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City of Lowell Partnership for Change to End Homelessness Keys to Ending Homelessness Conference Series Holiday Inn, 4 Highwood Drive, Tewksbury, Massachusetts - October 28, 2011 Conference #5: Criminal Justice Re-entry Strategies Sponsors: Middlesex Sheriffs Office Lowell Police Department City of Lowell: Keys to Ending Homelessness Conference 5: Criminal Justice: Re-entry Strategies Holiday Inn - 4 Highwood Drive, Tewksbury, Massachusetts FRIDAY, October 28, 2011 8:00 - 8:30AM Registration and Continental Breakfast Conference Entrance Welcome and Opening Remarks 8:30 – 9:00 9:00 – 9:45 Keynote Speech Bernard F. Lynch, City Manager Kenneth Lavallee, Superintendent, Lowell Police Department Ronald Corbett, Acting Probation Commissioner, MA Court System Peter Koutoujian, Sheriff Middlesex Country Philip Mangano, President and CEO, American Round Table to Abolish Homelessness Main Conference Room Main Conference Room Massachusetts Department of Corrections and Sheriffs’ Offices Panel Discussion and Overview on Reentry Strategies 9:45 – 10:45 10:45 – 11-45 Moderator: Veronica Madden, Deputy Commissioner Classification and Reentry, MA Department of Correction o Sean McAdam, Superintendent, Middlesex Sheriff’s Office o Carol Mici, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, MA Department of Correction o Gerry Walsh, Deputy Superintendent, Suffolk Sheriff’s Office o Mary Kelley, Assistant Deputy Superintendent, Norfolk Sheriff’s Office Main Conference Room Concurrent Workshops “A” A-1. Development of Permanent Housing for Ex-offenders: Hampden County Sheriff’s Office & Southern Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC) Rutledge House and Bowdoin Street Projects Jim Cuddy, Executive Director, SMOC Allison Maynard, Director of Open Pantry Community Services, SMOC Darlene Assencos Mazurek, Director of Housing and Supportive Services Division, SMOC Sonia Medine, Manager After Incarceration Support, Hampden County Sheriff’s Office Louis XIV Room A-2. Veteran Ex-offenders: Panel Discussion and Overview Paul Carew, Veterans Officer, Town of Natick, MA Former Veterans Specialist, Middlesex Sheriff’s Office o Kevin Casey, Regional Director, U. S. Veterans Administration o Kevin Lambert, MA Department of Veterans’ Services o Jerry Pinsky, Director, Self Employment Services, Bedford, VA & SBA Champion Chippendale Room A-3. Reentry 101: Susan Rourke, Reintegration Manager, Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office Jen Sordi, Director of Reentry, Hampden County Sheriff’s Office Carol O’Brien, Assistant Superintendent, Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Elizabethan Room A-4. Sex Offenders Moderator: James M. Byrne, PhD, Professor Criminal Justice and Criminology University of Massachusetts Lowell William H. Fisher, PhD, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at University of Massachusetts Lowell and Professor Psychiatry University of Massachusetts Medical School Charles McDonald, Director of Communications MA Sex Offender Registry Board Carlos Mercado, Detective, Lowell Police Department Hepplewhite Room 11:45 – 12:45 Concurrent Workshops “B” B-1. Transitioning Ex-offender Medical, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment, Medication and Documentation Moderator: Mark Hemenway. New England Prison Ministries Andrew Kohlhofer, Forensic Transition Team, MA Department of Mental Health Laura King, Director of Mental Health Services, Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Ken Powers, Former Executive Director Lowell House, Inc. Louis XIV Room B-2. New CORI Legislation and Related Housing & Employment Issues Moderator: Lee Gartenberg, Director, Inmate Legal Services, Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Leslie Rivera, Transitional Coach Supervisor, UTEC Bill Norris, Career Advisor/Disability Specialist Certified Offender Employment Specialist, Career Center of Lowell Chippendale Room B-3. Reentry 101: Susan Rourke, Reintegration Manager, Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office Jen Sordi, Director of Reentry, Hampden County Sheriff’s Office Carol O’Brien, Assistant Superintendent, Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Elizabethan Room B-4. Ex-offender Housing Providers 1:00 – 2:00 Beth Kidd, Executive Director, Place of Promise, Lowell, MA Kevin Waterman, Pathways House/GAAMHA, Gardner, MA Fred Smith, Director of Program Development, St. Francis House, Boston, MA Hepplewhite Room Luncheon Panel Discussion Success Stories 2:00 Moderator: Beth Kidd, Executive Director, Place of Promise Gary Carpenter Johnny Chheng Cory Colbeth Keri Daly Closing Remarks Main Conference Room Conference 5: Sponsors City of Lowell, Massachusetts Billerica House of Corrections Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office Paul and Phyllis Fireman Foundation University of Massachusetts Lowell Conference Participants & Founding Partners American Roundtable to Abolish Homelessness Bedford VA Hospital Community Teamwork, Inc. Career Center of Lowell Dynamics Research Corporation Hampden County Sheriff’s Office Lowell Police Department Massachusetts Court System/Office of the Commissioner of Probation Massachusetts Department of Corrections Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development Massachusetts Department of Veterans Services Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board Merrimack Valley Regional Network New England Prison Ministries Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office Pathways House Place of Promise Southern Middlesex Opportunity Council St. Francis House Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office Town of Natick, VA Services VA Self Employment Services United Teen Equality Center Upcoming Conferences in the Series Conference #6: Seniors 2012 Conference #7 Food Security 2012