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Wings of Freedom
Wings of Freedom is a Sober-Living program providing housing coupled with substance and alcohol abuse recovery assistance through mentoring in large and small group setting. Wings is a Faith-Based program providing "A hand-up, not a hand-out".
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
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- Housing
- Mentoring
- Substance Abuse
- Inititative/program name:
- Wings of Freedom
- Year Established:
- 2001
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Freedom Ranch, Inc.
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- 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
- Tribal populations
Wings of Freedom
Contact:
Jim RutherfordPublic Relations Director
Freedom Ranch, Inc/Wings of Freedom
Phone: 918-584-8879
9897 E 11th Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128
jim@wingsoffreedomok.com
www.wingsoffreedomok.com
Wings of Freedom
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
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- Housing
- Mentoring
- Substance Abuse
- Inititative/program name:
- Wings of Freedom
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Freedom Ranch, Inc.
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- Almost completely self-supporting with some private donations and some occassional governmental funding
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Funding
Partners in the reentry initiative/program
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Participants
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- 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
- Tribal populations
- Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
- 600
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- 130
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 175
- 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 have well established ongoing relationships at almost every level of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, who often refer to our program. We maintain contact with and immediately notify probation or parole offices of any violations, ie failed drug tests or if a client leaves the program or other events which might affect their probation or parole.
Data Collection
- Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- This is an area in which we are just beginning to collect data in regard to background history - social, spiritual, criminal, substance abuse, etc. It is our hope that the data will reveal patterns which will help us better meet the needs of our clients.
- 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?
- Again, we are just starting to collect this information, so it has not yet yielded results.
- 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?
- Again, we are just starting to collect this information, so it has not yet yielded results.
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?
- Although many in our organization are involved in prison ministry and also involved in Celebrate Recover Inside, we do not provide direct program services to incarcerated individuals. It is our intention to, in the future, develop a mentoring program for incarcerated individuals - especially those intending to come into our post-release program.
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- Our program is not limited to individuals coming from incarceration, so the services we provide are available to anyone who is willing to agree to the terms of our Sober-Living program and participate in the large and small group mentoring opportunities which are offered.
- How are people placed into your program?
- Referral Clients are most often referred to the program by other ministries or case managers or through Celebrate Recovery Inside, although sometimes by the courts. However, we require any applicant to fill out an application and to agree to abide by the rules of the program, so we do not accept everyone who applies, even if referred.