Safer Monroe Area Reentry Team (SMART) strives to improve prospects for men and women reentering society from prisons and jails. SMART itself does not provide direct reentry services. www.smartny.org provides information for to assist and expand reentry services in Monroe County, NY.
The photograph above a form of SMART's logo, which Sandra Fink created. Thank you, Sandra.
Click-on tabs for information below: [SMART meetings][Other reentry meetings][Cephas][News][The Big Picture][Contact].
SMART is a member of the Monroe County Reentry Task Force.
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SMART member meetings: 2nd Thursdays monthly, noon-1:30 pm, all welcome.
COMING UP: OCTOBER 10, 2008, SMART annual Meeting at Church of the Ascension, 1360 Lake Avenue (several blocks south of Kodak Park).
Other reentry meetings: YIAM {Youth Intervention Aftercare Ministry) of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Highland Ave. at corner of S. Winton Rd.: presentation by Professor Tim Weider on ministry opportunities with youths. Tim will discuss the youths' neighborhood and jail experiences. You will learn how to create virtural, healing sanctuaries for such youths. Sunday, October 26, 2008, after the 10:00 service (ca. 11:30 to 12 noon).
Cephas weekly support groups: Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, 55 Troup St., Rochester. For more information, call 585-546-7472. Print flyer.
Request for churches, mosques, and synagogues with prison outreach programs: Donald Hardaway, Jr., a SMART activist and reentry specialist,seeks a faith-organization with a van and willing to discuss assisting in a pick-up program. This is partly to transport persons leaving the Monroe County Correctional Facility, on East Henrietta Road just north of the main Monroe Community College Campus, to local destinations. Please contact Don: 585-469- 8824, dhardaway@rfriweb.org, or donaldhardawayjr@frontiernet.net. Back to Top.
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News Briefs
Huther-Doyle's SAMHSA-sponsored Youth Offender Reentry Program in Rochester reduces recidivism and is considered a great success. General article, on Huther-Doyle and more.
Investing in Second Chances for Former Inmates pays off in Houston and Dallas, Texas. Article from Soujourners Magazine, July 2008.
March 7, 2008: Reduced recidivism achieved with programs in a county correctional facility, Allegheny County, PA. Article, for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette item; report.
Reentry on a national scale and as impacting every neighborhood. Click and go to The Big Picture.
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Contact Us
Interim President: Craig Johnson, cjohnson@smartny.org.
Interim Treasurer: Dick Laidlaw, dlaidlaw@smartny.org.
Interim Secretary & Coordinator: Mike Bleeg, mbleegsmart@frontiernet.net.
Office: SMART, 215 Alexander St., 14607.
Phone: 585-325-7746; Fax: 585-325-7746.
Bob Seidel, SMART Communications & Research, website administrator, bseidel@smartny.org.
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