Bridges to Freedom
After incarceration, offenders are often apprehensive about returning to their neighborhoods. In our three community residences, we help more than 300 offenders each year prepare for their reentry into society. All residents are required to complete our comprehensive 18-week life-skills and employment training program. Our structured programs set clear guidelines and model acceptable behavior in home-like environments, enabling offenders to confront their past and embrace their future. 

Learning New Ways
By learning to practice self-discipline and moral reasoning using the Moral Reconation Therapy model, pre-parolees are able to make fundamental character changes. Each resident is required to participate in individual counseling to help them address a wide variety of adjustment issues, resolve conflicts, plan for the future and make decisions about how they will live. We know that mastering daily living skills and successfully completing job training helps reduce recidivism and ensure successful independence. But in the end, it’s the client who must take responsibility for his actions in order to successfully transition from prison to community life.

A Helping Hand
With positive reinforcement, pre-parolees can learn alternatives to socially unacceptable behavior. Our skilled staff creates personalized treatment plans for each client. By carefully observing behaviors and setting appropriate consequences, a strategy for change is determined. We offer assistance in finding housing, employment and treatment for chemical addictions. By giving offenders an opportunity to acquire skills and positive behaviors, we reduce the odds of our clients’ return to prison and increase the possibility for a successful life in the community.