Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative Grantee

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U.S. Dept of Justice - Office of Programs
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Illinois

Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative Grantee

Illinois Department of Corrections (Amount: $2,000,000*)

The Illinois Department of Corrections will target 200 adult male offenders ages 18–24 and 10 juveniles ages 14–17 who will be released into Chicago’s North Lawndale community. Less intensive reentry services will also be provided to parolees in Chicago’s West Garfield, Austin, and West Humboldt Park communities. Through the Illinois Going Home Project, the department will partner with various service agencies to address recidivism, substance abuse, and physical and mental health issues and to support workforce participation, housing, family reunification, faith-based support, and mentoring. For more information, read this grantee’s workplan.

Local contact: Richard Guzman, 630–584–0750, ext. 2.

Local Organizations & Resources

BI Reentry Program: Chicago, IL
Jim Anderson
6400 Lookout Road
Boulder, CO 80301
800–241–2911
303–218–1000
303–218–1250 (fax)
jim.anderson@bi.com
http://www.bi.com/content.php?sectio...detail=chicago

BI’s (Behavioral Intervention’s) Chicago Reentry Program provides year-round, around-the-clock accountability and services to targeted high-risk parolee populations, offenders with two or more prior incarcerations, and offenders with sentences of 10 or more years. The services provided by BI include case management, substance abuse treatment, cognitive interventions, family services, critical life skills and anger management training, basic education and GED support, employment preparation and job placement, aftercare, and community outreach. More than 1,500 parolees participated in the first 3 years of the program, which began in April 1998. Outcomes for participants during this period were a 1-year recidivism rate of 10 percent for inmates released during 4/00–3/01, a 2-year recidivism rate of 24 percent for inmates released during 4/99–3/00, and a 3-year recidivism rate of 35 percent for inmates released during 4/98–3/99.

Cook County Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department
1100 South Hamilton Avenue
Chicago, IL 60612
312–433–4401
http://www.cookcountycourt.org/servi.../balanced.html

The Cook County, IL, Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department has developed a series of programs in response to the Balanced and Restorative Justice section of Public Law 90–590. The purpose of these programs is to hold juvenile offenders accountable while also helping them develop the life skills they need to become productive members of the community

The Employment Intervention Demonstration Program
Lisa A. Razzano, Ph.D., Project Director
UIC Mental Health Services Research Program
104 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60603
312–422–8180
312–422–0706 (TDD)
312–422–0740 (fax)
www.psych.uic.edu/eidp

The Employment Intervention Demonstration Program explores the complex factors involved in securing and maintaining satisfying employment for consumers of mental health services. The focus of the program is determining how these factors are influenced by different types of service interventions that are delivered by mental health and rehabilitation professionals, state and local government agencies, and self-help and peer support organizations.

Lutheran Social Services Institute: Prisoner and Family Ministry
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
1001 East Touhy Avenue, Suite 50
Des Plaines, IL 60018
847–635–4600
847–635–6764 (fax)
info@lssi.org

The Prisoner and Family Ministry serves prisoners and their families in prisons and jails throughout Illinois. In 1981, this grassroots ministry began with one part-time staff member. Currently, 16 staff and over 350 volunteers provide services, which touch over 10,000 prisoners and their families each year. The ministry is funded through private donations and foundation grants.

Prison Action Committee
661 East 79th Street
Chicago, IL 60619
773–874–7390
773–874–7392 (fax)
members.tripod.com/TheFreedomTrain/pachistory.html

The Prison Action Committee’s staff is composed of ex-offenders and is helped by men and women on work release from the Illinois Department of Corrections, on parole at transitional halfway houses, or on Earnfare welfare-to-work programs, as well as former prisoners and the families and friends of persons still in prison. The board includes nine directors who are in prison.