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M-A-D After Jail/Prison Ministry Certificate of Completion

EIN: 41-2195871

Instructions for released inmates

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=27074

 

For: Ex offenders

Contact(s): Social Security Office
Welfare Department
State Rehabilitation Office

What do I do? Where do I go? Who do I talk to?

Go immediately upon release to the nearest Social Security Office and ask
to speak to a counselor so that you can apply for social security inurance
emergency supplement benefits of $1500.00. Explain that you are
emotionally and mentally unprepared to hold a job, show then your parole
or mandatory release papers, in order to prove you are just out of prison.
(NOTE you should receive a check within 72 hours) While at the office,
fill out the necessary forms for the $310.00 monthly disability benefits
for every month you were incarcerated.

Now, go to the nearest WELFARE DEPARTMENT OFFICE and apply for the GENERAL
RELIEF. Again show them your parole or mandatory release papers as proof
that you are just out of prison. Tell them you need financial assistance
immediately! A check should be issued to you within 2 hours. It should be
for approximately $150.00. Also, apply for FOOD STAMPS while you are there
you should recieve about $110.00 worth while you are there be sure to
obtain your medical card for health protection benefits. (NOTE this card
can be used at any doctor's office)

SSI
a. $1,500.00-one time payment
b. $300.00-3 months payment
c. $228.00-per month payment
d. $168.00-per month payment

VOCATIONAL
a. $1,900.00-for auto expense
b. $300.00-for work clothes
c. $400.00-for casual clothes
d. $$$$$-for work tools

UPON YOUR RELEASE :
1. About two months prior to release send a letter to the regional
director of the social security department asking for an application for
$980.00 under SSI. Tell him you have seen and been approved for parole or
your release date and city you will be living in. You can't receive
benefits while in prison, but your letter serves as an application. Under
RCW 74.29.205, RCW 72.02.040 and Public Law 93.365.92.603 as an ex-convict
you are classified as a disadvantaged minority. (IF YOU HAVE A JOB WAITING
YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS BENEFIT)

2. Under the same citations as quoted in #1, you can write the DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in your city or county, to get a list for LOW
INCOME HOUSING.

3. Upon your release if you have no job waiting you can go to the Dept. of
Social Services and apply for food stamps. Approximately $180.00 is
available if you qualify.

4. Even if you rent a room if your income is below a certain level you are
eligible in many states for a one time a year fuel assistance payment
through your social services.

5. To help you get a job in the trade in which you are qualified and the
job requires tools and/or special clothing, go to the DEPARTMENT OF
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION.

6. If you wish to start your own business, the SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATIONS can help. You must present a business plan to at least
three banks and be turned down by them before approaching the SBA. The SBA
can loan you up to $24,000.00 which the SBA guarantees to the bank. Under
the retired businessman plan a sucessful small business owner, (who is
retired) will help you formulate your business plan at no charge. They
will also loan you up to $1,000.00 more if a work vehicle is needed of
course you must present a business plan which shows a chance for success.

7. Under the dept. of labor insurance plan, the government will ensure
your bonding if needed for a job.

8. Targeted JOB TAX CREDITS is a benefit for the employers willing to hire
ex-convicts. The employer will receive a $3,000.00 "TAX WRITE OFF" the
first year and a $1,500.00 one the next. If the employer is training you in
a skill the government will pay half of your wages for the first year, in
addition to the tax-cut the employer receives.

9. As an ex-convict you are classified as a disadvantaged minority, thus
you are eligible for vocational training schooling, as well as the
benefits mentioned above. (YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT MANY
STATE AND FEDERALLY OPERATED PROGRAMS DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED WITH
EX-CONVICTS, IN SUCH CASES ALWAYS BRING THE PROPER LAWS AND DOCUMENTS
STATING YOU ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THESE BENEFITS.)

DO THIS WITHIN TEN DAYS OF YOUR RELEASE
Go to the STATE REHABILITATION CENTER where you can apply for various
federally funded loans and grants. If you want to start a small business make a list of the approx. cost of
all equipment you will need. (i.e. tools, work clothes, etc.) and an
estimate for how much operating cash you will need to start up the
business. Until it starts to make a living for you. They may loan you up
to $50,000.00

If you need to be bonded for employment by a private employer you can
obtain the bond from and US District Court. Go to the probation and parole
department it should take less than an hour to have the validated forms in
your hand. You are qualified because you are on SSI. The WELFARE DEPT.
will automatically send you $228.00 per month for financial assistance and
utility. SSI is the same in every state!

A. Go to the DEPT. OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION because you are on SSI

B. A convicted felon is a depressed minority. You also qualify for a
certain benefit package. The amount of this package is $1,900.00 to be used
for a down payment on a vehicle. The car must be used to go back and forth
to work.

C. You will also receive $300.00 for clothing on the job and another
$400.00 for tools. These are grants and DO NOT have to be paid back.

 

1. Guide 4 Conduct:

 

Starting Out, Starting Over, Staying Out A Guide for District of Columbia Ex-Offenders: Housing, Food, Employment and Other Resources

http://www.csosa.gov/reentry/resources/dc-cure.pdf

 

2. RESPECT: http://eqi.org/respect.htm

 

What Respect Is

 

On a practical level respect includes taking someone's feelings, needs, thoughts, ideas, wishes and preferences into consideration. It means taking all of these seriously and giving them worth and value. In fact, giving someone respect seems similar to valuing them and their thoughts, feelings, etc. It also includes acknowledging them, listening to them, being truthful with them, and accepting their individuality and idiosyncrasies.

 

Respect can be shown through behavior and it can also be felt. We can act in ways which are considered respectful, yet we can also feel respect for someone and feel respected by someone. Because it is possible to act in ways that do not reflect how we really feel, the feeling of respect is more important than the behavior without the feeling. When the feeling is there, the behavior will naturally follow.

