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Kimberly Rawls, MBA

Housing Program Manager
Dallas County (TX) Department of Criminal Justice

Kimberly Rawls is the Housing Program Manager with Dallas County’s Criminal Justice Department (CJD). In this role, she manages various reentry programs for either incarcerated or recently released persons. The CJD’s mission and goals are based on the significant daily work and dedication of department staff and community partnerships. These collaborations aid in securing public safety in Dallas County and reduce recidivism using evidence-based criminal justice system diversion strategies.

Kimberly oversees several programs that divert incarcerated persons from jail that involve collaboration with community partnerships, such as the Frequent User System Enhancement (FUSE) and Housing Services for Homeless Criminal Justice-Involved Clients (HSH-CJC) programs. These programs provide emergency reentry housing and support services to assist unsheltered releasing incarcerated persons' successfully renter society, become self-sufficient, and placed into safe and affordable permanent/permanent supportive housing.

Kimberly is dedicated to developing community partnerships and researching ways to find purpose-driven collaborations. Her goal is to help unsheltered incarcerated persons return to society and become productive citizens through these partnerships.

Kimberly also writes and manages various state and federal grant awards totaling over $1 million dollars to benefit persons impacted by the justice system and their communities.

She has been employed with Dallas County for over 8 years, with her County career beginning at the Dallas County Health and Human Services department. She served as Program Coordinator of the Ryan White Grant and wrote and managed grant awards over $13 million dollars.

She has acquired multiple Dallas County Departmental Employee of the Month awards and was a finalist for the county-wide “2022 Dallas County Employee of the Year” award, who employs over 6,500 employees.

Kimberly received her MBA from the University of Phoenix in 2010 and her Bachelor’s degree in Communications Studies from the University of Kansas in 2002.

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