LARRP Committee Meetings
General Meeting
May 18, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
The 3rd Thursday of every month from 10:00am - 11:30am
Employment:
June 21, 2023
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Housing:
July 6, 2023
2:00pm - 3:00 pm
2023 meetings will be held every ODD month on the 3rd Thursday from 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Education:
May Ed Committee Meeting Cancelled!
June 1, 2023,
3:30PM - 4:30 PM
Every first Thursday from 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Integrated Health:
July 3, 2023
2:00 PM
Please note that the May and June meetings will be cancelled as our Chair is out. See you in July!
Short-Term Employment Opp
Starting Juneteenth The Hood Incubator is kicking off a 100 Days of Cannabis Justice campaign where we have a goal of engaging with 5,000 California Black voters or drug war survivors of any race to share information with them about their voting rights, employment rights with a record, and expungement eligibility under SB731. We are also sharing resources provided by community partners like you.
We are currently looking to hire Community Organizing Fellows who will be helping to lead street canvassing teams as well as phone banking. The position is 4 months long, pays $31/hr and is 20 hours a week mostly evenings and weekends.
Midnight Mission Seeks CEO
The Midnight Mission is a comprehensive homeless shelter and homeless services provider centered in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. Mike Anderson will be retiring in 2023 after seven years as CEO of The Midnight Mission, an organization that has only had five leaders in its 109-year history.
DHCS JOBS
- Chief, Data Management and Analytics Division
- DHCS is also hiring for our fiscal, human resources, legal, auditing, health policy, and information technology teams. For more information, please visit the CalCareers website.
CFCI Advisory Committee Regular Meeting
- June 1, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- June 15, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Shields For Families Presents Jericho Job Recruitment
June 1, 2023 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
2354 N Wilmington Ave, Compton, 90222
50 Years and a Wakeup: Capping Maximum Sentences
Jun 8, 2023 12:30 PM
VERA Institute of Justice webinar
Behavioral Health Task Force Meeting
Summer Splash Service Connection
June 15, 2023, 11am-2pm
3965 Vermont Ave. 3rd Floor, LA, CA 90037
Join D.O.O.R.S Community Reentry Center - LA as we kick off summer, celebrate pride month & share amazing resources for you!
Civilian Oversight Commission
Meetings:
- Thursday, June 15 - Dollarhide Community Center
- Thursday, July 20
- Thursday, September 21
Rise Up
CA Training & Competitive Grant Funding for Social Justice Advocates - May 1st Deadline!
Rise Up is recruiting a new cohort of California leaders to participate in our Leadership and Advocacy Accelerator, an amazing opportunity for social justice leaders to receive training and funding to advocate for gender equity in California.
Paid Summer Internship Opportunities for Justice-Impacted College Students
Are you a justice-impacted college student who is committed to building on the progress LA County has made to address injustices that impact your community?
The Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell is looking for a small team of talented students that are interested in working with their policy teams this summer.
For more information click here.
Register Now For HHCLA Case Management Training!
Tuesday May 3-July 5, 2023
This in-depth program is for homeless services case managers and housing navigators who are new, relatively new, or simply need to learn new techniques, as well as those who are case managers in DHS's Housing for Health program.
LARRP has the most extensive listing of reentry and criminal justice related news articles and reports in California.
State orders L.A. County to move nearly 300 youths out of ‘unsuitable’ juvenile halls."
By Rebecca Ellis, James Queally, May 23, 2023
State regulators on Tuesday gave Los Angeles County two months to move roughly 300 youths out of its two troubled juvenile halls, taking the unprecedented step after finding the county had done little in the last month to come into compliance with a long list of state regulations.
LA County Should Loosen Strict Reentry Program Criteria
LAW 360, By Sophia Lowe, Eleanor Pearson and Samuel Mistrano, May 19, 2023
On Feb. 28, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to draft a Fair Chance Ordinance that would prevent most businesses in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County from excluding job applicants with histories of criminal records during the hiring process, and that would fine employers that violate it.
Dozens of LASD deputies ordered to show suspected gang tattoos, reveal others who have them
LA Times, By Keri Blakinger, May 17, 2023
Nearly three dozen deputies have been ordered to come in for questioning, show their tattoos and give up the names of any other deputies similarly sporting ink connecting them to two of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s most notorious deputy gangs.
LA County picks former state adult parole director as interim chief of probation
Pasadena Star News, By Jason Henry, May 11, 2023
Guillermo Viera Rosa receives promotion just weeks into new job. Guillermo Viera Rosa, a strategist hired by Los Angeles County less than a month ago to reform its struggling juvenile halls, will now, at least temporarily, lead the largest probation department in the country as the new interim chief probation officer, county officials announced Thursday, May 11.
The LARRP Policy and Advocacy Committee seeks to be a resource to inform and mobilize the reentry community around critical reentry policy issues and leverage the expertise of practitioners and impacted people into the policy making process.
The Committee will develop and advocate for the passage and implementation of legislative and administrative policies that improve opportunities for formerly incarcerated or convicted people, their families and communities, and the community-based agencies that serve them.
Committee work will be guided and prioritized by 3 questions:
- Will it have a direct impact on the lives of impacted people?
- Does it address reentry systems or services?
- Does it reduce racial discrimination in the criminal legal system?
