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Taking it to the Streets
Work with homeless and individuals in halfway houses to transition into community.
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Mentoring
- Inititative/program name:
- 321 Community
- Year Established:
- 2011
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Taking it to the Streets
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- 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
Downloads
Taking it to the Streets
Contact:
Cheryl BellendirDirector
Taking it to the Streets
Phone: 303-252-7453
P.O. Box 1221
Eastlake, Colorado 80614
freedomforthecaptives@comcast.net
Taking it to the Streets
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Mentoring
- Inititative/program name:
- 321 Community
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Taking it to the Streets
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- Contributions, fund raisers, grants
- 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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| Community- and faith-based services providers: |
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| Institutional corrections (e.g., DOC, jail, prison): |
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| Members of the community (e.g., people who have been incarcerated, their families or neighbors): |
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Participants
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- 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:
- 50
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- 25
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 100
- 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?
- Currently we are working in the halfway houses with DOC.
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 are connecting with individual inside jails / prisons though mentoring, coaching, coming along side them for support.
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- We are currently bringing church inside the halfway houses and working with individuals to transition back into community. Will soon begin offering classes.
- How are people placed into your program?
- Referral