The T.O.U.C.H. program is designed to effectively assist prisoners with positive reintegrationinto society.  T.O.U.C.H. is defined as: (1) TEACHING necessary life skills, (2) Providing employment OPPORTUNITY, (3) exercising UNITY by (4) CONNECTING with prisoners not withstanding the prison walls, (5) with open and spirit filled HEARTS.

OUR MISSION: Implementing the concept of "Reach Out and Touch" to establish a well grounded connection between the ex-offender and his/her community by providing an effective post-release program, thus paving a path for responsible men and women to travel upon during their journey toward successful reintegration.

OUR PURPOSE: The purpose of the T.O.U.C.H. Mentoring Program is to carve a path for a client's honest attempts toward (1) productive community reintegration as a law abiding citizen; (2) obtaining and holding employment; (3) learn and exercise proper money management; and (4) pursuing all which enables the client to remain crime free, as well  enjoy and sustain a life of freedom, responsibility, dependability, and success.

THE PROBLEM:Out of Control Recidivism Rates Currently available programs offer merely short-term solutions to long-term problems. There is a need for progressive thinking and a new approach. It is time to address the dire situation of prisoners entering our communities with little or no job skills, inadequate drug treatment, insufficient housing, and a lack of positive influences and basic life skills.

The huge number of prisoners released each year and the out of control recidivism rates are surely a recipe for disaster as they lead to damage, hardship, and even death for victims; ruined futures and lost potential for re-offenders; and are a huge drain on society at large. One particularly vulnerable group is the children of these offenders. Society cannot become resigned to allowing generation after generation to enter and re-enter prisons. This pernicious cycle must come to an end.

WHO WE ARE: T.O.U.C.H. is an Inmate and Post-Release Mentoring Program for pre-release and formerly incarcerated individuals. The program addresses issues such as job training, employment, education, post-release housing, substance abuse, and prison mentoring. T.O.U.C.H. is designed to address the needs of those who have completed their sentences but are at risk of re-offending upon release because they lack the education, job/life skills, and stable family or living arrangements needed to successfully reintegrate into society.


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