OH: Gov. Signs Bill to Support Faith-Based Prison Transition Programs.

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Associated Press, Mar 18, 2008
Faith groups to help inmates being released from state prisons
by JOHN McCARTHY. Associated Press Writer

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Any assistance inmates can get before being released from prison is helpful and a bill now awaiting Gov. Ted Strickland's signature will bring faith-based groups and other volunteers into the mix, the state's prisons chief said Tuesday.

The help is needed more than ever because the Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections must trim $74 million from its budget over the next 15 1/2 months, including $14 million over the next 3 1/2 months, because of an expected shortfall of at least $733 million in the budget year beginning in July...MORE