Public-private partnership forged to strengthen public safety and reentry services across Alabama
A new partnership in Alabama will leverage technology to streamline services, increase efficiencies and enhance public safety.
The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles (ABPP) launched a pilot program with Unite Us, the leading technology provider for coordinating community care, and partner agencies Workforce Alabama, Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) and the Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH) to better serve shared constituencies, including justice-involved veterans, parolees with in-demand trade skills or probationers who can fill vital manufacturing workforce roles. The new Alabama partnership leverages Unite Us’ closed-loop technology to streamline services, increase reentry response and enhance public safety.
“We realized our agencies’ target populations and mission work overlap, and by using technology to drive efficiency, we can work smarter, together and breakdown government silos,” APBB Director Cam Ward said. “This partnership helps us streamline government response and value on a range of issues – from public safety and crisis intervention to workforce development, economic grown and support for our veterans.”
The partnership began in 2025 thanks to funding provided by the Alabama Opioid Commission through the Opioid Treatment and Abatement Fund, which supports agencies providing services to populations impacted by the opioid crisis. Initially, the Bureau launched the pilot program with Unite Us, ADMH and ADVA. This month, the pilot expanded to include Workforce Alabama.
The program was designed in collaboration with Unite Us, which provides a closed-loop referral system that makes it easy for health systems, government agencies and community organizations to collaborate. They can coordinate and deliver services across the network, including substance use treatment, mental health care, housing, employment, healthcare, education, career training and more.
Using Unite Us’ closed-loop referral system, officers, agency leads and recovery advocates can securely identify an individual’s needs, connect them with community-based providers, track referrals and evaluate results. This creates a more coordinated process for connecting individuals under supervision with the resources that can ensure successful reentry. It also helps fine-tune reentry pathways.
“Reentry looks different for everybody; but when cross-sector partners align around a shared vision and have the right tools to achieve it, we can fundamentally change how we respond to complex needs,” said Unite Us CEO and Co-Founder Taylor Justice. “This partnership in Alabama reflects a broader shift toward more coordinated, data-driven systems of care, building the infrastructure to connect people to the right support, understand what’s working and create stronger, more responsive communities for the future.”
For ABPP, the partnership is about making the reentry process more efficient and effective for everyone involved. The Unite Us platform gives ABPP a secure, streamlined way to track referrals and better understand whether individuals are connecting with the services they need and receive more insightful data to paint a clearer picture of an individual in need. This can identify gaps in available services and increase support for expansion of resources most accessed by users.
As the pilot progresses, it will expand to new agencies as the Bureau works to strengthen reentry services and help individuals under supervision safely transition back into their communities. As more partners embrace the powerful technology offered by Unite Us, a range of challenges have been addressed thanks to its myriad applications and solutions – in-and-out of state government in Alabama.
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