Reentry

Current Projects

 Alameda County Reentry Resource Database

Urban Strategies Council has completed an online Reentry Resource Database containing information on over 450 service providers currently available to the reentry population in Alameda County. The database allows users to search and select providers that meet their needs and offers helpful user guides directly targeted at the unique experience of those individuals returning from incarceration.

Alameda County Reentry Network

An effort to increase collaboration and coordination among the various bodies working on reentry in Alameda County. To go directly to the Reentry Network website visit or click on: www.acreentry.org

Contra Costa County Reentry Planning Initiative

The Council has been hired to facilitate a planning and design process for creating a coesive reentry infrastructure in Contra Costa County, similar to the Alameda County Reentry Network. www.cocoreentry.org

Alameda County Probation Department Pilot Program Evaluation

Urban Strategies Council is currently conducting an evaluation of the Alameda County Probation Department's pilot program "Restructuring Ones Conceptions and Knowledge" (R.O.C.K.) which aims to reduce recidivism among 18-24 year old probationers. To see the Council's presentation to the California Probation Parole and Correctional Association click HERE.

Alameda County Reentry Health Task Force

The Alameda County Reentry Health Task Force is working to improve the health status of formerly incarcerated people by ensuring that health care is available and accessible to them after release. 

• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• FINAL REPORT

East Bay Formerly Incarcerated Census Outreach

Census Day is April 1st. Urban Strategies Council has partnered with the U.S. Census Bureau, the Kapor Foundation, Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson's office, All of Us or None, Women on the Way and Rubicon Programs to help achieve a complete and accurate count of hard-to-count populations in our East Bay communities. On Wednesday, March 10th the partnership will host a census convening for service providers, advocates and officials working with formerly incarcerated people and their families. Together we will coordinate census outreach strategies and opportunities and distribute materials to encourage and increase census participation of reentry clients and their families.

For more information please contact: Steve Spiker, steves@urbanstrategies.org, 510.463.2880 or Carmen Violich, carmenv@urbanstrategies.org, 510.463.2951

Community Reentry Service Providers Network

A group of agencies and individuals In Alameda County who are working with formerly incarcerated people to improve public safety, use public funds more efficiently, and give the formerly incarcerated the necessary network and services to support their successful re-integration into family and community life

Research & Reports

• Reentry Employer Toolkit - a guide for employers outlining the various fiscal benefits and incentives associated with hiring the formerly incarcerated.

People Under Criminal Justice Supervision in Alameda County

March 2010 maps

• Alameda County Parolee & Probationers Population Map 
• Alameda County Parolee Polulation Map 

• A Report on People under Criminal Justice Supervision (May 2005) - provides detailed information about population

Health Gap Analysis –

The Council, in collaboration with All of Us or None conducted a survey of 138 formerly incarcerated people to better understand their health care needs and their access to needed services. To see a summary of findings click above or HERE.

Past Projects

Alameda County Reentry Initiatives Forum Materials: On February 28, 2007 Urban Strategies Council, the Community Reentry Service Providers Network and the Oakland Think Tank hosted the Alameda County Reentry Initiatives Forum. The Forum brought together representatives from the various reentry initiatives

Reentry Mapping Network: A reentry data and mapping project to increase the availability and use of data in reentry planning and assessment