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Project Connect tells commissioners its jail reentry program offers in-jail therapy and up-to-6-month post-release support, but future funding uncertain
Summary
Sarah D'Aracette, program manager for Project Connect, briefed commissioners on in-jail Moral Reconation Therapy and expanded community classes; the program is partly funded by one-year opioid-settlement grants and private donors, and staff said they are exploring longer-term funding options.
Sarah D’Aracette, program manager for Project Connect, told Adams County commissioners that the reentry program continues inside the county jail and now includes a programming pod where 15 men participate in Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT); MRT sessions for women are also provided and the organization has begun offering community classes and family-support groups.
D’Aracette said Project Connect partners with community corrections and other justice-system agencies and offers continued "walk-along" support for individuals for up to six months after release from custody. She described a family-group pilot and a partnership with a facilitator who brings lived experience workbooks to sessions for family members of incarcerated people.
Funding for Project Connect comes from a combination of county opioid-settlement grant money (the grant in question was a one-year award), private donors and other grant sources. Commissioners asked whether continuing funds were available beyond the initial year; staff said the opioid fund will have diminishing annual resources and that the program is pursuing additional funding options, including discussions with the sheriff and possible state-level support tied to reentry court success.
Commissioners and staff encouraged coordination with local service providers and noted the program’s connections with reentry court, probation and community corrections. D’Aracette said Project Connect and partner agencies are continuing outreach to referral sources and community organizations.
