From WFAE 90.7:
More than one in four people leaving North Carolina prisons in 2024 were released to homelessness, according to a reentry housing assessment presented at the July meeting of the Joint Reentry Council.
The assessment identified someone as homeless if they had no verified home plan, self-reported as homeless, provided an intersection address or went to a shelter or temporary housing placement. Of the nearly 20,000 people who exited one of the state’s prisons last year, 5,610 people — or 28 percent — were identified as homeless.
It’s a number that state leaders aim to reduce by 10 percent every year as part of North Carolina’s Reentry 2030 goals. Since January 2024, state leaders have been taking action to lessen obstacles that could derail successful transition into the community for the 95 percent of incarcerated people in North Carolina who will be released after they serve their sentences. Continue reading >>>
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