FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Laura Smith, CPI Executive Director, 512.502.9704

CPI Announces the 2008 Community Spotlight Award Winners

Austin, Texas (October 14, 2008) - The Crime Prevention Institute's Community Spotlight Awards are given to individuals and agencies who have made a significant contribution in the area of offender reintegration, but who often are behind the scenes, and not in the 'spotlight.'

This year, CPI will present Spotlight Awards in 3 categories:

Elected Official: Judge Samuel Biscoe, in honor of his leadership with Travis county’s ‘Ban the Box’ initiative, removing the ‘have you been convicted of a felony’ box from Travis county employment applications.

Agency: Girl Scouts of Central Texas, in honor of our long standing partnership and the ten year anniversary of the Enterprising Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program, a program serving a local girl scout troop and their incarcerated mothers.

Individual: Larry Butler, CPI Success Story, Board Member

Individual: Rita Allen, CPI Success Story

Please join us at CPI's annual Art Beyond Bars Benefit Concert and Art Auction to help us honor these valued partners. Click here to register for the event.

Click here to read about past Community Spotlight Award Winners

About the Crime Prevention Institute

The Crime Prevention Institute was founded in 1992 to provide transitional support to ex-offenders being relased from prison and jail back to the Austin, Texas community. Fifteen years later, CPI continues to strengthen families and support individuals with job skills training, reentry resources, and case management. Staff meet clients where they are—in their homes, in jail and on the streets—to provide everything necessary for a successful transition into the community. Visit www.cpiaustin.org to learn more.

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