B.E.S.T. Practices provides the following products and services on a sliding fee scale to the public. Please email us at services@njreentry.com to obtain pricing and additional information about the following: Membership B.E.S.T. Practices offers three levels of membership, each with varying degrees of reward and participation in B.E.S.T. Practices’ vision and strategic planning. From lowest to highest they include: 1) Student Membership; 2) Full Membership; and 3) Accredited Programs' Membership. Student membership provides undergraduate and graduate students publication opportunities in our newsletter and blog. These students will also receive free lunch at B.E.S.T. Practices' annual research conference. Annual dues for undergraduate student membership: $50 Annual dues for graduate student membership: $75 Full membership provides publication, networking, and speaking opportunities to reentry providers and researchers. Members are invited to B.E.S.T. Practices' businesses meetings and play a crucial role in the governance of the corporation. Full members receive the NJReentry.com newsletter in print and are added to our public directory of reentry charitable supporters, researchers, and providers. Annual dues for full membership: $175 Accredited Programs' memberships are only made available to B.E.S.T. Practices' accredited programs (see below). Panel Discussions We assemble talented teams of reentry professionals who volunteer their time to sit on our panel for question and answer sessions. These are provided quarterly through the year to audiences unfamiliar with the reentry crisis and reentry programming. This service is perfect for an organization that is debating about whether or not to establish a reentry initiative. Lecture Series B.E.S.T. Practices arranges speaking opportunities for guest lecturers at press conferences, universities, prisons, and scientific and professional association conferences. We recruit experts to speak on reentry topics specific to your audience (i.e., sex offender reentry, evaluation, etc.). Trainings B.E.S.T. Practices provides trainings for reentry providers of all experience levels. For seasoned reentry professionals we offer trainings in program evaluation and statistical analysis. For new programs we offer trainings on effective grant writing, filing expungements, obtaining resources, managing hopelessness, restoring the family, therapeutic communication, and much more. We also offer trainings in various psychotherapy interventions that have been found effective in advancing people in reentry. Regardless of your educational level and training needs, B.E.S.T. Practices will do the research, build a training curriculum, and provide your program with informed and relevant training and continuing education modules. Family Services The incarceration of a parent is a primary risk factor for childhood maladjustment. Both the incarceration and the reentry of a family member have destabilizing effects on the family system. B.E.S.T. Practices’ clinically trained staff provides evaluation, treatment, and mentoring services for high risk children of qualifying families on a sliding scale. Qualifying families have histories of child protective services or Juvenile Justice Commission involvement. Please email us for more information. Program Evaluation Toolkit Very few reentry program providers possess the necessary statistical know-how to evaluate the efficacy of their program. The need for increased evaluation competency amongst providers partially explains the lack of published, well-controlled, empirical studies on reentry programs. It may also reduce your program’s competitiveness for some grants. We have developed a toolkit that makes evaluating your reentry program approachable. All you need is basic mathematical knowledge. We also provide training and consultation services if you need more support in this endeavor. Accreditation There are less than a dozen well-controlled empirical studies on reentry programming in the published literature despite the millions of dollars that have been spent on reentry services. B.E.S.T. Practices’ solution is to provide assessment, program development, technical assistance, and outcome evaluation for reentry providers.   What is B.E.S.T. Practices' Accreditation? B.E.S.T. Practices' accreditation is granted to qualifying reentry program applicants whose service model incorporates reentry programmatic strategies that have empirical support in the professional literature.   B.E.S.T. Practices' also appreciates innovation.  The empirical literature on what works in reentry programming is limited.  Thus, B.E.S.T. Practices' will award accreditation to programs that have demonstrated effectiveness within real-world settings although they depart from published evidence-based strategies.  We provide outcome evaluation and self-evaluation toolkits to assist these programs in this effort.   There are three levels of accreditation offered by B.E.S.T. Practices, which include Efficacious, Probably Efficacious, Limited Support, and Not Evaluated.  This final category includes programs posted for your information that typically do not have relationships with B.E.S.T. Practices.    Why B.E.S.T. Practices' Accreditation? If your reentry program works, we believe it to be your moral obligation to tell the public.  This nation's reentry problem is so far-reaching that it is hard to capture with words.  If your program has solutions, others need to know so the model can be studied, disseminated, and replicated. Also, rather than distributing monies for reentry indiscriminately, we advocate for funding programs that employ research-supported strategies to prevent recidivism. Reentry providers need to be held accountable just like any other professional service organization.  People in reentry deserve the same level of care delivered by other health care systems.   Benefits of B.E.S.T. Practices' Accreditation? National marketing of your reentry program by way of the internet, publications, and scientific literature    Diploma   Advocacy for funding   Grant-writing assistance   Professional development seminars and program evaluation trainings    Speaking opportunities   Ethics and operational risk management support   B.E.S.T. Practices' membership and networking opportunities within our rapidly growing family of reentry providers and people in reentry   Acknowledgement and free registration for the B.E.S.T. Practices' Annual   Reentry Conference and Gala   Discounts on all B.E.S.T. Practices' services and products Free memberships at the accredited programs’ level Sarosh Cooper, Ph.D our Supervising Research Associate, is the developer and author of our reentry program evaluation methodology. The total expense of accrediting a reentry program is approximately $1200 USD. We ask that accredited programs consider making a donation of this amount.  However, accreditation at this time is free!  Applications for accreditation are only accepted twice per year.  Email us at Board@njreentry.com to further discuss applying for accreditation