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Word of Hope Ministries, Inc.
Word of Hope Ministries is a Faith-based 501c (3) nonprofit agency that provides reintegration services of mentoring, employment training and placement,andcase management to persons in prerelease and post release, our program is funded by U.S. Department of labor
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
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- Children and Families
- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mentoring
- Physical Health
- Substance Abuse
- Inititative/program name:
- Word of Hope Ministries
- Year Established:
- 1996
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Word of Hope Ministries
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Not under community corrections supervision
- Adults
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Gang members
- Elderly
Word of Hope Ministries, Inc.
Contact:
Ella Walker-MahaleyProgram Director
Word of Hope Ministries
Phone: 414 447-1965
2677 N. 40th Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53210
wohmsscoor@yahoo.com
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Word of Hope Ministries, Inc.
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
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- Children and Families
- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mentoring
- Physical Health
- Substance Abuse
- Inititative/program name:
- Word of Hope Ministries
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Word of Hope Ministries
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- Federal, state and Local
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- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
- X
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
- Adults
- Men
- Women
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Gang members
- Elderly
- Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
- 23,000
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- 173
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 100 per day
- 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?
- Wisconsin Department of Correction community correction staff is part of our formal contract with Wisconsin Department of Correction. Our partnership consist of daily contact, prerelease contact, post release team meetings, and a monthly meeting at our site to discuss challenges and problems
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?
- We us the U.S. Department of Labor national MIS database, this database captures our initial assessment with demographic info, services we provide, and outcome statistics. The results of this data show that we enroll 100 per cent of our targeted population. We provide soft-skilled training to 85 per cent and place over 60 per cent on jobs.
- 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?
- Our agency has a less than 22 per cent recidivism rate. The results of this data show that we enroll 100 per cent of our targeted population. We provide soft-skilled training to 85 per cent and place over 60 per cent on jobs.
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 provide weekly orientations to those in prerelease status, mentoring and initial needs assessment by our case management staff.
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- Orientations
Career Assessments
Soft-skills workshop
Referrals to training
Case Management, transportation, clothing and emergency food
Health services
AODA services
Education, computer literacy and GED - How are people placed into your program?
- Referral Referred from WI DOC and we serve walk-ins