TIRW-AK was a series of virtual modules facilitated by national experts and delivered to members of 8 Alaska native tribes and villages from March 16-18, 2021. Teams were comprised of tribal court specialists, vocational rehabilitation counselors, family contact facilitators, reentry coalition coordinators, crisis clinicians and council members, and others. Teams had to apply, be chosen, and complete several pre-workshop assignments.
The training aimed to provide participant teams with a set of guidelines, principles and tools to assist in the development of reentry strategies for Tribal members returning to their communities after a period of secure confinement in Federal, Tribal, state or local facilities. To address the issue of jurisdiction, workshops will focus on coordination among Federal, Tribal, state, and local justice systems to identify when and where community members return from a correctional facility and under what supervision conditions, to understand the risks and needs of tribal reentrants as they return to the community, and to identify critical services and interventions needed to reduce recidivism and victimization.
Goals:
1. Provide participants with an overview of the reentry process and a set of guidelines, principles and tools that will assist team members in developing reentry strategies that address the needs of offenders from the point of commitment through reintegration into the community.
2. Create an opportunity for participants (Federal, Tribal, state, and local) to define their individual roles in the reentry process and develop as a team on interagency and intergovernmental levels.
3. Introduce team members to operational, organizational, and culture-based concepts and processes that are effective in reentry planning; and review tools, model agreements, and examples of model reentry programs that are successfully operating in Indian Country.
4. Provide team members with the opportunity to engage on the topics presented and to begin the process of developing strategic community action plans.
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