Outside the Walls: A National Snapshot of Community-Based Prisoner Reentry Programs Table of Contents List of Sample Programs......................................................................................................................4 Project Overview.................................................................................................................................7 Reentry Television Documentaries ....................................................................................................9 What Is Prisoner Reentry? .................................................................................................................12 Education & Employment and Reentry: Briefing Paper .................................................................13 Education & Employment and Reentry: Programs.........................................................................17 Health Challenges of Reentry: Briefing Paper ................................................................................49 Health Challenges of Reentry: Programs ........................................................................................56 Housing and Reentry: Briefing Paper ..............................................................................................81 Housing and Reentry: Programs ......................................................................................................84 Family and Reentry: Briefing Paper ...............................................................................................102 Family and Reentry: Programs ......................................................................................................107 Reentry and Public Safety: Briefing Paper ....................................................................................128 Reentry and Public Safety: Programs ............................................................................................132 Reentry and the Faith Community: Briefing Paper.......................................................................162 Reentry and the Faith Community: Programs ..............................................................................166 Appendix .........................................................................................................................................191 National Experts ..............................................................................................................................191 Reentry National Media Outreach Campaign Faith Advisory Committee................................192 Outside the Walls Videotape .........................................................................................................194 Urban Institute Reentry Publications .............................................................................................197 Acknowledgments..........................................................................................................................199 About Urban Institute; About Outreach Extensions......................................................................199 Funder Credits and Contact Information .....................................................................................200 Generous funding for the Reentry National Media Outreach Campaign and the Making Connections Media Outreach Initiative has been made possible by a grant from Outside the Walls: A National Snapshot of Community-Based Prisoner Reentry Programs Research, development, and writing: Urban Institute Amy L. Solomon Michelle Waul Asheley Van Ness Jeremy Travis In collaboration with: Outreach Extensions Judy Ravitz, Ken Ravitz, Anne Llewellyn, and Denise Blake The Reentry National Media Outreach Campaign is designed and managed by Outreach Extensions. We wish to express our gratitude to Joy Thomas Moore at The Annie E. Casey Foundation for her advice and counsel. Visit the Reentry National Media Outreach Campaign Web site at www.reentrymediaoutreach.org Strategic partners and advisors: Urban Institute Council of State Governments The Annie E. Casey Foundation Dedication We wish to dedicate this resource guide and its companion videotape to the inspired faith and secular organizations, parole and probation departments, departments of correction, government agencies, community leaders, advocates and crime victims, policymakers working to improve public safety and strengthen families and communities, and formerly incarcerated men and women seeking to lead productive lives outside the walls. List of Sample Programs = included in Outside the Walls videotape Education & Employment and Reentry Geographic Area Served America Works—Criminal Justice Program NY profiled; also in MD and DC Center for Employment Opportunities New York, NY Center for Young Women’s Development – San