Welcome to the Ohio Ex-Offender Reentry Coalition

Reentry Roundtable on Education

We are excited to share with you the long-awaited monograph of the Reentry Roundtable on Education convened on March 31 and April 1, 2008 at John Jay College of Criminal Justice by The Urban Institute and the College’s Prisoner Reentry Institute.

The report, "From the Classroom to the Community" Exploring the Role of Education during Incarceration and Reentry synthesizes and documents the timely opportunity with which we were provided to examine the current state of education during incarceration and reentry and identify promising programmatic and policy directions.

From the Classroom to the Community is the first resource to comprehensively address correctional education through the prisoner reentry lens. It includes:

• Recent statistics on the state of correctional education in the United States
• A summary of research findings on the effects education has on the incarceration and reentry experience
• A discussion on the various challenges and opportunities associated with providing education to this population, during and after incarceration.

Read the complete letter…

Transitions

The Franklin County Reentry Coalition through the Columbus Urban League, IMPACT, and United Way of Columbus offers Transitions Reentry Program.

What We Are About

The Transitions program is designed to reintegrate former prisoners into the community, reduce prison recidivism, and improve public safety through addressing the educational, employment, healthcare, housing and family relationship needs of prisoners re-entering society by providing support and connection to needed services in the community after prisoners have been released.

 It is only when we can understand what ex-offenders encounter on a daily basis, that we can begin to design a path of change. Transitions has several training sessions, each working to address the distinct needs of men who come into contact with the criminal justice system.

The staff of the Columbus Urban League Transitions Program is totally aware of the difficulties involving ex-offenders, and works constantly to support and direct them on a positive path.

"If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive..." -Audre Lorde

Second Chance Tuesdays

The Reentry Coalition of Northwest Ohio in association with the Lucas County Commissioners, the Toledo Bar Association Pro Bono Legal Services Program have partnered to offer Second Chance Tuesdays.

This program offers no-cost expungements on the second Tuesday of every month from 1:00 - 2:00 pm at The Source.

Expunge or Seal your records with the help of attorneys.

Individual may be eligible to get their records cleared if they have:

1. One Criminal Conviction
2. Multiple convictions arising from the same action
3. Multiple arrests and NO convictions

Please Bring:

1. Your criminal history (including written report from the Toledo Police Department)
2. The case number on your previous case, obtained at the clerk of court's office where you were convicted or charged (i.e., Toledo Municipal Court, Lucas County Common Pleas Court, etc.)
3. Name of the judge in your prior case

Questions about whether you qualify? Call the Pro-Bono Bar Association at: (419) 242-9363

Montgomery County Reentry Coalition

Ex-Offender Employment Report

Montgomery County has released the Ex-Offender Reentry Employment Report.

Upon release from prison, ex-offenders are faced with an array of challenges, such as:

• How and where do I sleep?
• How do I get a job or training for a job?
• How do I cope with the broken relationships that I left behind?
• How do I recover from self-destructive habits?
• How do I become part of a productive, law-abiding community?
• And the question underlying all the others: Who cares?

This detailed report helps to answer the question "How do I get a Job".