Systems and methods for the dissemination of information from a controlled
environment facility employ facility information management functionality
managing resident information and facility information, and call manager
functionality selectively providing at least a portion of the resident
information and/or the facility information to an outside party in an
automated manner. The invention may employ outgoing IVR functionality to
provide select portions of the resident information in response to the
call manager recognizing that a call is a first call by a resident, or a
first call to a particular telephone number by a resident. The invention
may manage information related to providers of services or goods for
residents of a facility, provide an outside party this information, and
notify a selected provider of selection of that provider by the outside
party to provide goods or services for a resident.