PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

 Our Life Skills program is for women ages 18 and up who want to gain valuable skills that can be applied throughout their lives.  

Each program session lasts six weeks and covers: 

Anger management 

Coping skills 

Problem solving 

Parenting classes

Goal Setting

Mental health and substance abuse treatment center referrals and support.

Whenever needed, we refer and accompanying women to drug and mental health treatment centers, providing encouragement and assistance during the enrollment process and supporting them as they go through treatment. In cases where a woman desires help but encounters barriers to getting to a treatment facility, we will take her to the treatment center or arrange a ride for her and meet her at the facility. 

Advocacy – healthcare and residential 

We advocate for women. We help identify to access to much needed healthcare services as well as help them identify housing options during crisis or upon release from incarceration.  

Mentorship is provided for women who receive any of the services that we offer. In addition, mentorship is also available for girls in grades 3-12 who have at least one parent in prison.

Each volunteer mentor must complete a volunteer application and is background checked, vetted and trained before they are allowed to begin mentoring. Mentorship is a nine month commitment

Our READY TO THRIVE program is designed to help formerly incarcerated and drug-addicted women gain the skills they need to access independent, productive and rewarding lives. Through this experience, women learn to relinquish their pasts and access new lives. This program includes: 

Career Readiness Training

- Resume writing

- Microsoft Office 

- Interviewing

- QuickBooks bookkeeping certificate class

 Utility Assistance (one-time assistance for single mothers at or below the poverty line)

Annual School Supply Giveaway (for K-12 children of formerly incarnated women)

Backpack Giveaway (backpacks consisting of living essentials and toiletries for women and girls)

Christmas Giveaway (Toys and essential gifts (i.e., clothes, shoes, socks, coats, etc. for children of formerly incarcerated women)