Saturday, May 18, 2024
5/18/2024
The program will serve a minimum of 109 women per year and 327 women during the three-year course of the program. The population of focus is adult female offenders returning to the Harlem, New York community. The population of focus is 63% African American, 22% Latina, 7% Caucasian, and 8% other ethnicities. Among the clients of Greenhope: 95% have histories of substance abuse and/or mental illness; 75% have no GED, high school diploma, or work history; 75% have been physically abused; 30% are HIV-positive; 60% are incest survivors and/or rape victims; and 60% are functionally illiterate. The program will provide licensed treatment for substance abuse and mental health and will also provide wrap-around services such as vocational rehabilitation, psychosocial rehabilitation, family services and case management. The key goals of the proposed program are 1) to improve the health of female ex-offenders by providing comprehensive substance abuse treatment; 2) to improve family functioning by providing family therapy and family services; 3) to help the women develop job skills and find jobs through employment and vocational counseling and training; 4) to reduce the likelihood of re-arrest by providing wraparound case management and support services; and 4) to reduce the crime rate and the number of victims by helping the women to integrate back into the community and create healthy social support systems.
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