Francisco, CA Girls’ Detention Advocacy Project Delancey Street Foundation CA, NY, NC, NM Enhanced Job Skills Program Lafayette, LA Fundamentals of Construction and Austin, TX Understanding Self Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake Baltimore, MD Supporting Ex-Offenders in Employment Training and Transitional Services Institute for Social and Economic Development – IA Microenterprise Training for Women in Corrections National H.I.R.E. Network National Offender Reentry Program MA Pioneer Human Services WA Project RIO TX Safer Foundation IL and IA South Forty and Fresh Start New York, NY The Center for Fathers, Families, and Workforce MD profiled – also CA, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, MA, MI, Development / STRIVE Baltimore NC, NY, PA, and the UK Welfare to Work—Partnership Law Project IL profiled – also CA, FL, LA, NY Women Arise—Prove Project Detroit, MI Health Challenges of Reentry Geographic Area Served Centerforce—Get Connected CA Case Management Support Services—Community PA Reintegration of Offenders with Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Dangerous Mentally Ill Offender Program WA Hampden County Correctional and Community Springfield, MA Health Program Iowa Reentry Court Cedar Rapids, IA KEY - Crest Substance Abuse Program DE Mental Health Services Continuum Program CA Project Return New Orleans, LA Project Success Largo, FL Rhode Island Prison Release Program Providence, RI & Project Bridge Risk Reduction—HIV/AIDS Services NY Thresholds Jail Program Chicago, IL Tuerk House, Inc. Baltimore, MD Winners’ Circle—TASC, Inc. IL 4 Housing and Reentry Geographic Area Served Bethel New Life Chicago, IL Cameo House San Francisco, CA Dismas Charities KY profiled – also GA, FL, MI, NM, TN, TX Dismas House of Massachusetts MA profiled – also IN, NH, TN, VT Fifth Avenue Committee—Developing Justice Brooklyn, NY in South Brooklyn The Fortune Society New York, NY Health, Housing and Integrated Services Network CA Kintock Group NJ and PA Prisoners Aid Association of Maryland MD The Ridge House Reno, NV Sarah Powell Huntington House New York, NY Volunteers of America—Delaware Valley Camden, NJ Family and Reentry Geographic Area Served Aid to Children of Imprisoned Mothers East Point, GA Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents National Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers Chicago, IL Community Re-Entry Cleveland, OH Families in Crisis CT Family Life Center Providence, RI Family ReEntry Program Norwalk, CT FamilyWorks NY Girl Scouts Beyond Bars AZ, CA, DE, FL, KY, MD, NJ, OH John C. Inmann Work & Family Center Denver, CO La Bodega de la Familia New York, NY National Fatherhood Initiative— PA profiled – also AL, AZ, CA, FL, IL, IA, KS, KY, ME, MI, Long Distance Dads MN, MO, NC, ND, NJ, OH, PA, TN,TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV Public Action in Correctional Effort Indianapolis, IN & Offender Aid and Restoration Salvation Army—Aftercare Transitional Philadelphia, PA Services Program Women’s Prison Association & Home NY Reentry and Public Safety Geographic Area Served Boston Reentry Initiative Boston, MA Community Orientation and Reintegration Program PA Greater Newark Safer Cities Initiative Newark, NJ Harlem Parole Reentry Court New York, NY Indianapolis Violence Reduction Partnership Indianapolis, IN Knoxville Public Safety Collaborative Knoxville, TN Maryland Reentry Partnership Initiative Baltimore, MD Ohio Community-Oriented Reentry Project OH Parolee Orientation Program Sacramento, CA 5 Project Greenlight New York, NY Resolve to Stop the Violence Project San Francisco, CA San Antonio Fighting Back—Young San Antonio, TX Offenders Reentry Coalition Savannah Impact Program Savannah, GA Southside Day Reporting Center Chicago, IL Transition Project OR Vermont Restorative Reentry Partnerships VT Wisconsin Going Home Project WI Women in Transition Salisbury, MA Reentry and the Faith Community Geographic Area Served Amachi Philadelphia, PA Conquest Offender Reintegration Ministries Washington, DC Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency— Washington, DC Faith Community Partnership Detroit Transition of Prisoners Detroit, MI Episcopal Social Services—Network Program New York, NY Helping Up Mission—Spiritual Recovery Program Baltimore, MD Inner-City Muslim Action Network Chicago, IL Islamic Health and Human Services Detroit, MI Kairos Horizon Communities in Prison FL, OH, OK, TX Keystone Ministries Vicksburg, MS Men of Valor Oakland, CA New Horizons Ministries Cannon City, CO Prison Fellowship Ministries— TX profiled – also IA, KS, MN InnerChange Freedom Initiative Prodigal Ministries Louisville, KY Project Blanket Pittsburgh, PA St. Leonard’s Ministries Chicago, IL Teen Challenge National Wheeler Mission Ministries Indianapolis, IN Woman at the Well