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Florida Initiatives

In partnership with Florida state leaders, the CSG Justice Center is working on several key criminal justice initiatives to increase public safety, including Stepping Up and the Integrated Reentry and Employment Strategies Pilot Project.

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COVID-19 Assistance for the Justice Community

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Stepping Up

Stepping Up is a national initiative to reduce the number of people…

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Palm Beach County, FL

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Survey Shows Reentry Services Halting Across U.S.

April 22, 2020

Many reentry operations reported concerns about keeping their doors open, reporting cash-flow…

Integrated Reentry & Employment Strategies: Pilot Project Process Evaluation Report

October 18, 2019

Communities Celebrate Successful Reentry During Second Chance Month

April 1, 2019

Policymakers, corrections officials, practitioners, and other leaders plan to commemorate Second Chance…

WATCH: Palm Beach County Reentry Success Story

September 20, 2018

Stepping Up Initiative Expands Push for Counties to Collect Data on Number of People in Jails Who Have Mental Illnesses

May 1, 2018

The Stepping Up initiative recently launched a national effort to help counties…

Landmark Florida Legislation Sets New Standard for Data Collection and Transparency

April 18, 2018

Florida Governor Rick Scott signed legislation on March 30 making his state…

Palm Beach County Program Partners with Probation Officers to Improve Reentry, One Youth at a Time

September 13, 2017

The Back to a Future program, based in Palm Beach County, Florida,…

‘We are Not Our Illness:’ People with Mental Illnesses, Judges Discuss Courtroom Decision-Making

May 8, 2017

Kicking off #MentalHealthMonth on May 1, judges and psychiatrists from across the…

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Laying the Groundwork

February 10, 2020

Creating Systemwide Change to Promote Recidivism-Reduction and Employment Readiness

November 4, 2019

Integrated Reentry and Employment Strategies: Pilot Project Process Evaluation Report

October 18, 2019

Confined and Costly

June 18, 2019

The Clean Slate Clearinghouse

April 8, 2019

National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Conviction

October 31, 2018

50-State Report on Public Safety

July 31, 2018

School Discipline Data: A Snapshot of Legislative Action

March 14, 2015

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