Strengthening Reentry Services and Resources in Erie County, New York

To fulfill this request, The CSG Justice Center—with financial support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance—conducted a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the county’s reentry services and focused its efforts largely on four overall core challenges:

1. Lack of coordination across reentry agencies, providers, and populations.
2. Unequal access to high-quality, evidence-based services across the reentry populations.
3. Lack of evidence-based practices in the selection of reentry service provider contracts.
4. Low participation in pre- and post- release programs due to lack of funding, incentives to participate, and promotion.

This assessment highlights these challenges and provides recommendations to assist county leaders in the development of a coordinated, comprehensive strategy to improve the quality and delivery of reentry services to people returning to Erie County after incarceration.