His Healing Hand Ministries

His Healing Hand Ministries is a reentry, renewal, and recovery ministry operating as the resource for reentry at several state, county, and federal correctional facilities helping those behind bars to recover from the past and move on. The ministry teaches how to rebuild a life that has been behind bars to "Step Forward" and move on with Christ!

Quick Facts:

Focus of initiative/program:
  • Employment/Job Training
  • Housing
  • Mentoring
  • Substance Abuse
  • Task Force / Coalitions
    • Inititative/program name:
    His Healing Hand Ministries
    Year Established:
    1997
    Lead agency/organization name:
    His Healing Hand Ministries
    Population served by initiative/program:
  • Returning from local detention facilities
  • Returning from local jails
  • Returning from prison
  • Not under community corrections supervision
  • Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
  • Adults
  • Juveniles
  • Men
  • Women
  • People convicted of a violent offense
  • People convicted of a non-violent offense
  • Gang members

    • His Healing Hand Ministries

    Contact:

    Rev. David Cramer
    Director
    His Healing Hand Ministries
    Phone: 407-219-7625
    PO Box 1854
    Goldenrod, Florida 32733
    hishealinghand@hishealinghand.com

    www.hishealinghand.com

    His Healing Hand Ministries

    Initiatives and Programs

    Focus of initiative/program:
  • Employment/Job Training
  • Housing
  • Mentoring
  • Substance Abuse
  • Task Force / Coalitions
    • Inititative/program name:
    His Healing Hand Ministries
    Lead agency/organization name:
    His Healing Hand Ministries

    Funding

    Funding sources for initiative/program:
    Agency Budget

    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 local detention facilities
  • Returning from local jails
  • Returning from prison
  • Not under community corrections supervision
  • Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
  • Adults
  • Juveniles
  • Men
  • Women
  • People convicted of a violent offense
  • People convicted of a non-violent offense
  • Gang members
    • Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
    5000+
    Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
    230
    Total number of people who can be served at one time:
    100's
    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?
    A One on one relationship with all parties

    Data Collection

    Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
    No
    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?
    Through a case management basis.
    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?
    Successes and failures.

    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?
    A 100 hour transistion program that is a combination of secular and faith based programs including drug and alcohol recovery/
    What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
    Support groups, one on one support, and followup for one year.
    How are people placed into your program?
    Referral
    Explore the Justice Center’s Websites
    CSG Justice Center Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project Justice Reinvestment National Reentry Resource Center Reentry Policy Council