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Congregations, formerly incarcerated individuals and families working together.

Reentry Fact Sheet: Next Steps

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- B.B. 1711 (2uu9) establisheu a Reentiy Task Foice in TBC} to cooiuinate effoits of eight state
anu local agencies.
- TBC} establisheu a Reentiy anu Reintegiation Bivision (RIB), but legislative buuget cuts in
Apiil 2u11 eliminateu 164 RIB positions.
- S.B. 21S (2u1S) iequiies an inuiviuual tieatment plan foi each inmate anu expanus the TBC}
Reentiy Task Foice fiom eight to 2S agencies. It also iequiies agencies to iuentify theii
ieentiy anu ieintegiation goals, the stiategies foi achieving those goals, anu specific timelines
to implement theii paiticulai plans.

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The TBC} Reentiy anu Reintegiation Bivision has also set up Bistiict Reentiy Centeis in five
iegions to cooiuinate ieentiy effoits anu outieach to community ieentiy piogiams in 41 counties:
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428%&1= anu incluues }ohnson anu Taiiant counties
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ualveston, Biazoiia, Foit Benu, Walkei, Nontgomeiy, Libeity, anu Chambeis counties
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Buinet counties; /,% 0%&2%)2 >"4 :7#E,3 428%&1= anu incluues Comal, uuaualupe, Wilson,
Atascosa, anu Neuina counties; 423F8* 4A3)*&) :G8#$#* 428%&1= anu incluues San Patiicio,
}im Wells, anu Klebeig counties; anu H$0++#% :C).,+(2 428%&1= anu incluues Cameion anu
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1. Inventoiy youi congiegation's outieach ministiies anu iuentify aieas of inteisection
with ieentiy.
2. Iuentify youi county's Community Supeivision anu Coiiections Bepaitment (CSCB)
anu finu out if theie aie local ieentiy piogiams that you can paiticipate in.
S. Contact TBC}'s volunteei Seivices Piogiam foi oppoitunities to volunteei in TBC}
ieentiy piogiams: http:www.tucj.state.tx.usuivisionsipuipu_volunteei.html