LARRP is excited to bring you our legislative priorities for 2023! While there are many bills that we have been working on since January, this represents the full slate of LARRP's priority bills at the state and federal level. Each bill mentioned carries with it major ramifications for the currently and formerly incarcerated, and we encourage you to familiarize yourself with this legislation so that as we ask for advocacy and provide opportunities for you to get involved, you can hit the ground running! Your ongoing advocacy efforts help us work on behalf of our community, and we are so proud to bring you our priorities. If you want to participate in the LARRP Policy Team, or want Charles to speak to your team or organizations to present these bills, please let us know by emailing Charles@lareentry.org
LARRP Membership is open to any person or agency with an interest in reentry in Los Angeles County and whose interests are aligned with the LARRP mission. This would include, but not limited to, formerly incarcerated or convicted people and their families; reentry providers, advocates and researchers; government agencies; schools; faith-based agencies; youth oriented organizations; service clubs; neighborhood councils; and elected officials.
LARRP has 3 classes of paid membership:
- $50 – Individual
- $250 – Small Organization (Annual budget under $500,000)
- $500 – Large Organization (Annual budget $500,000 +)
LARRP has two classes of non-paid participants
- Currently incarcerated individuals
- Individuals, government agencies, and other entities that do not choose to join LARRP, but support LARRP’s mission and would like to be engaged and involved with LARRP and its members.
LARRP is a network of public, community and faith-based agencies and advocates working together to ensure that our reentry system meets the needs of our agencies, communities, and the people we serve, both in terms of capacity and public policy.
The Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership (LARRP) is the only countywide network of reentry focused non-profit organizations, public agencies, and advocates that works to ensure that our reentry system meets the needs of our agencies, communities, and the people we serve, both in terms of capacity and public policy.
Since 2011, LARRP has been building a locally rooted reentry movement to advance positive change for millions of formerly incarcerated and convicted (FIC) Angelinos and build public will for greater equity in the criminal justice system. Since inception, LARRP has worked tirelessly to increase funding for housing, health, and social services for the FIC people and those who serve them.
LARRP is a project of Community Partners.
LARRP COMMITTEES
The aim of of the Community Safety Committee is to:
- SEED change by identifying drivers of violence;
- NURTURE the work by inclusively engaging a broad and diverse group of stakeholders in a balanced and democratic conversation about approaches to addressing violence;
- HARVEST the fruit of the work by defining an approach to systems change that can be implemented, evaluated, and shared.
The mission of the Education Committee is to:
- BUILD BRIDGES from corrections to college in Southern California by providing a framework and opportunity for information and resource sharing for individuals and programs that support educational opportunities for the reentry population.
- Enhance the educational experience by linking academics, business, and the reentry community.
- Promote restorative justice, support partnerships, network, share resources, and encourage and celebrate educational excellence.
Convene periodically to discuss progress, evaluate goals, and develop plans.
The Mission of the Integrated Health Committee is to:
- CONVENE re-entry stakeholders dedicated to improving the comprehensive mental health, physical health, and the substance use needs of the reentry population by addressing inequity across systems of care and increasing access to care.
The LARRP Housing Committee focuses on:
- UNDERSTANDING the housing and homeless services landscape
- IDENTIFYING interim and permanent housing solutions for the reentry population.
- TRACKING policies and guidelines that impact formerly incarcerated individual’s ability to access housing subsidies and resources.
Interview with Maribel Marin, 211LA Executive Director
2-1-1 is the number that over 400,000 people in Los Angeles County call every year when looking for food, shelter, and other crisis and disaster services including during the ongoing COVID pandemic when calls for assistance nearly doubled. 211 LA is the non-profit organization that has provided this 24/7 helpline service since 1981 when it…
When Is Time Done?
By Pastor Joe Paul, V.P. of Network Partnerships and Government Relations, The Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership August 1, 2022 Thirty-five years ago, I committed a crime: I was involved in the murder of a young black man – a casualty of the crack epidemic. I too, as a young black man, was a victim…
4th of July Community Safety Committee Blog
By Pastor Joe Paul, LARRP Vice President of Network Partnerships & Government Relations Last week, I was in a Chicago-based training where clergy learned how to better organize our community around community-based violence. During the same week, President Biden signed a gun bill package that will give more financial resources to typically underfunded organizations and…
LARRP Community Safety Committee Update
WRITTEN BY JOE PAUL, LARRP Vice President of Network Partnerships & Government Relations In 2020, the death of George Floyd launched an unprecedented demand for policy reforms and transparency in law enforcement. Communities, citizens, and activists united in a strategic and sustained call to divert law enforcement funding toward community prevention and intervention programs. We…
LARRP L.E.A.D.E.R.S.
The L.E.A.D.E.R.S. Training Academy is a project funded by CCJBH; Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health. Its' purpose is to provide capacity to the formerly incarcerated, the people who have been closest to the problem but the furthest away from the solutions.
D.O.O.R.S Community Reentry Center
The Office of Diversion and Reentry partnered to open DOORS (Developing Opportunities and Offering Reentry Solutions) Community Reentry Center located at 3965 Vermont Ave. in Los Angeles. DOORS provides many supportive services to address and assist the reentry community and their families. These services are provided in a welcoming environment by county partners and community-based organizations that are considered leaders in the reentry work and experienced professionals with high risk communities. Services offered include housing, employment, educational services,legal aid, mental health assessments, healing through the arts, and substance use health and counseling.