Media Advisory: Joint Reentry Council to Meet Thursday in Raleigh

WHAT: Bi-monthly meeting of the North Carolina Joint Reentry Council to coordinate efforts in improving rehabilitation and reentry of offenders returning to their communities after incarceration.

WHEN: Thursday, July 24, 10 a.m. - Noon

WHERE: Greg Poole, Jr. All Faiths Chapel (Dorothea Dix Park), 1030 Richardson Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603

WHO: Council members, honored guests, speakers and a chance for public comment

AGENDA

10 a.m. - Welcome and Introductions: Leslie Cooley Dismukes, NCDAC Secretary.

10:15 - Strategic Planning Update and Dashboard Presentation: George Pettigrew, NCDAC Deputy Secretary of the Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry.

10:30 - Home After Incarceration: A Reentry Housing System Assessment in North Carolina: Megan Pfeiffer, Reentry 2030 Project Manager, The Council of State Governments Justice Center; Thomas Coyne, Housing Project Manager, The Council of State Governments Justice Center.

11:15 - Our Children's Place of Coastal Horizons: Melissa W. Radcliff, Program Director, Our Children's Place of Coastal Horizons.

11:45 - Public comments

11:55 - Closing remarks: Deputy Secretary Pettigrew.