Helping people returning to our communities from prison is complex. There are many issues that people need to address to have a successful reentry. The importance of our positive interactions and acceptance of our returning citizens cannot be understated.
Bio: Shawn Stover (LSW) is the Reentry Coordinator at Ohio Means Jobs of Athens County in Appalachian Ohio. He graduated from Ohio University in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in Social Work and Psychology. He worked at Tri-County Mental Health for 8 years as an outpatient counselor and member of the Crisis Intervention Team.
Shawn also previously contracted as the Home Study Assessor for Oasis Therapeutic Foster Care from 2000 to 2012, licensing homes in a 16-county catchment area to become therapeutic foster care providers.
Shawn has worked for Athens County Job and Family Services for 22 years in various programs, helping people experiencing poverty to become more employable, and currently as the Reentry Coordinator at The Ohio Means Jobs Center Athens County for the last 5 years, helping people being released from prison with all aspects of their lives.
Shawn was voted Athens County Big Brother of the year in 1996 and was chosen as Outstanding Social Worker by the Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society at Ohio University in 1997 for his many years of mentoring social work interns. Shawn is the chairperson for the Athens County Reentry Task Force, organized to help people in reentry, recovery and poverty. He also is an active member of the Athens County Opiate Task Force, Athens HOPE, ASPIRE Advisory Board, and Athens Veteran’s Court. Shawn Stover (LSW) is the Reentry Coordinator at Ohio Means Jobs of Athens County in Appalachian Ohio. He graduated from Ohio University in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in Social Work and Psychology. He worked at Tri-County Mental Health for 8 years as an outpatient counselor and member of the Crisis Intervention Team.
Shawn also previously contracted as the Home Study Assessor for Oasis Therapeutic Foster Care from 2000 to 2012, licensing homes in a 16-county catchment area to become therapeutic foster care providers.
Shawn has worked for Athens County Job and Family Services for 22 years in various programs, helping people experiencing poverty to become more employable, and currently as the Reentry Coordinator at The Ohio Means Jobs Center Athens County for the last 5 years, helping people being released from prison with all aspects of their lives.
Shawn was voted Athens County Big Brother of the year in 1996 and was chosen as Outstanding Social Worker by the Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society at Ohio University in 1997 for his many years of mentoring social work interns. Shawn is the chairperson for the Athens County Reentry Task Force, organized to help people in reentry, recovery and poverty. He also is an active member of the Athens County Opiate Task Force, Athens HOPE, ASPIRE Advisory Board, and Athens Veteran’s Court. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx