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Prison Outreach Ministry The Welcome Home Reentry Program
Prison Outreach Ministry, Inc./The Welcome Home Reentry Program mentors men and women returning after incarceration to the communities of Washington DC, Montgomery County MD and Prince George's County MD. The progam is afflilated with the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington.
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Mentoring
- Inititative/program name:
- Welcome Home Reentry Program
- Year Established:
- 2005
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Prison Outreach Ministry, Inc.
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- 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
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Sex offenders
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Prison Outreach Ministry The Welcome Home Reentry Program
Contact:
Patricia MarksExecutive Director
Prison Outreach Ministry, Inc.
Phone: 301-448-7026
P.O. Box 44325
Fort Washington, Maryland 20749
pnmarks@prisonoutreachministry.org
www.prisonoutreachministry.org
Prison Outreach Ministry The Welcome Home Reentry Program
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Mentoring
- Inititative/program name:
- Welcome Home Reentry Program
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Prison Outreach Ministry, Inc.
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- Local Governments and Private Foundations as well as indivdual contributors
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Funding
Partners in the reentry initiative/program
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| Institutional corrections (e.g., DOC, jail, prison): |
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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 local jails
- Returning from prison
- Not under community corrections supervision
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Sex offenders
- Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
- 130
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- 69
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 80
- 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?
- Probation and Parole officers refer persons to the voluntary mentoring program.
Data Collection
- Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- Data is collected through an application and interview which is rather extensive.
- Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
- Yes We are most interested in the depth and length of mentoring relationships
- Does your organization measure and/or track the outcome of participation?
- Yes We are in the process of analyzing data
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?
- Mentoring relationship begins while the person is still incarcerated--including persons in Pre Release and Half Way House Programs.
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- Mentoring.
We serve only persons who have been incarcerated. - How are people placed into your program?
- Based on application and interview