Families of Incarcerated Individuals, Inc

Families of Incarcerated Individuals, Inc. (FII) is a non-profit organization founded in 1989. FII provides a variety of community based programs and services designed to foster positive family values and cultivate opportunities for self-sufficiency and citizenship among individuals affected by incarceration. “Our mission is to deter incarceration through family support.” Our DOORWAYS RE-ENTRY PROGRAM is Collaboration between FII and Mark Luttrell Correctional Center designed to provide one-to-one and small group mentoring services along with enriched transitional services to female offenders returning to the Memphis & Shelby County community.

Quick Facts:

Focus of initiative/program:
  • Children and Families
  • Mentoring
  • Tranistional Services
Inititative/program name:
Doorways Reentry Program
Year Established:
2009, The agency was established in 1989
Lead agency/organization name:
Families of Incarcerated Individuals, Inc
Population served by initiative/program:
  • Returning from prison
  • Adults

    • Families of Incarcerated Individuals, Inc

    Contact:

    Marquetta Moore
    Executive Director
    Families of Incarcerated Individuals, Inc
    Phone: 9017266191
    1380 Poplar Avenue
    Memphis, Tennessee 38104
    mmoore@familiesofincarcerated.org



    Families of Incarcerated Individuals, Inc

    Initiatives and Programs

    Focus of initiative/program:
    • Children and Families
    • Mentoring
    • Tranistional Services
    Inititative/program name:
    Doorways Reentry Program
    Lead agency/organization name:
    Families of Incarcerated Individuals, Inc

    Funding

    Funding sources for initiative/program:
    Federal Funding

    Partners in the reentry initiative/program

    Informal Agreement Formal Agreement
    (e.g., a written contract or an MOU) with this partner.
    Community- and faith-based services providers:
    X
    Education and training providers (e.g., local public school officials, vocational instructors):
    X
    Health, mental health, and substance abuse treatment providers:
    X
    Housing officials:
    X
    Institutional corrections (e.g., DOC, jail, prison):
    X
    Law enforcement agencies (e.g., police, sheriff's office):
    X
    Members of the community (e.g., people who have been incarcerated, their families or neighbors):
    X
    Other criminal justice agencies (e.g., prosecutors, judges):
    X
    Transportation providers:
    X
    Victim advocates:
    X
    Work force development and employment agencies (e.g. business associations, unions):
    X

    Participants

    Population served by initiative/program:
  • Returning from prison
  • Adults
    • Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
    12
    Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
    12
    Total number of people who can be served at one time:
    50 per year
    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?
    Our program is in collaboration with Mark Luttrell Correctional Center's pre-release program.

    Data Collection

    Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
    No
    Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
    No
    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?
    New Program, Evaluation will be done annually.

    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?
    Our program and services targets specifically exoffenders and their family members.
    What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
    We offer transitional services and on-going mentoring for exoffenders and their family members
    How are people placed into your program?
    Recommendations from Chaplain and Pre-Release Coordinator of Mark Luttrell Correctional Center
    Explore the Justice Center’s Websites
    CSG Justice Center Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project Justice Reinvestment National Reentry Resource Center Reentry Policy Council