"A New Way of Looking at Reentry Initiatives for the Returning Citizens of Wayne County"


PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Michigan Reentry Initiative "Walk With Me" Program (MRI-WWM) designed to create a prototypical reentry system that addresses the adult offender population in areas of institutional readiness, community reentry and stabilization. The program will target Wayne County in efforts to protect public safety and reduce the rate of recidivism occurring among paroled offenders reentering this geographic location. Efforts will be tailored to offenders (18 to 35) and provide close coordination among institutional corrections, law enforcement, community corrections, and other community/faith-based service providers.

This innovative reentry initiative is a holistic three-phased program that promotes promising best practices and hopes to provide a nationwide protocol by utilizing Wings of Faith, Inc. as the Community One-Stop Reentry Authority.

Phase One- Going Home
Protect and Prepare: Institutionally- Based Programs

Phase Two - Welcome Home
Control and Restore: Community- Based Transition

Phase Three- Staying Home
Responsibility and Productivity: Long-Term Support

Four-Month Transitional Services Offered While Incarcerated

  • Development of an Individual Reentry Plan (IRP)
  • Family Pre-Release Workshops
  • Family Reunification Counseling
  • Housing Placement
  • Job Skills
  • Life Skills - Reality Check
  • Mentors of Faith
  • Mental Health Services
  • Motivational Speakers
  • Risk and Needs Assessments
  • Substance Abuse Treatment Services
  • Transportation Services
  • Victims Restitution and Restorative Justice

For Victims and Their Families

  • Family Reunification Counseling
  • Family Pre-Release Workshops
  • Mentors of Faith
  • Victims Restitution and Restorative Justice

Community Based Services

  • Assessment/Implementation of IRP
  • Case Management
  • Community Awareness
    Radio
    Newspaper
    Public Forum
    Workshops
  • Family Reunification
  • Health Physical
  • HIV Counseling and Testing
  • Job Placement
  • Mental Health Treatment/Counseling Services
  • Mentors of Faith
  • On-going Job/Life Skills - Reality Check
  • Restitution Plan
  • Substance Abuse Treatment/Counseling Services
  • Transportation Services

Community Referral Services Available

Staff Development Strategies

  • Qualified Staff
  • In Collaboration With the Michigan Department of Corrections
  • Shared Community Awareness Programs
  • Shared Office Space
  • Shared Staff Employment Development (Training Community to Embrace Corrections)

Skilled Trades (Male/Female Initiatives From Corrections to Community Reentry One-Stop

  • Agricultural Design
  • Auto Mechanic (Certified)
  • Computer Repair/Rebuilding With A+ Certification
  • Construction Trades
  • Culinary Arts
  • Custodial/Building Services Technician
  • Graphics Design
  • Maintenance
  • Word Processor (Clerical)

The Aim

  • Increase Productive Citizenry Among Michigan's Returning Citizens
  • Increase Public Safety
  • Increase Restitution
  • Reduce Recidivism

Home Mentors of Faith Our History Samaritan Complex
5575 Conner Ave. - 2nd Floor
Detroit, MI 48213
313.579.6000
FAX: 313.579.6003

 
 

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©2005 Wings of Faith, Inc. - All Rights Reserved
Reverend DeeDee M. Coleman, Executive Director
Michigan's Community Reentry Authority

 

"Walk With Me Program " Training is Provided in Collaboration With:
The Michigan Department of Corrections and The Wings of Faith, Inc.

Funded by the Department of Justice/Office of Justice Programs,
The Department of Labor and the Michigan Department of Corrections

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Samaritan Complex • 5575 Conner Ave. - 2nd Floor • Detroit, MI 48213
313.579.6000
FAX: 313.579.6003

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