The Local Reentry Council (LRC) works with formerly incarcerated people to reduce barriers to reentry by providing case management services, connecting people to services in the community, and building a network of individuals, agencies, and advocates within the local community that provide support and coordination of innovative responses to the reintegration of the formerly incarcerated.

Mission and Purpose

The Local Reentry Council’s mission is to create a network of individuals and organizations assisting returning individuals, maximize the use of existing resources and services, develop innovative responses to address gaps in resources and services, reduce recidivism, and increase public/community safety.

The Local Reentry Council’s purpose is to coordinate resources in the community in an effort to provide assistance for returning individuals and their families that will facilitate a successful transition from incarceration back into society or help reduce barriers that are faced by those who have been justice-involved.

Available Services

The LRC provides services to people leaving incarceration, and to people who are facing barriers due to former incarceration. Services include:

• Case management
• Help with immediate needs
• Action plan, including setting goals
• Housing assistance
• Employment support
• Transportation support
• Connect to other community resources
• Connect to substance abuse treatment

Eligibility:

Any individual returning to Chatham County from incarceration in a state or federal prison or local jail is eligible to receive services from the Local Reentry Council. Services can begin prior to release or after return to the community.

Additionally, any individual residing in Chatham County who is facing barriers to reentry due to former incarceration or justice-involvement is encouraged to contact the LRC. 

Operating inside Chatham Justice Center

40 East Chatham Street , Pittsboro NC 27312

Suite 1500

Kimberly Jones,  Reentry Coordinator

kimberly.jones@chathamcountync.gov

Work cell : 919-545-1990

James Michael Martin , Jr.   Reentry Case Manager

James.martin@chathamcountync.gov

Work cell : 984-351-0675

Chatham County Executive Council Members:

Ms. Karen Howard, Chair, County Commissioner Chatham County 

Ms. Norma Boone, Chair Commissioner Siler City & NAACP 

Ms. Renita Foxx, Director, Diversion and Advocacy Programs for Chatham County

Mr. Lewis Fadely, Private Attorney & Siler City Commissioner 

Ms. Melissa French, Assistant Public Defender, Chatham County

Mr. Michael Garbarino, Probation and Parole Officer, Department of Public Safety 

Ms. Paula Harrington, NCCPSS, Director of Oxford House, Chapel Hill

Ms. Malinda Marsh, Human Resources Development Coordinator at CCCC 

Laura Mendelsohn, Chair, Board of Directors, United Way of Chatham County

Ms. Julia Stickney, Chief Probation/Parole Officer, Chatham County

Mr. Kevin Leake, Principal Chatham Middle School & Pastor, Lamberts Chapel Baptist Church