05/06/2026
Between July 2025 and March 2026, Face It TOGETHER Bemidji served more than 220 justice-involved individuals through peer recovery support, treatment navigation, recovery meetings, and culturally responsive support services.
Overall Justice-Involved Recovery Impact
Quarter People Served New People Contacts
Jul-Sep 2025 73 42 48
Oct-Dec 2025 79 33 48
Jan-Mar 2026 76 28 76
The work being done inside our local jail cannot be overlooked. The data clearly demonstrates that the jail has become one of the largest access points into recovery support services in our community. Through peer recovery support, individuals are being connected to treatment, recovery meetings, culturally responsive services, and long-term recovery pathways at one of the most critical points in their lives.
Without this work, many individuals would leave incarceration without:
recovery support,
treatment connections,
stable community relationships,
or guidance navigating recovery resources.
That gap would likely lead to:
increased relapse risk,
Repeated justice-system involvement,
A greater strain on emergency services,
increased homelessness and instability,
and higher long-term costs to the community.
Instead, peer recovery support creates an opportunity for stabilization, accountability, and hope before individuals return to the community. The consistent number of jail referrals across reporting periods demonstrates both the level of need and the importance of maintaining recovery support infrastructure within justice-system settings.
This work is not only supporting individual recovery outcomes. It is strengthening public health, public safety, family stability, and long-term community wellbeing throughout Northern Minnesota.
