to access and download the free online version, or email us at support@ insideoutnetwork.net to order individual copies or cases of the paperback version. 2. The ION online reentry platform . Add image of site? A key way that we’re helping reshape reentry for people leaving incarceration (as well as those on probation) is with our ground-breaking, invisibility-busting ION online plat- form that allows returning citizens and service providers to see and be seen and to communicate directly with each other. Think of us as “eHarmony for reentry. ” ION makes it easy for both returning citizens and service providers to search, find relevant matches, connect with, and even reach out proactively and message each other on our platform, beginning 11 months pre-release and continuing post-release. Our powerful but easy-to-use platform empow- ers men and women to take charge of their reentry experience by seeking and finding the help they both need and want. We are partnering with inmate computer tablet distributors, departments of correction, reentry service providers, and returning citizens themselves to de- ploy our online platform onto inmate computer tablets in the next six months, significantly expanding direct access for thousands of returning citizens both pre- and post-release. This move will greatly broaden and deepen access for returning citizens, while simultaneously lessening the administrative burden on corrections staff. Because our online platform is scalable, our vision is to deploy the ION plat- form nationwide. Access to the ION platform will help reduce recidivism, im- prove health outcomes, bolster public safety, reduce homelessness, and avoid enormous frustration, wasted time, and lost human potential for literally hundreds of thousands of men and women. We’ve already forged partnerships with departments of corrections and successfully launched the ION platform in Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon. As of February 2025, we have over 13,000 returning citizens and 600 service providers registered and active, with more being added daily. There is no cost to returning citizens for using ION. Service providers and ministries are given one year on the site without cost and pay a modest $100-per-year cost thereafter. 3. Effective Reentry Ministry for Ordinary Congregations: A How-to Guide. Our research and experience over the past 16 years have revealed that nearly 40% of returning citizens are seeking a church upon release and that most congregations (even when motivated) feel stymied by the question of how to do reentry ministry. The goal of this document is to empower thou- sands of congregations to engage in reentry ministry in a way that fits them. 4. ION ConnectIONs Video Podcast. In the winter of 2024, we were ap- proached by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and
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