Rulemaking is necessary to modify the Department’s transition assistance program to establish a toll-free hotline for post-release community-based reentry service referrals, to expand the use of the Department’s risk and needs assessment to provide ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

33-601.504Transition Assistance Program

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Rulemaking is necessary to modify the Department’s transition assistance program to establish a toll-free hotline for post-release community-based reentry service referrals, to expand the use of the Department’s risk and needs assessment to provide inmates and offenders with community-specific reentry service provider referrals, to establish a registration process for organizations applying to the Department to provide reentry services, to provide for veteran-specific referrals, and to establish how the Department may contract with public or private organizations to establish transitional employment programs.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Inmate community transition assistance

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 944.705 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 20.315, 944.705 FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Paul Vazquez, 501 South Calhoun Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399.

 

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.