Reentry Program Manager: Oversees the SD DOC statewide reentry continuum, including assessing offenders’ risk and needs upon admission and at designated points throughout incarceration.  The Reentry Program Manager is also responsible for identifying, developing, and implementing evidence-based programming and practices to reduce offender risk, delivering educational opportunities and training to increase work skills and opportunities for offenders, and providing support to offenders as they transition from prison to the community. 

Associate Reentry Program Manager: The Associate Reentry Program Manager provides operational support to the Reentry Program Manager by directing the SD DOC Reentry Team. The Associate Reentry Program Manager advises the program manager on formulating and overseeing the complex reentry processes statewide and reentry positions from multiple divisions within the DOC dedicated to reentry efforts. 

Reentry  Corrections Specialist: The Reentry Corrections Specialist reviews referrals from institutional case managers for offenders that need enhanced transitional services with less than 12 months to release;  assigns offenders to Transitional Case Managers; ensures offenders receive individualized services; manages community housing placement contracts; manages the referral process for treatment in the community using the Unite Us software; oversees and coordinates the referral process for parolees receiving treatment funded by the Department of Social Services (DSS); and serves as the liaison between DSS and SD DOC for treatment options for parolees in the community.

Reentry Coaches: The Reentry Coaches implement evidence-based programming for offenders designed to enhance their ability to transition back to the community successfully; provide vocational and peer supports, programming, interventions, and collaboration with community partners; administer and coordinate reentry curriculum including PreP (Pre-release Program), Women’s Opportunity Resource Development (WORD), Thinking for Change (T4C), and Moving On; hosts job fairs, mock interviews, and resume building and interview skills workshops; ensures that each offender that releases has a job placement packet, obtained vital documents, applied for economic assistance in needed, and has access to health insurance or Medicaid.

Sex Offender Management Program (SOMP): SOMP staff work with sex offenders to determine if additional programming or treatment is required upon the offender’s release to the community.  Offenders released from prison who require community sex offender treatment must be accepted by an approved community treatment provider before their release.  SOMP staff coordinate treatment in the community for sex offenders before their release.

Transitional Case Manager: A Transitional Case Manager assists offenders with community transition identified with a higher need for case management throughout the transition process. The Transitional Case Manager provides additional assistance in developing release plans, such as housing assistance and program facilitation. They help eliminate reentry barriers by coordinating with Transitional Behavioral Health staff and the Transitional Parole Agent for appropriate interventions.

Transitional Parole Agents: Transitional Parole Agents provide in-reach services to aid in the transition of offenders to the community by actively participating in the transition planning of high-need offenders.  This includes organizing and conducting the prerelease meeting 90 days before release; facilitating T4C and parole readiness classes;  conducting the parole plan investigation and approving the plan if appropriate; reviewing the assessed needs of the offender to verify all programming has been addressed; identifying any gaps and follows-up with staff to make referrals for services; assisting the assigned community Parole Agent during the offender’s first 30-60 days in the community by ensuring the release plan is followed; preparing the offender for parole by providing orientation on parole services before release. The Transitional Parole Agent and community Parole Agent conduct a final review of the case to evaluate the transition progress. 

Transitional Behavioral Health Staff: The Transitional Behavioral Health Staff provides resource coordination services for offenders with a severe mental illness (SMI), offenders on psychotropic medications who request assistance, and offenders with a need for substance use disorder services released to parole.  They also assist and work with offenders with SMI or an offender taking psychotropic medications to ensure their transition to the community encompasses their mental health needs; review recommendations and programming notes for offenders with needs for a substance use disorder treatment or Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT); coordinate in-reach services for offenders before release and refer offenders to appropriate services in the community based on their individualized needs.