In 2016, Governor Jay Inslee signed the Governor’s Executive Order 16-05 Building Safe and Strong Communities for Successful Reentry to address, align, and innovate reentry agendas across state and private agencies.
To promote effective reentry services for young people releasing from residential facilities, Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) launched a Youth Reentry Strategic Plan in 2013. The Reentry Action Group provided an Executive Summary as an update to JR leadership in 2015.
Prior to identifying necessary changes or enhancements to the reentry process, a self-assessment using the Second Chance Planning and Implementation Guide (provided by the Council of State Governments Justice Center in partnership with Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) was used to help the agency identify reentry gaps and barriers across the JR continuum.