File #: R-164-23    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 3/24/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/4/2023 Final action: 4/4/2023
Title: Recognizing April 2023, as National Second Chance month in Toledo and encourages all residents to recognize the critical reentry work being done in Toledo on a daily basis by dedicated reentry advocates.
Sponsors: John Hobbs III

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Councilman Hobbs

 

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Recognizing April 2023, as National Second Chance month in Toledo and encourages all residents to recognize the critical reentry work being done in Toledo on a daily basis by dedicated reentry advocates.

 

Summary

WHEREAS, more than 600,000 individuals are released from federal and state prisons with millions more cycle through our jails annually; and

 

WHEREAS, promoting the rehabilitation and reintegration of individuals who have paid their debt to society makes communities safer by reducing victimization and recidivism, assists those who return from jail or prison to become productive citizens, and saves taxpayer dollars by lowering direct and collateral costs of incarceration; and 

 

WHEREAS, providing returning citizens with affordable housing, job and life skills, educational opportunities, and mental health and addiction treatment services increases the likelihood that they will be successful upon release; and

 

WHEREAS, due to the efforts of the Reentry Coalition of Northwest Ohio, the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council’s Reentry Committee, and dedicated reentry agencies and volunteers, Lucas County’s recidivism rate is 26.4% which is lower than the statewide average of 31.4% and a nationwide average of 51%; and

 

WHEREAS, Toledo and Lucas County have taken important steps to reduce barriers facing people who are released from prison or jail through collaborations with the Federal Reentry Court, the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, and the Reentry Coalition of Northwest Ohio; and

 

WHEREAS, effective reentry programs offer the chance for a better life to those who return from correction facilities; NOW, THEREFORE,

 

Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Toledo:

 

SECTION 1. That we recognize April 2023 as National Second Chance month in Toledo and encourages all residents to recognize the critical reentry work being done in Toledo on a daily basis by dedicated reentry advocates.

 

SECTION 2. That this Resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.

 

Adopted: April 4, 2023, as an emergency measure:  yeas 11, nays 0.

 

Attest:                                          

Gerald E. Dendinger                                          Matt Cherry

Clerk of Council                                          President of Council

 

Approved:                                                               April 4, 2023

Wade Kapszukiewicz

Mayor