections met on Monday at the Polk County Justice Center. A relatively short meeting included a review of the 3rd Annual Resources for Reintegration Fair held in September and several contracts.
“We actually conduct a resource fair in the jail which allows the inmates to get in contact with resources that will help to prepare them for their release back into the community,” explained executive director for Tri-County Community Corrections, Andrew Larson. “The participation we get from the inmates is really fabulous, this year 97 percent participated in the event.”
Resources include social services, mental health, chemical dependency providers, local employers, and housing resources. Overall 28 different vendors participated in the fair.
The board also reviewed the Host County contracts for the juvenile center. Larson explained that rather than engaging in different contracts for each government agency that may request space, as standard practice is to provide a host county contract that is uniform across the board.
Progress continues on the Recidivism Reduction Grant with the probation officer who will work on the project starting to transfer her caseload, Northwest Mental Health practitioners have been visiting the jail bi-weekly and will eventually ramp up to 28 hours a week as screening of new admins provides more need. The board also approved a contract with Nadine Rodriguez who will work on data collection and evaluating the data throughout the grant project.
Tri-County has officially also entered into a contract effect January 1st with Mahnomen County for 30 beds, replacing almost the full Clay County contract that has ended with the opening of the new jail in Moorhead.
REGIONAL CORRECTIONS BOARD TALKS REINTEGRATION FAIR
