Over 60 Baltimore City organizations will be on hand to provide access to services for those with criminal records
JUNE 26, 2017
Contact ELIZABETH MORSE
www.justice.gov/usao/md at (410) 209-4854
Baltimore, Maryland - The United States Attorney’s Office will host the first One-Stop Reentry Fair at the War Memorial in Baltimore City on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. The fair will bring together non-profits, service providers and state and local government organizations from across Baltimore to assist returning citizens to connect with resources.
Returning citizens, individuals who have completed their sentences and have been released from prison, will have access to information on transitional housing, shelters, substance abuse and mental health programs, GED and college courses, job training and job placement programs, food, clothing and infant assistance, identification and legal support and information on Parole and Probation.
According to an Open Society Foundation study, every year, over 10, 000 people are released from state or federal prisons in Maryland and approximately sixty percvent of those individuals return to Baltimore City.
In coordination with federal, state and local agencies and community service providers, the U.S. Attorney’s Office supports reentry initiatives as means of reducing recidivism and keeping communities safe.
“The mission of the United States Attorney’s Office is public safety as well as preventing crime. We believe providing access to resources and services will aid in assisting those with a criminal records from reoffending," noted Acting United States Attorney Stephen M. Schenning.
Additionally, as part of a federal reentry initiative, the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office has published a list of governmental and private-sector agencies throughout Maryland that are available to assist people recently released from state and federal jails and prisons, announced Mr. Schenning. The resource list can be accessed through a link on the U.S. Attorney’s Office home page, at www.justice.gov/usao/md.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
