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Legislators hear plan to create small Office of Reentry Services in Department of Labor
Summary
House Bill 718 would establish a three‑person Office of Reentry Services in the Department of Labor and Industry to coordinate state agencies, tribes and community partners to reduce recidivism and improve workforce outcomes for people leaving incarceration.
Representative Carrie Seekins Crowe told the committee her bill aims to reduce recidivism by better coordinating state programs and sustaining services after release. “The first goal is to kind of stop recidivism,” she said, outlining plans to bring Departments of Commerce, Corrections, Justice, Health and Human Services, tribal colleges and community providers into a collaboration.
Sarah Swanson, commissioner of…
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