Prisoners For Christ Strategic Plan 2024-2030 ministry and set out to replicate their very successful model. We opened a facility in Eastern Washington, invested in remodeling, had a trade-level work program available to the men, and set out to settling into a productive Transition ministry. Many men did come into the home and were being taught biblical values. What turned out to be a major impediment was the government competing with us, along with the clientele being exclusively for former inmates. The government competition could not be overcome, as they had fully staffed and funded facilities that did not require much of the residents, whereas we had solid rules and methods that had to be followed. Having facilities exclusive to former inmates became a stumbling block for some potential men who did not want that environment. The transition model we used ministered to the drug and alcohol addict, not just former inmates. We know what we would like to see in a transition setting and will use our learned knowledge to seek out those in the community who model this.
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