History

• Modeled after National Reentry Roundtable
• Planning Council formed September 2003
• Austin Community Foundation agreed to serve as fiscal manager for funds February 2004
• Kicked off in April 2004 with first forum
• Committees formed around key issue areas May 2004
• Second forum in August 2004 focused on committee work
• Third forum January 2005 focused on legislative agenda
• Fourth forum June 2005 unveiled 2006 work plan
• Received JEHT Foundation funding Fall 2005
• First Project Director hired March 2006
• Fifth forum held in December 2006
• Held Children’s Bill of Rights Workshop in August 2007
• 2007 Reentry Roundtable 80th Legislature Bill Tracking
• A Forum to Listen to Community Voices: Reintegrating People with Criminal Histories held in June 2008
• First Statewide Ex-Offender Reentry Forum held in December 2008
• 2009 Reentry Roundtable 81st Legislature Bill Tracking
• Second Statewide Ex-Offender Reentry Forum held in August 2009
• Corporation for Supportive Housing Texas Reentry Initiative
• Rights to Reality Project initiated in October 2009
• Co-sponsored a forum, Action Plan for Permanent Supportive Housing in Austin: A Financial Model from the Corporation for Supportive Housing
• A Forum to Listen to Community Voices:  Reintegrating People with Criminal Histories held in June 2010
• Implementation of Evidence Based Practice: Brief Motivational Intervention
• Held “There’s a Place for You: Community Forum on Reentry” in February 2011
• 2011 Reentry Roundtable 82nd Legislature Bill Tracking
• Evidence Based Practice Seminar: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Held a community forum to wrap up the 82nd Legislature and introduce the sunset reviews of Texas’ criminal justice agencies
• Provided training to criminal justice professionals and volunteers on ethics in helping relationships