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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 153<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapters 115<\/a> and 490<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":171881,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77264,"identifier":"2.2-221.1","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/2\/8\/2.2-221.1","url":"\/2.2-221.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-221.1\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/2\/8\/2.2-221.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Secretary to coordinate system for offender transition and reentry services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-221.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security shall establish an integrated system for coordinating the planning and provision of offender transitional and reentry services among and between state, local, and nonprofit agencies in order<\/span> to prepare inmates for successful transition into their communities upon release from incarceration and for improving opportunities for treatment, employment, and housing while on subsequent probation<\/span>, parole<\/span>, or post-release supervision.\n\t\tIt is the intent<\/span> of the General Assembly that funds used for the purposes of this section be leveraged to the fullest extent possible and that direct transitional and reentry employment and housing assistance for offenders be provided in the most cost effective means possible, including through agreements with local nonprofit pre- and post-release service organizations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSECRETARY TO COORDINATE SYSTEM FOR OFFENDER TRANSITION AND REENTRY SERVICES (\u00a7\n2.2-221.1)\n\nThe Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security shall establish an\nintegrated system for coordinating the planning and provision of offender\ntransitional and reentry services among and between state, local, and nonprofit\nagencies in order to prepare inmates for successful transition into their\ncommunities upon release from incarceration and for improving opportunities for\ntreatment, employment, and housing while on subsequent probation, parole, or\npost-release supervision.\n\t\tIt is the intent of the General Assembly that funds used for the purposes of\nthis section be leveraged to the fullest extent possible and that direct\ntransitional and reentry employment and housing assistance for offenders be\nprovided in the most cost effective means possible, including through agreements\nwith local nonprofit pre- and post-release service organizations.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 153; 2014, cc. 115, 490.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}