The Office of Community Programs requires five (5) distinct units to effectively manage the various aspects of the New Jersey Department of Corrections' Residential Community Release Programs.

Assignment Unit

• Collaborate with the Institutional Community Release Coordinators to obtain appropriate applications
• Screen RCRP applications to ensure appropriateness of inmates
• Assign inmates to appropriate RCRP placement (including Assessment Centers)
• Develop and maintain necessary databases for accurate tracking of inmates
• Track RCRP Inmate movement through the NJDOC continuum of care
• Reconcile bi-weekly and monthly billing invoices

Contract Compliance Unit

• Oversee and Monitor the Residential Community Release Programs (RCRPs)
• Assign Contract Administrators to specific RCRP facilities
• Conduct routine contract compliance monitoring for immediate corrective action, culminating in an annual performance evaluation
• Develop and maintain essential databases
• Collect all required documents for annual facility recertification
• Monitor to ensure RCRPs provide adequate drug testing
• Monitor to ensure inmates have access to medical services
• Review/clearance of pre-employment background checks for potential RCRP staff
• Update and maintain Inmate Employment Rosters

Contract Administration Unit

• Develop Requests for Proposals (RFP) and Contracts
• Research "best practices" and legal issues associated with the development of the RFP
• Review proposals submitted in response to the RFP
• Prepare contracts and contract addenda
• Act as a Legislative liaison for the OCP and as the Division back-up liaison for the Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
• Develop and review all Policies and Procedures
• Coordinate staff training functions

Special Projects Unit

• Program Development
• Coordinate with public and private agencies/foundations to develop effective programs for RCRP inmates
• Act as the NJDOC representative for recruitment of inmates to the New Community Workforce Development Center in Newark, NJ for vocational training purposes
• Provide professional Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Masters in Social Work (LCSW/MSW) consulting services for special programming initiatives and projects for the special needs' inmate population
• Act as the office liaison to the State Correctional Institutions for special needs inmates

Intensive Supervision Program Unit (ISP)

• Act as the NJDOC liaison to other departments, governmental subdivisions and agencies, most notably with the Administrative Office of the Courts
• Act as the NJDOC liaison to ensure coordination of services between NJDOC and ISP, which is administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts
• Represent NJDOC with the Intensive Supervision Program (ISP) review of application, interview and participate in decision making process
• Reclassify and assign inmates to appropriate programs and/or institutions as needed

The Intensive Supervision Program program is located in the judicial branch of government under the auspices of Probation Services in the Administrative Office of the Courts. A Department of Corrections representative serves as a member of the review panel, which screens, evaluates and recommends applicants to re-sentencing judges for acceptance into the Intensive Supervision Program. For additional information about the Intensive Supervision Program, you may call (609) 984-0076 or go to the link below. http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/probsup/isp_intro.htm