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Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders
Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders (ReXo) Adult Program is a re-entry program serving 18 years old and above returning from Iowa's correctional institutions. We utilize our Critical Path Model to provide complete services to return then to Complete Whole Citizens.
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
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- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mentoring
- Inititative/program name:
- Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders
- Year Established:
- 2004
- Lead agency/organization name:
- same
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders
Contact:
Allen SpencerVP of Projects & Programs
Spectrum Resources
Phone: 515-288-1023
1700 Keosauqua Way
Des Moines, Iowa 50314
kabdarrashid.spectrum@yahoo.com
www.spectrumresourcesdsm.com
Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
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- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mentoring
- Inititative/program name:
- Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders
- Lead agency/organization name:
- same
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- Federal Funding
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- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
Funding
Partners in the reentry initiative/program
| Informal Agreement | Formal Agreement (e.g., a written contract or an MOU) with this partner. |
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| Education and training providers (e.g., local public school officials, vocational instructors): |
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| Health, mental health, and substance abuse treatment providers: |
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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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| Transportation providers: |
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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
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
- 697
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- 200
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 250/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?
- We include the P.O. as part of the wraparound team. They work with us to ensure the client is meeting the obligations of the program and we report baack their progreess.
Data Collection
- Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- employment, housing status, wages, retention, re-arrest, this data is collected in our MIS that reports to US Department of Labor who use the outcomes to further their pursuits with Congress.
- 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?
- same as above also lets us know extent of substance abuse in this area.
- 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?
- same as question 11
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 involve our staff in the institutional life skills classes as well as inviews for potential clients. The general population does not recieve much contact with Spectrum until after release.
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- Our clients receive wraparound services the seek to exploit their constraints ro successful re-entry. This allows them to get employment, housing, transportation, etc... The general population has to find these in other manners.
- How are people placed into your program?
- Intake process