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Workforce Board to continue the outside contamination from any an emphasis on training in those
program for an additional year. In volunteers and to eliminate cross particular fields.
fact, the Pasco Hernando Workforce contamination between inmates. In closing, our reentry program
Board did secure the funding to Fortunately, this effort to combat has proved to be an invaluable tool
move the program forward, and it COVID-19 provided the Hernando to help offenders reintegrate into
has been enhanced to incorporate County Sheriff’s Office with an society and reduce the recidivism
GED testing, acquisition of State opportunity to re-evaluate our rate of the participants, which—in
of Florida Identification Cards for reentry program and find ways to the larger picture—is a benefit to the
participants, and drug and alcohol enhance the service. community as a whole. 
counseling. Additionally, arrange- After our evaluation, we decided
ments were made with our local to focus more toward the educa- Note from Author: A special
Department of Motor Vehicles for tional and counseling aspect of the thank you to Lt. Teresa Stevens and
the Mobile Driver’s License Bus to program. In order to do so, we are Director Kristine Dekany for their
visit the facility once a month to exploring the possibility of tran- assistance.
assist participants in starting the sitioning from the role of a sworn
process of procuring new driver’s reentry deputy to a reentry coor-
licenses. dinator in a civilian capacity. This Lieutenant Daniel Carriveau started
change can provide us with a staff his career in corrections in 2002, and
Conclusion member who is well-versed and was hired by the Hernando County
As anyone who works in cor- highly experienced in educational Sheriff’s Office in 2010 when the
rections knows, the year 2020 instruction, social work, and coun- agency assumed operational control
of the Hernando County Detention
produced many challenges for our seling. The transition would also Center. Currently, he is assigned as the
agencies. With the arrival of the give the program an opportunity to Operations Lieutenant at the detention
pandemic, our facilities were forced access any new in-demand occupa- center overseeing the housing units,
to suspend all programs to avoid tions in Hernando County with maintenance, and the kitchen.
He can be contacted at dcarriveau@
hernandosheriff.org.

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