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County plans to expand Returning Home reentry program, cites reduced recidivism

Washington County (state address) · February 20, 2026

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Speaker 1 described a Returning Home reentry program that offers substance-use treatment, mental-health support and life-skills training for nonviolent detainees, credited with reducing jail overcrowding and winning a 2025 award; the speaker said the county plans to add a dedicated women's program.

Speaker 1, an unidentified speaker, highlighted the Returning Home community rebuilding initiative as a first-of-its-kind county effort to help nonviolent detainees reintegrate.

"It provides the substance of use treatment, mental health support, life skills training, and education...It's…

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