Community Support Advisory Council
The
Community Support Advisory Council (CSAC) is an
Illinois Department of Corrections Faith Based Re-entry
Program whose role is primarily to build support within the
community for the formally incarcerated returning home.
CSAC
works by bringing together supporters and providers in the community
to provide an array of services to support the formally incarcerated
in their re-entry transition.
The
Council and its staff engages this work inside the Illinois
Department of Corrections by meeting with the inmate and their
family. Services then
continue in the form of outreach as the ex-offender is released into
the community.
The
Council also develops best practices for prisoner re-entry and makes
policy recommendations to the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Through the work of the Council, community safety is
increased and recidivism rates are reduced.
The CSAC works in partnership with Parole, TASC, Safer Foundation,
Westcare, CiviGenics, Placement Resource Unit, Sheridan and
Southwestern Correctional Centers, along with other diverse
community entities.
Click the icon below
for the
CSAC Brochure.
(click here)
Community Support
Advisory Council
Meetings:
1st Tuesday
of each Month
Time:
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location:
Tower of Refuge, Inc.
329 South New Street
Springfield, Illinois
Representatives from community-based and
faith-based service providers, churches, and businesses who serve or
would like to serve the formally incarcerated are welcomed to
attend.
For questions about the Community Support
Advisory Council,
email us at
csac@towerofrefugeinc.com