Sunday, May 16, 2010

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm . . . Registration and Marketplace Exhibition Set-up

Monday, May 17, 2010

7:30 am - 5:00 pm . . . Registration and Marketplace Exhibition Open

8:00 am - 8:45 am . . . Welcome and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am - 10:00 am . . . Plenary Session:  Dr. Doris Layton MacKenzie, “What Works in Prison Reentry”

10:30 am – 11:30 am . . . Concurrent Workshops

• Models for Reentry Collaboration
• MDOC Substance Abuse Programming Overview
• Mobilizing the Faith Community for Reentry
• Program Models for Mentoring
• Employment Readiness – National Institute of Corrections

11:45 am - 12:30 pm . . . Lunch

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm . . . “What Works” Panel/Town Hall Meeting

• Dr. Doris Layton MacKenzie
• Norm Cox – Prison Fellowship VP for Reentry Initiatives
• Steve Allen MDOC Director of Behavioral Health

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops

• Building Coalitions for Reentry – Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Motivational Interviewing – Working with Resistant Clients
• MnCoSa – Transitioning Sex Offenders Back to the Community
• Successful Employment Program Models

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops

• Minnesota Department of Corrections – MN Corp / Client Track
• Substance Abuse, Release Planning, and Reintegration
• Community Solutions – Urban Ventures
• Training and Equipping Mentors
• Employment Fair

6:00 pm . . . Dine around at local restaurants

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

7:30 am - 8:30 am . . . Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – 9:30 am . . . Plenary Session: “Arrest to Reentry”

10:00 am - 11:00 am . . . Concurrent Workshops

• The Second Chance Act
• In Prison Casework – Preparing for Release
• Reentry for Veterans of the Armed Services
• Approaches to Mentoring
• Reentry Housing – Models for Success

11:30 am - 12:30 pm . . . Lunch

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm . . . Plenary Session: “Looking to the Future”

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm . . . Plenary Session: “Working Together – Collaborating for Best Practices”

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops

• National Resource Center – A Prison Fellowship Initiative
• Reentry with the Juvenile Population
• Recovery Church – Purposeful Faith Based Model
• Mentor Panel
• Housing Link

6:00 pm . . . Dine around at local restaurants

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

7:30 am - 8:30 am . . . Continental Breakfast

8:30 am - 9:30 am . . . Plenary Session:  “Cell to Street” An Interactive Exercise

10:00 am - 11:00 am . . . Concurrent Workshops

• Sex Offender Housing and Employment
• Reentry Issues – Female Offenders
• Housing Provider Models – RNR – RS Eden – Metro Hope
• “Employ” – “Worknet” – Employment Readiness

11:30 am – 12:30 pm . . . Lunch

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm . . . Plenary Session: “Sex Offender Reentry,” Ex-Offender Panel

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops

• Housing Provider Models for Sex Offenders
• Corrections and the Faith Community Partnering for Outcomes
• Mentor / Mentee Panel
• Workforce Center – Employment

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm . . . Concurrent Workshops – Coalition Workshops

• Minnesota Coalition Building Workgroup
• Criminal/Addictive Thinking, and Sin
• Prison Fellowship Volunteer WorkshopWorkforce Center - Employment