Making Choices Re-Entry
The Making Choices Re-entry program is designed to help recently released women take charge of their future. A Making Choices Re-entry Mentor is available weekly to each woman in the program. The mentor:
Provides emotional support and coaching through the challenges of initial re-entry
Encourages and reinforces effective skills for employment and daily living
Provides support through the challenges of finding work, transportation, a place to live, developing healthy and supportive relationships, re-connecting with family, re-establishing credit, applying for benefits, accessing local resources, etc.
Facilitates and supports new opportunities for community development during re-entry
Making Choices Re-Entry mentors are committed and passionate volunteers from a variety of careers and professions with training in decision-making, job search and interviewing, communication skills, financial management, conflict resolution, parenting, and accessing local resources.
The Making Choices Re-Entry Program serves the following purpose:
To foster the development of life-planning and decision-making skills
To develop strong mothers, ensuring a better future for their children
To educate the public about the increasing societal costs of our present system, and the importance of reducing recidivism
To network, facilitate and encourage new opportunities for employment, education, benefits, and community during re-entry
How Making Choices Re-Entry Works
Making Choices Re-Entry is an 18-month mentorship commitment. This program includes making choices training, as well as ongoing trauma training. More information about this program is coming soon!
The courses consists of:
Online video courses & quizes
Regularly scheduled live training sessions via zoom
How Volunteers Fit In
Individuals wishing to become mentors or teachers for Making Choices Re-Entry must receive training from Restoring Connections. More information on the deadlines coming soon!
Support for Volunteers
Ongoing individual supervision and group supervision/continuing education meetings provide support for mentors and teachers. All policies and regulations are outlined in the Making Choices Re-Entry Policy Handbook given to each volunteer.
Duration
Volunteers commit to serve as a mentor for a woman in re-entry for 18 months.