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Mayor’s reentry commission publishes SIM mapping findings, sets housing and crisis-response priorities
Summary
The mayor’s commission on reentry reported results from a sequential intercept mapping workshop identifying housing, data sharing, crisis response and workforce as top priorities; commission members and agency leads described short-term actions and subcommittees to pursue system coordination.
Columbus’ mayoral commission on reentry on Oct. 14 presented findings from a Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) workshop that mapped where people with behavioral needs encounter the local justice system and recommended four priority areas to reduce recidivism.
The commission, which hosted a May workshop through the GAINS Center funded by SAMHSA, said the exercise surfaced strengths — specialty courts and peer-support programs — and gaps in housing options, real-time data coordination, crisis-response capacity and behavioral health workforce retention.
“We want to reduce recidivism and support successful reintegration for individuals returning from incarceration,” said Kristen Barker, vice president for workforce at the Georgia Center for Opportunity and chair of the mayor’s commission on reentry. Barker told council the SIM process examined…
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