Supports services and strategies designed to break cycles of addiction, criminality, and homelessness among offenders who have completed their prison and jail term and are returning to their community, a particularly high-risk time period.  Funds would increase the number of offenders receiving substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, housing, and other services as they leave prison and jail by a third; double the number of transitional housing beds available for returning offenders; increase the outpatient treatment slots; and retain mentors and employ specialists.

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Address: 501 SE Hawthorne, Suite 250, Portland, OR  97214