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Sen. Owens and My Story Matters seek one-time funding to expand prison-based reentry program
Summary
Senator Owens and My Story Matters presenters described a prison-based intervention that the Department of Corrections and formerly incarcerated participants say reduces recidivism and asked legislators for a one-time appropriation to expand the program inside prisons and into community reentry services.
Senator Owens introduced a request-for-appropriation to continue and expand My Story Matters, an evidence-informed intervention operating inside Utah prisons. Amy Chandler, executive director of My Story Matters, and executive-board member Josh Penrod described the program's curriculum and its effects on participants and families. "We're…
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