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Columbia's Christian Reentry Coalition
Our mission is to mobilize and prepare believers in a cooperative and unified effort under Christ to see returning offenders experience the reality of His love and be empowered to prosper in every area of their life. The purpose of the coalition is to provide wrap-around Christian support to recently released offenders returning to Columbia, MO and to encourage their efforts to become productive members of society.
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mentoring
- Christian support
- Inititative/program name:
- Columbia's Christian Reentry Coalition
- Year Established:
- 2009
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Columbia's Christian Reentry Coalition
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Adults
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Gang members
- Sex offenders
Columbia's Christian Reentry Coalition
Contact:
Daniel HannekenFounder
Columbia's Christian Reentry Coalition
Phone: 573-256-7662
1900 N. Providence Rd. #325
Columbia, Missouri 65202
office@columbialoveinc.org
www.christianreentry.com
Columbia's Christian Reentry Coalition
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mentoring
- Christian support
- Inititative/program name:
- Columbia's Christian Reentry Coalition
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Columbia's Christian Reentry Coalition
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- Private contributions
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
Funding
Partners in the reentry initiative/program
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| Members of the community (e.g., people who have been incarcerated, their families or neighbors): |
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| Work force development and employment agencies (e.g. business associations, unions): |
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Participants
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Adults
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Gang members
- Sex offenders
- Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
- 25
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- 10
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 50
- If your initiative/program serves people under community corrections supervision, how does your organization work in partnership or work in collaboration with participants’ probation or parole officers?
- Columbia's Christian Reentry Coalition is a faith-based sub-committee of the Boone County Offender Transition Network which is co-chaired by Probation and Parole District Administrator Dana Thompson. We regulary share information and attend the same meetings.
Data Collection
- Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- An intake is conducted on all participant and demographic data collected. Data collection has been recently implemented. No results have been determined.
- Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- We track service units in the following areas: Education, Basic Essentials, Employment, Family Support, Housing, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Transportation, and Housing. We began tracking services August 1st, 2010. No results have been identified.
- Does your organization measure and/or track the outcome of participation?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- We track job placement, and permanent housing placement. We have partnered with the Missouri Department of Corrections who will track recidivism. No results at this time. Data collection recently implemented.
Activities
- What, if any, activities does your initiative/program include for people while they are incarcerated and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- We initiate mentor relationships while offenders are still incarcerated through our pen-pal program. This relationship takes on a more traditional mentorship look post release.
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- Prosperous Journey is a Christian transition house available to participants who have engaged in the CCRC mentorship program. Transitional employment is available to residents of the house. Ongoing mentorship in the community is also a CCRC service.
- How are people placed into your program?
- Referral An application process