Our plan

Our short term goals

Creating a safe, supportive and sustainable community isn’t going to happen overnight. Part of our strategy is to begin small, learn and grow. To start, we will:

• • Build partnerships with faith and other communities to find volunteers who can support residents at each RJHO location.
  • Establish a profile of people most likely to succeed with our assistance.
  • Recruit, screen, train and support volunteers by the third quarter of 2020.
  • Begin communicating with correctional staff by the second quarter of 2020 to refer people who can benefit from our program.
  • Continue to support the four residents of the house we've rented.
  • Begin locating and selecting occupants for a potential second house, once appropriate, for the fourth quarter of 2020
  • Rent an additional apartment by December 31, 2020. We will choose a place located away from “triggers” for re-offense.
  • Continue fundraising enough to cover needed costs. We use this money to cover the gap between what tenants can afford and the actual costs.