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Tompkins County task force urges formal reentry team, explores nonprofit partners and remote assessments
Summary
A Tompkins County criminal-justice task force recommended formalizing a reentry team with dedicated case management, expanding prerelease assessments via remote video, and exploring nonprofit partners and grant funding to scale post-release supports.
Michelle, the task force chair, opened the meeting by noting a focused agenda and recent email exchanges about reentry planning and jail-based assessments. She told the group the Alcohol & Drug Council has met with Lieutenant Ray Buntz at the jail and is preparing OASIS approvals to designate an additional site to perform substance-use assessments for people in custody.
Bill, who said the mayor asked him to chair a municipal committee, described a four-pillar approach drawn from Canadian examples — prevention, treatment, harm reduction and public safety — and said the city wants to be a contributing partner rather than duplicate existing services. “The mayor asked me to chair the municipal committee,”…
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