Re-Enty

The FL United Methodist Conference has numerous opportunities for re-entry, transition, and job placement listed on our website. Please review our website at: http://www.flumc2.org/pages/detail/1897

Quick Facts:

Focus of initiative/program:
  • Children and Families
  • Education
  • Employment/Job Training
  • Housing
  • Mental Health
  • Mentoring
  • Substance Abuse
  • Task Force / Coalitions
  • Transition Homes and Programs
Inititative/program name:
Faith Based Programs
Year Established:
2010
Lead agency/organization name:
FL Conference of the United Methodist Church
Population served by initiative/program:
  • Returning from local detention facilities
  • Returning from local jails
  • Returning from prison
  • Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
  • Adults
  • Juveniles
  • Men
  • Women
  • People convicted of a violent offense
  • People convicted of a non-violent offense
  • Sex offenders

    • Re-Enty

    Contact:

    Tammy Fisher
    Staff Liaison Jail/Prison Ministries
    FL Conference of the United Methodist Church
    Phone: 407-620-9514
    450 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave
    Lakeland, Florida 33815
    tfisher@flumc.org

    www.flumc2.org/pages/detail/1897

    Re-Enty

    Initiatives and Programs

    Focus of initiative/program:
    • Children and Families
    • Education
    • Employment/Job Training
    • Housing
    • Mental Health
    • Mentoring
    • Substance Abuse
    • Task Force / Coalitions
    • Transition Homes and Programs
    Inititative/program name:
    Faith Based Programs
    Lead agency/organization name:
    FL Conference of the United Methodist Church

    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
  • Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
  • Adults
  • Juveniles
  • 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:
    +1000
    Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
    +1000
    Total number of people who can be served at one time:
    +1000
    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?
    Our organization is a hub of references available for volunteers, Chaplains, parole officers etc, to access to search for assistance in the area of Florida they are seeking to help the person they are working with...

    Data Collection

    Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
    No
    Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
    No
    Does your organization measure and/or track the outcome of participation?
    No

    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 offer inside mentoring and assessment. We then offer assistance as they return to their communities to a nurturing church or agency so the person returning has trusted support.
    What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
    We have some agencies that assist in the first 72 hours of release; we have agencies that are transitional or help with shelter/job placement/identification and spiritual support in programs such as Celebrate Recovery groups.
    How are people placed into your program?
    Referral We need to know how to best help the person by someone telling us what the returning person's needs are.
    Explore the Justice Center’s Websites
    CSG Justice Center Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project Justice Reinvestment National Reentry Resource Center Reentry Policy Council