Prisoners of Christ

Line 4a - first accomplishment - line 4a - first accomplishment - last calendar year (2023) poc provided residential services to 32 different men, totaling 6,413 bed days. To put that in finanical perspective, divide teh annual Florida department of corrections daily cost of housing an inmate (28,298) by 365 days that equals approximately 77.53 a day per person. Our bed days (6,413)multiplyed by 77.53 equals 497,199.89. If the people poc served just in the residential part of poc re-offended and spent the time in prison, instead of our program, this is the minimum cost in tax dollars in just one year. (pg 43 wwwdcstatefluspubannual2021annual... The employment side of poc, which is now operated primarily by volunteers, created 86 resumes in 2023 and provided other helpful guidance for these clients. 79 people secured employment, 34 of these were first time recently released individuals, and out of that 34, 31 had violent felony charges. (these are charges that prevent them from gaining assistance in most other employment programs) the first time recently released individuals were employed at an average wage of 15.00/hour. Just taking the date from the recently released persons, the amount of employment revenue returned to the city of jacksonville is over 1 million dollars. 15.00 x 40 hours = 600/week %600/week x 52 weeks = 31,200 annual wages 31,200 annual wages x 34 clients = 1,060,800 this financial benefit and tax relief has occured for the 33 years that poc has operated in jacksonville, and this is only the quantative monetary data. It does not consider the qualitative benefits of lowering victimiation, reducing crime, reducint homelessness, and re-uniting families. Last calendar year (2022) poc assisted 48 formerly incarcerated individuals secure meaningful employment, (this number does not include pro-bono and second job ventures); 42 of these clients had violent charges. The average salary for all 48 clients was approximately 12.00 per hour. Taking this amount, multiplying it by 40 hours, per week, and again multiplying it by 52 weeks and the the total number of clients translates to 1,198,080 in employment revenue returns to the city of jacksonville during the calendar year 2022. During 2021 poc assisted 48 formerly incarcerated individuals secure meaningful employment, (this number does not include pro-bono and second job ventures); 42 of these clients had violent charges. The average salary for all 48 clients was approximately 12.00 per hour. Taking this amount, multiplying it by 40 hours, per week, and again multiplying it by 52 weeks and the the total number of clients translates to 1,198,080 in employment revenue returns to the city of jacksonville during the calendar year 2021. During 2020,, much of which was during a global pandemic, poc assisted 70 formerly incarcerated individuals secure meaningful employment, (this number does not include pro-bono and second job ventures); 55 of these clients had violent charges. This translates to over 1/5 million dollars (1,615,432) to the city of jacksonville during a time most employment opportunities had frozen. From 2016 - 2019, 393 formerly incarcerated people were helped to secure jobs. 260 of these inviduvudals were violent offenders, bringing the total employment income returned to the city of jacksonville's economy over the last 7 years to approximately 11.5 million dollars (11,528,192.

Prisoners of Christ currently has 5 residential homes with the potential to service 25 clients during their residential, transitional period. Poc also offers substance abuse counseling, mentoring and assistance with budgeting, acquiring health insurance, driver's licenses and financial assistance. (fl doc)