 

3. Anger Management: http://www.openbible.info/topics/anger_management 

Psalm 4:4-5 ESV / Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the Lord.

 

4. Reward: Thing given in return for something else Revelation 22:12 ESV 

“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay everyone for what he has done.

 

5. Fellowship: Togetherness, Agree 1 John 1:7 ESV / 

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

 

6. Reentry: Coming back, review, check thoroughly http://www.openbible.info/topics/reentry 

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

 

7. Recidivism:  Recidivism is one of the most fundamental concepts in criminal justice. It refers to a person's relapse into criminal behavior, often after the person receives sanctions or undergoes intervention for a previous crime. Recidivism is measured by criminal acts that resulted in rearrest, reconviction or return to prison with or without a new sentence during a three-year period following the prisoner's release.

National Statistics on Recidivism

Bureau of Justice Statistics studies have found high rates of recidivism among released prisoners. One study tracked 404,638 prisoners in 30 states after their release from prison in 2005.[1] The researchers found that:

  • Within three years of release, about two-thirds (67.8 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested.

  • Within five years of release, about three-quarters (76.6 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested.

  • Of those prisoners who were rearrested, more than half (56.7 percent) were arrested by the end of the first year.

  • Property offenders were the most likely to be rearrested, with 82.1 percent of released property offenders arrested for a new crime compared with 76.9 percent of drug offenders, 73.6 percent of public order offenders and 71.3 percent of violent offenders.

 http://www.nij.gov/topics/corrections/recidivism/pages/welcome.aspx

 

Why Recidivism Is a Core Criminal Justice Concern

Why is recidivism important? Recidivism is an important feature when considering the core criminal justice topics of incapacitation, specific deterrence and rehabilitation. Incapacitation refers to the effect of a sanction to stop people from committing crime by removing the offender from the community. Specific deterrence is the terminology used to denote whether a sanction stops people from committing further crime, once the sanction has been imposed or completed. Rehabilitation refers to the extent to which a program is implicated in the reduction of crime by "repairing" the individual in some way by addressing his or her needs or deficits. 

 

Recidivism research is embedded throughout NIJ-sponsored research in sentencing, corrections and policy intervention evaluations. Many NIJ-funded studies of community supervision depend on recidivism measurement to inform probation and parole policy.

 

Recidivism and desistance. An important connection exists between the concept of recidivism and the growing body of research on criminal desistance. Desistancerefers to the process by which a person arrives at a permanent state of nonoffending. In effect, an offender released from prison will either recidivate or desist. To the extent that interventions and sanctions affect the process of desistance, the research overlaps.

 

Desistance is usually measured as a "discrete state," researchers for the National Consortium on Violence Research noted in a 2001 study. They advocated considering desistance to be a developmental process and developed a statistical model for future research. 

 

Evaluating prisons. Recidivism has also been implicated in the performance of prisons and has been used to study the difference between the effectiveness of privately and publicly managed prisons.

 

http://www.nij.gov/topics/corrections/recidivism/pages/core-concern.aspx

 

Impact of Prison Experience on Recidivism

NIJ researchers examined the impact of the rate of crime prior to prison and how prison affected crime post release. The method was applied to the same datasets used by the Bureau of Justice Statistics for its special report, Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994. NIJ's researchers found that—

  • Criminal history prior to incarceration reliably predicted whether or not incarceration would deter reoffending within three years after release.

    • For 56 percent of the offender sample, incarceration had the predicted deterrent effect (that is, they did not recidivate within the three-year period).

    • Forty percent of the sample reoffended as predicted from their criminal history before incarceration.

  • For a small percentage of offenders (4 percent), incarceration had a criminogenic effect, increasing the rate of crime after release from prison.

  • Supervision after release did not seem to lower likelihood of re-arrest.

These findings suggest that an analysis of criminal history prior to incarceration may help corrections practitioners identify who is and is not likely to be deterred from post-release reoffending.  

 

Effects of security level assignment in prison. Researchers have established a relationship between the security level inmates are assigned during incarceration and the recidivism rate after they are released from prison.

 

The theory is that differential placement may affect post-release crime rates (recidivism) but not necessarily as intended. Higher security prisons are more punitive and, therefore, should decrease recidivism among inmates who have equivalent propensities to commit crime. Research shows, however, that being exposed to inmates who have higher propensities to crime may increase criminal behavior or reinforce antisocial attitudes. 

 

http://www.nij.gov/topics/corrections/recidivism/pages/prison-experience.aspx

 

Developing Model Community Corrections Programs

Reducing recidivism is a key goal for probation and parole programs. Researchers have found that some probationary practices result in oversupervising low-risk probationers while underserving those with the greatest needs (usually the high-risk repeat offenders), which leads to greater recidivism.

 

NIJ has partnered with other agencies to develop and evaluate model community corrections programs that use evidence-based practices. These include proper offender assessment tools, continuous organizational monitoring using performance-based measures, and different interventions for low-risk offenders than for high-risk offenders. 

 

http://www.nij.gov/topics/corrections/recidivism/pages/model-programs.aspx

 

Measuring Recidivism

  • Key Considerations

  • How Recidivism Rates Are Determined

  • Timing Is Key to Measuring Recidivism

  • How Risk Affects Recidivism Research

 

http://www.nij.gov/topics/corrections/recidivism/pages/measuring.aspx

 

Will Employers Hire Ex-Offenders? Employer Preferences, Background Checks, and Their Determinants 

http://irp.wisc.edu/publications/dps/pdfs/dp124302.pdf

 

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/203374.pdf

Guide for Developing  Housing for Ex-Offenders

 

file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/CertificateofCompletion.pdf 

 

file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/CertificateofCompletion%20(1).pdf

 

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