Assessing Housing Needs and Risks: A Screening Questionnaire
This questionnaire from the National Reentry Resource Center is intended to help reentry professionals better assess an individual’s unique housing needs and risk of homelessness upon returning to the community. Departments of correction, reentry service providers, service intake coordinators, case managers, and others should use the questionnaire as a supplement to any existing intake or case planning processes. Adequately assessing housing needs and coordinating service delivery between partner organizations closes service gaps, improves continuity of care, and reduces the likelihood of a client falling through the cracks.
Used in conjunction with other housing tools and services, this questionnaire can help reentry service providers improve clients’ housing success and create a foundation for improved reentry success and reduced likelihood of recidivism.
When people return to their communities after incarceration, they often face multiple barriers that can make it challenging…
Read Mores one of the first points of contact in the criminal justice system, sheriff’s offices and their correctional…
Read MoreThe CSG Justice Center recently held a briefing on Capitol Hill with members of Congress and other experts…
Read MoreWhen people return to their communities after incarceration, they often face multiple barriers that can make it challenging to find affordable and stable housing, including restrictive state and local policies and widespread stigma related to their incarceration.
Read Mores one of the first points of contact in the criminal justice system, sheriff’s offices and their correctional facilities are key players in addressing the immediate needs of families impacted by incarceration and promoting family connections. For jails to meet the needs of families in the community, coordinating across county lines and learning from peers are essential. However, jail systems are often siloed, and collaboration between jails in different counties is rare. In Minnesota, the state department of health stepped in to address this gap.
Read MoreThe CSG Justice Center recently held a briefing on Capitol Hill with members of Congress and other experts to discuss how the Second Chance Act has improved reentry outcomes throughout the country.
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