Program areas at Arise Collective / Interfaith Prison Ministry for Women
Chaplaincy services at the correctional facility offering a holistic range of programs and services that address the spiritual, religious and pastoral needs of incarcerated women, including trauma-informed life skills training that address issues such As domestic violence, addiction and recovery, and grief support. In 2022, Arise Collective's chaplains served 476 women on 1,648+ occassions while they were still incarcerated, and 22 women through reentry chaplaincy on 235+ occassions post-release.
In 2022, Arise Collective resumed outreach and engagement activities, including conducting four reentry simulations and several presentations and speaking engagements to raise awareness about mission-related issues.
Reentry programs that offer housing, case management, resource and referral support, practical assistance, health advocacy, emergency assistance, transportation, food and other life essentials, trauma-informed life skills training, and other services for 23 women residentially on 2,480 occasions and 13 women non-residentially on 217 occasions As they were released from Prison, entering the job force and reuniting with their families and communities.
A new reentry education program that provided residential services for seven women enrolled in the reentry higher education initiative through 232 interactions, and one woman receiving academic assistance through 164 interactions.