DIVERSIONS
A quarterly newsletter from the Office of Diversion and Reentry
Welcome to the Fall issue of the Office of Diversion and Reentry’s quarterly newsletter, created to connect our community through highlighting successes and sharing information. We’d love to include your news too! Send tips, success stories, opportunities or example’s of your team’s work to Angela Caputo acaputo@dhs.lacounty.gov.
Open up and get the help
Open up and get the help https://dhs.lacounty.gov/office-of-diversion-and-reentry/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2022/10/fall-2022-marzen-v2-1024x677.jpg 1024 677 OFFICE OF DIVERSION AND REENTRY //dhs.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dhs-logo.svgIn our last newsletter we put out a call for good news stories and were blown away by one in particular. “My story needs to be told,” Marzen, a participant in ODR women’s housing said, “because if there is someone thinking that there is no way out, I want them to know there is.”
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ODR Housing Expansion Gets the Green Light
ODR Housing Expansion Gets the Green Light https://dhs.lacounty.gov/office-of-diversion-and-reentry/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2022/10/Office-of-Diversion-and-Re-Entry-Open-Arms-Wesley-Interim-Housing-052522-005-1024x683.jpg 1024 683 OFFICE OF DIVERSION AND REENTRY //dhs.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dhs-logo.svgFor months, there’s been a growing chorus calling for the expansion of ODR’s clinical housing program. Activists have demonstrated and judges have written op-eds pointing out the need to build on the program’s success in moving sick people out of jail and into transformative community-based housing.
learn moreReentry Expanding with $20M Grant
Reentry Expanding with $20M Grant https://dhs.lacounty.gov/office-of-diversion-and-reentry/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 OFFICE OF DIVERSION AND REENTRY //dhs.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dhs-logo.svgThe Reentry Division has been awarded $20 million in state funding to expand mental health and substance use for job seekers.
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Harm Reduction Pushes Deeper into Programs, and Communities
Harm Reduction Pushes Deeper into Programs, and Communities https://dhs.lacounty.gov/office-of-diversion-and-reentry/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2022/10/ODR-Team-V2.jpg 767 475 OFFICE OF DIVERSION AND REENTRY //dhs.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dhs-logo.svgLast month Gov. Gavin Newsom dealt the harm reduction community a setback in vetoing a bill that would have created a pathway for safe consumption sites in parts of California. But that hasn’t slowed DHS’ Harm Reduction division down.
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