We help those
most at risk
and those
in the most pain
We help high risk individuals access needs based resources for long-term success improving their lives in the community:
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employment
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housing
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social re-integration
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assistance with developing key life skills
Each year an estimated 2000-2500 offenders return to the District of Columbia from prison and roughly 17,000 cycle through the Department of Corrections.
Roughly 2/3rds of returning citizens recidivate upon their return to the community.
(Source: https://cjcc.dc.gov/)
Mentee Referral Partners
Currently our mentees are referred to us by the District of Columbia Department's Justice Community entities because of their increased likelihood to commit new crimes or otherwise fail to comply with their court-imposed conditions of supervision.
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CSOSA Faith and Community Based Mentoring Partnership
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Rebuilding Our Lives (ROL) Reentry Court, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
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United States Probation for the District of Columbia
Supervision
Needs Based Resources
Pro-Social
guidance
Mentorship Outcomes
Through one-on-one engagement we identify with the truth of theirr pain, hurt and fear of past transgressions and develop cultural competency, social re-integration, and emotional accountability to encourage them to be receptive to accepting resources, supervision and therapy.