Media Advisory: Joint Reentry Council to meet Thursday in Raleigh

WHAT: Monthly meeting of the North Carolina Joint Reentry Council, established by Gov. Roy Cooper under Executive Order 303, issued in January, which directs all State Cabinet agencies to coordinate efforts in improving rehabilitation and reentry of offenders returning to their communities after incarceration.

WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 26, 10 a.m. - Noon

WHERE: Greg Poole, Jr. All Faiths Chapel (Dorothea Dix Park), 1030 Richardson Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603

WHO: Council members, honored guests, speakers and a chance for public comment

AGENDA
10 a.m. - Welcome and Introductions: Todd Ishee, Secretary, N.C. Department of Adult Correction

10:15 -Strategic Planning Update: George Pettigrew, Deputy Secretary, NCDAC Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry; Ziev Dalsheim-Kahane, Policy Advisor, Office of the Governor.

10:30 - Reentry 2030: Connecting Systems to Expand Housing Opportunities: Charles Francis, Deputy Program Director, the Council of State Governments

11:00 - Catalog Demonstration: Deputy Secretary Pettigrew; Brooke Wheeler, Superintendent, Educational Services, NCDAC

11:20 -Digital Equity Work: Annette Taylor, Director, Office of Digital Equity & Literacy, North Carolina Department of Information Technology Service

11:45 -Public comments

11:55 -Closing remarks: Deputy Secretary Pettigrew

Related Topics:

• Adult Correction
• Reentry Services