SB 351 — CORRECTIONAL REENTRY WORKFORCE PROGRAM

SENATE BILL 351 57TH LEGISLATURE -STATEOFNEWMEXICO-- STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED BY Leo Jaramillo and Cindy Nava and Crystal Brantley and Joshua A.

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APPROPRIATION.--Thirteene millionu fiveg hundrede wb l ne de 18h thousandn dollarsd ($13,500,000)d isi appropriated from the general = = 19o ah lBE fundIT toENACTED theBY localTHE governmentLEGISLATURE divisionOF ofTHE theSTATE departmentOF ofNEW iMEXICO: a e r 20 finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 a t m m 21 for disbursement to the north central New Mexico economic d r e 22 development district to administer and expand a comprehensive c e s k 23 correctional reentry workforce development program.

Anyl e] a n b 24,d unexpendedi ora unencumberedº balancee remainingSECTION at1. the end of u [ fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.

.230600.1APPROPRIATION.-- r i = r t e w d m a n o STBTCº A.»STBTC Thirteen million five hundred d m :

b e d s º o t n = .230600.1AIC March 5, 2025 (10:40am) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d thousand dollars ($13,500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the local government division of the department of finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 STBTCº for disbursement to the north central New Mexico economic development district to administer and expand a»STBTC STBTCºto expand»STBTC comprehensive STBTCºcorrectional»STBTC reentry workforce development STBTCºprogram»STBTC STBTCºprograms statewide»STBTC .

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 shall revert to the general fund.

STBTCº B.

The appropriation provided in Subsection A of this section shall provide for:

(1) the statewide expansion of high-quality workforce development opportunities for persons released from the custody of a correctional facility or a jail in the state, based on an estimate of the number of persons likely to be h released from custody each year;

u » r t h (2) with respect to released persons, g e l i intensive parallel case management, peer mentoring and resource h r i s navigation, all of which are intended to result in reduced h , e h t u g recidivism, increased employment longevity and the prevention e b l e e , gh of homelessness;

n d d i = = o h (3) the creation of up to two hundred l ] b ,d i a º r e r = seventy-two individual training accounts to be used by persons t e w d m a n o released from custody of a correctional facility or a jail in d m :

b r e t º o t n = .230600.1AIC March 5, 2025 (10:40am) s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d the state, for career enhancement credentialing and for the expansion and leveraging of work-related employment supportive services;

and (4) funding to be disbursed regionally throughout the state based on location release data for persons released from custody and on performance and evaluation indicators related to programs for released persons that align with the standards set in the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act standards.»STBTC - 3 - » g o » r h t i k l i g t h s , e h t l i w l b l e e , gh n d l h = = b , a l º d i a r e r = , a t e d m a n o d m :

b r e t º o t n = .230600.1AIC March 5, 2025 (10:40am) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d