Beschreibung:
Helps ex-offenders both map and navigate the often confusing and overlapping maze of re-entry services available through government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and faith-based groups. Filled with self-tests, checklists, and exercises, this pocket guide helps ex-offenders make wise re-entry decisions in any community relating to everything from housing, employment, and transportation to health, education, and finance. Includes special sections on rap sheets, references, forgiveness letters, and community networks.
The perfect street-level re-entry guide for making smart transition decisions. Helps ex-offenders remain positive, focused, and entrepreneurial as they both map and navigate the often confusing and overlapping maze of re-entry programs and services available through a jungle of government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and faith-based groups. Jam-packed with self-tests, checklists, and exercises, this pocket guide is designed to help ex-offenders make wise re-entry decisions in any community relating to:
documentation
housing
employment
transportation
food
clothing
health/wellness
mental health
substance abuse
recreation/leisure
education
finance/banking
mentoring
veterans’ services
Includes special sections on rap sheets, references, forgiveness letters, community networks, and gateway re-entry resources. Insightful, unconventional, and interactive, it may well become the ex-offender’s best friend for surviving and thriving during the first 90 days after release!