Re-entry & Education Programs and Services
• Re-entry Case Management Services (RCMS) provides individuals exiting the institution or an alternative program with linkages to health, housing, and social programs and services in the community. RCMS is operated by Sound Mental Health in collaboration with the division and King County DCHS/ Mental Health, Chemical Abuse and Dependency Services Division.
• The Learning Center (TLC) is a collaboration between the division and South Seattle Community College, a higher education institution for the provision of adult education, general education development (GED) preparation, math and science instruction, literacy, life skills, and computer instruction.
• King County Criminal Justice Workforce Development Initiative is a collaboration between King County Department of Adult & Juvenile Division (DAJD) and Department of Community & Human Services (DCHS) to develop an integrated system of vocational training and employment services for the criminal justice population. Key partner agencies include King County Jobs Initiative (KCJI) and WorkSource of Seattle-King County.
Offender Reentry Plan March 2011
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Appendix E: Trauma-informed Care An important consideration when thinking about holistic recovery for criminal offenders is the fact that most inmates have experienced traumatic events in their lives that may have created long-term behavioral-health implications. The Diagnostic and Statistical manual (DSM-IV) defines a traumatic event as one in which a person experiences, witnesses, or is confronted with actual or threatened death or serious injury, or threat to the physical integrity of oneself or others. This includes intense fear, helplessness and horror (APA, 2000). Table 2 shows the percentage of jail inmates with lifetime and recent experiences of trauma. Over 90 percent of inmates had experiences of trauma, abuse or both in their lifetimes and over 60 percent had traumatic experiences in the twelve months prior to incarceration. These experiences do not affect each individual in the same way. However, a study of mental health symptoms in jail inmates found that 34 percent of inmates have clinically significant traumatic stress symptoms (Drapaski, et al., 2009). Table 2:Jail Inmates’ Experience of Trauma
% experiencing lifetime % experiencing in last 12 months*
Witness of Violence 65% 32%
Sexual Abuse 55% 32%
Physical Abuse 90% 65%
Any Trauma 94% 65%
Any Abuse 93% 61%
