ARI SFY20 Annual Report

The Adult Redeploy Illinois (ARI) Annual Report for state fiscal year (SFY) 2020 is now available. The report provides local jurisdictions, policymakers, and the general public important information on implementation and projected impact with this important program.

ARI started state fiscal year SFY20 strong with continuing grantee site efforts to safely divert more justice-involved people from prison and Oversight Board development of a bold strategic direction for the next three years. During SFY20, ARI explored housing solutions for clients in partnership with the Corporation for Supportive Housing, and evaluated the impact of funded intensive supervision probation with services programs with Southern Illinois University. Work was severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic starting in the third quarter of the fiscal year.

Overall in SFY20, ARI granted $8.5 million to 25 grantees operating 50 local prison diversion programs, including problem-solving (drug, mental health, veterans) courts and intensive supervision probation with services programs. ARI sites served 2,109 people, providing community-based assessment, supervision, and treatment to them in lieu of sentences to prison. An estimated $40.5 million is costs were avoided by the state by diverting individuals from prison and into services.