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Merrimack County Demonstration Program
We provide comprehensive services to high-risk, high-need offenders utilizing peer support specialists, a boundary spanner, mental health and substance use treatment, and a variety of reentry services to include housing, employment and vocational assistance. Counselor/case managers will oversee the reentry process beginning six months' pre-release.
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Children and Families
- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mental Health
- Substance Abuse
- Peer support
- Year Established:
- 2010
- Lead agency/organization name:
- NH Department of Justice
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from prison
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Gang members
Merrimack County Demonstration Program
Contact:
Johanna HoumanGrants Administrator
NH Department of Justice
Phone: 603-271-7820
33 Capitol Street
Concord, New Hampshire 03301
Johanna.Houman@doj.nh.gov
www.nh.gov/justice
Merrimack County Demonstration Program
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Children and Families
- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mental Health
- Substance Abuse
- Peer support
- Lead agency/organization name:
- NH Department of Justice
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- Federal, private foundation, agency budget
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Funding
Partners in the reentry initiative/program
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| Members of the community (e.g., people who have been incarcerated, their families or neighbors): |
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| Work force development and employment agencies (e.g. business associations, unions): |
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Participants
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from prison
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Gang members
- Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
- 30
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- 30
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 120
- If your initiative/program serves people under community corrections supervision, how does your organization work in partnership or work in collaboration with participants’ probation or parole officers?
- The counselor/case managers and the licensed drug and alcohol counselor/case manager are employees of the Department of Corrections Field Services and work out of the Concord District Probation/Parole Office. The parole officers will work closely with the counselor/case managers and will participate in developing the reentry plans.
Data Collection
- Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- We are just beginning to collect the data and have no results as of yet.
- Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- We are just beginning to collect the data and have no results as of yet.
- Does your organization measure and/or track the outcome of participation?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- We are just beginning to collect the data and have no results as of yet.
Activities
- What, if any, activities does your initiative/program include for people while they are incarcerated and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- Reentry plans will begin six-months pre-release and will include family unification, victim impact classes, housing and employment assistance.
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- Peer support specialists will assist the offenders with everyday issues such as locating a twelve-step meeting, applying for social security/Medicaid, getting a state-issued ID, etc. They will also participate in a vocational aptitude test and will receive employment and housing assistance.
- How are people placed into your program?
- Those who screen as high-risk and moderate-high need via the LSI-R