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Dayton Northwest Weed and Seed Initiative
We are a Weed and Seed site that focuses on community restoration through crime prevention with a re-entry component that targets the urban and African-American community.
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Children and Families
- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Law Enforcement
- Mentoring
- Substance Abuse
- Re-entry
- Inititative/program name:
- Miami Valley Re-entry Initiative
- Year Established:
- 2006
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Spirit of Peace CDC
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local detention facilities
- Returning from prison
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
Dayton Northwest Weed and Seed Initiative
Contact:
Tommy StewartExecutive Director
Spirit of Peace CDC
Phone: 937-276-9860
1306 Salem Ave
Dayton, Ohio 45406
weedandseedtommy@sbcglobal.net
Dayton Northwest Weed and Seed Initiative
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Children and Families
- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Law Enforcement
- Mentoring
- Substance Abuse
- Re-entry
- Inititative/program name:
- Miami Valley Re-entry Initiative
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Spirit of Peace CDC
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- Federal Funding
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Funding
Partners in the reentry initiative/program
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| Education and training providers (e.g., local public school officials, vocational instructors): |
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| Law enforcement agencies (e.g., police, sheriff's office): |
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| Members of the community (e.g., people who have been incarcerated, their families or neighbors): |
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| Other criminal justice agencies (e.g., prosecutors, judges): |
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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 detention facilities
- Returning from prison
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
- 400
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- 50
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 75
- 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?
- We work with the parole or probation officer in an effort to customize an achievble plan for the client. This would be a focus on employment, education, housing and other needs such as medical, mental health and substance abuse if needed. Having this working relationship with the parole authority allows us to make a greater impact on the individual and their progress is tracked by two entities.
Data Collection
- Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- We collect age of first offense, age of onset of drug use, previous and current address of resident. This info allows us to look at the data of the ages that individuals first encounter the criminal justice system and if there charges were drug related. Also it allows us to see if there is a specific area of the community that offenders come from. We also use this data to compile in reports that are submitted with additional funding applications.
- 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 the progress of the individuals that our in the program. This is done every 3 months so there is a comparable contrast of progress from beginning to end. It has allowed us to see what point an indvidual drops out of the program and determine a percentage of those that complete the program.
- 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?
- It tracks job placement and re-arrest. This allows the program to track the ratio of individuals that become employed to those who do not and how quickly they are incarcerated again. By doing this the program can attempt to show that by having gainful employment an individual in less likely to resort to crime.
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?
- The program offers a skills assessment program that focuses on basic skills that the general population takes for granted. It focuses on anger management, financial responsibility, communication skills, and job readiness skills. These sections are tailored to the mindset of the incarcerated individual.
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- Situational role-play to develop problem solving skills and interviewing skills, resume writing, and open forum discussion. Again these are tailored to fit the mind set of an incarcerated individual.
- How are people placed into your program?
- Application