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DRIVING SUCCESS THROUGH COLLABORATIONS MAX-OUT RE-ENTRY For each person who comes under our supervision, DCS seeks to meet them where they are and identify available resources that will help them overcome their individual risks and needs. Whatever someone needs, be it a copy of their birth certificate, a place to live, a license or a job, our Community Supervision Officers call out to networks of resource partners to try to find ways to help supervised individuals succeed. Max-Out Re-Entry (M.O.R.E.) is a collaborative program between the Georgia Department of Community Supervision, Georgia Department of Corrections, and Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles, designed to provide max-out offenders with a progressive transition back into society. M.O.R.E allows for statutory and board mandated max-out prisoners to relocate from a prison bed to intensive community supervision in a transition center up to 18 months before the completion of their prison sentence. The success of this program is due to the guidance M.O.R.E. officers provide to participants, helping pave the way for them to find success as they reenter their communities. During their last months in incarceration, M.O.R.E. participants live in a Georgia Department of Corrections’ transition center. While under intensive supervision, they have the opportunity to: • • • • 10 2018 Annual report Georgia Department of Community Supervision Work and pursue employment Access mental health and substance abuse services Obtain their driver’s licenses Find stable post-incarceration housing