Reentry Roundtable presents system-simulation training and requests sustained county support
Jul 28, 2026
The Austin-Travis County Reentry Roundtable briefed commissioners on a systems-based reentry initiative that uses immersive simulation and peer workforce development to connect housing, employment, mental health and legal services for people returning from incarceration; presenters asked for continued county partnership.
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The Austin-Travis County Reentry Roundtable presented an overview of its FY26 work and FY27 strategy, emphasizing systems-integration, immersive system-simulation trainings and development of a peer-support workforce. Misty Campbell, chair of the roundtable and a corrections-education coordinator, described the simulations used to help leaders experience barriers to reentry and urged continued county investment in system integration and peer support. "Systems matter and changing systems matter," the recorded remarks from a city manager participant said in a slide shown to the court, and presenters said the roundtable's convening function leverages modest county investment into broader cross-sector impact.
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