The NC Joint Reentry Council was established by Gov. Roy Cooper under Executive Order 303, issued Jan. 29, 2024, and directs all NC state cabinet agencies to coordinate efforts in improving rehabilitation and reentry of offenders returning to their communities after serving a sentence in a state correctional institution.
Council Meetings
-- July 14, 2026
AGENDA
10 a.m. -- Welcome, Statement Regarding Ethics and Conflicts of Interest (G.S. § 138A-15(e)) and Introductions: George Pettigrew, NCDAC Senior Deputy Secretary, Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry.
10:15 a.m. -- Reentry 2030 Overview: George Pettigrew, NCDAC Senior Deputy Secretary, Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry.
10:25 a.m. -- Workforce Development and Local Reentry Councils: Building Employment -- Pathways for Returning Citizens in the Piedmont Triad: Rebecca Sauter, Regional Reentry Lead, and Ariyana March, Forsyth County Reentry Coordinator.
10:50 a.m. -- NC PROWD – Reentry 2030 in Action: Natalie Mabon, Regional Reentry Manager, Capital Area Workforce Development.
11:15 a.m. -- Stitching Stories from Arise Collective: Jennifer C. Jackson, Chief Executive Officer; Regina Jaynes, Communications Manager; Gwen Hinton, Interim Director of Nonresidential and Education Services.
11:45 a.m. -- Public Comments.
11:55 a.m. -- Closing Remarks: George Pettigrew, NCDAC Senior Deputy Secretary, Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry.
The meeting can be viewed via livestream at https://www.youtube.com/@NCAdultCorrection/streams .
-- May 12, 2026
Agenda
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@NCAdultCorrection/streams.
Summary of Priority Strategies for the Reentry 2030 Strategic Plan – 2026 Updates
-- March 20, 2026
Agenda
Presentations
Driver's License Restoration: Road to Successful Reentry
JUMP: Building a World Where Everyone can FLY
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@NCAdultCorrection/streams.
-- Jan. 7, 2026
Agenda
Presentations
OSHR Guidance and 2025 Law Changes Supporting Reentry Employment
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@NCAdultCorrection/streams.
Past Meetings
- Nov. 12
Agenda
Meeting Livestream
- Sept. 11 -- Agenda
Presentations
JUMPSTART – Transforming Lives From the Inside Out
- July 24 - Agenda
Presentations
Home After Incarceration: A Reentry Housing System Assessment in North Carolina
Our Children's Place of Coastal Horizons Joint Reentry Council
- May 21 - Agenda
Presentations
Tried by Fire, Inc.
- March 27 - Agenda
Presentations
Impact Evaluation of Correctional Programs in North Carolina: Work Release
Mobile Recidivism Reduction Center
January 23 - Agenda
Presentations
Digital Opportunities for Justice Impacted People: Merging Technology with Reentry
NC Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and its Mission
- November 21, 2024 - Agenda
Presentations
Federal Bonding and WOTC Presentation
Transitional Housing
- September 26, 2024 - Agenda
Presentations
Connecting Systems to Expand Housing Opportunities
Digital Equity Update, NCDIT
- August 7, 2024 - Virtual meeting to vote on Strategic Plan.
Media Advisory
- July 24, 2024 - Agenda
Presentations
Medication Assisted Treatment Initiative
Preventing Post-Release Overdose Deaths/DAC-NC FIT OUD Treatment Collaboration
Comprehensive Health Services Overview
- June 11, 2024 - Agenda,
- May 16, 2024 - Agenda
- April 10, 2024 - Agenda
- March 12, 2024 - Agenda
- February 15, 2024 - Agenda