Whole Family Support Model Q17:
59% offer intentional support to families of returning citizens
Q18:
40% do Angel Tree O ther: • rides to halfway house • H.O.P.E. group • financial and budgeting help • caregiver dinners, • halfway facility that works with RC and family
• relationship with family while RC was incarcerated followed by various kinds of material and emotional support upon release (house-cleaning, welcome-home party) • Welcome Home worship • counseling for fragmented families • invitation to be part of stigma-free congregation • Christmas gifts • encouraging families to worship together 58% engage with RCs in ways not yet mentioned in the survey: • Try to help RCs find work opportunities • Inmates are able to call our organization collect for registration for services and house • Placement prior to release • Social media • Church-planting internship for inmates trained in prison • We work with a men’s halfway house and a halfway house for single mothers • We are hands-on, raw, in the streets, jails and prisons, advocates serving the system for the benefit of those reentering, in high- touch, personal relationships with them, in every way we can. (This congregation has a formerly justice-involved pastor.) • We listen. • Advocate for state policies and laws Reentry Wisdom from the Front Lines—Successes, Challenges, Dreams Q45: Most successful aspects of your congregation’s reentry ministries: • Sponsorships • Spiritual Formation • Step studies change people’s hearts as they grow closer to God. What Else? Q36:
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