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Residents press commissioners on Camden road funding, expungement clinics and reentry services; officials outline county roles
Summary
A resident asked how the county allocates road funding and raised questions about expungement clinics and reentry services; county officials explained the difference between county and city road responsibilities, outlined expungement clinic procedures and described 1‑Stop reentry services and a $450,000 reentry grant listed on the agenda.
A resident who identified herself as a longtime Camden area resident used the public‑comment period to question how Camden County determines allocations for road improvements and to ask about legal clinics and reentry services for people leaving incarceration.
In response, a county official explained that the county is responsible for county roads only, that projects are selected from a five‑year capital improvement plan and that projects listed in the session included Sicklerville Road in Winslow Township and a planned Haddon Avenue project in Camden the official said is approximately $17,000,000. The official emphasized that some city streets are the city’s responsibility.
On expungement clinics, Commissioner Nash described the volunteer legal clinic program and the state’s eligibility requirements. “You have to be out of trouble for 10 years,” Nash said, adding that some crimes are ineligible for expungement. Nash said clinic attorneys complete paperwork on site and that approvals must then be obtained from the prosecutor’s office and the courts.
A resident also asked how reentry services work and referenced a $450,000 community project funding grant for a reentry release and resource center listed earlier on the agenda. Commissioner Young and other county officials described the Camden County 1‑Stop system and its reentry supports, saying the 1‑Stop can provide a range of services—education, job readiness, wraparound supports and coordination with correctional facility programs—while noting that reentry is a multi‑step process that may include transitional housing and partnership programs.
The resident was invited to provide contact information so county staff could follow up and explain why a particular expungement application might not have advanced, and county officials offered to meet after the meeting to provide additional assistance.
