Behind Every Person Who Does Not Return to Prisoner – Stands a Strong Family, Strong Community
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Behind Every Person Who Does Not Return to
Prisoner – Stands a Strong Family, Strong
Community
Durham Prisoner Resource Round Table
Objectives of the Workshop:
Participants will:
• learn the importance family intervention services,
• how to assess need, &
• how to develop an effective family intervention plan.
Durham Prisoner Resource Roundtable
an all inclusive initiative, assists persons and families affected by
incarceration (formerly, currently, or at-risk)
Meets 1st Tuesdays
Union Baptist Church
904 N. Roxboro Rd., Durham, NC
Our Mission
The DPRRT seeks to strengthen communities by connecting the disconnected by improving housing, education and training skills, health services, employment, family and juvenile justice, and faith ministry.
Key Issues for Prisoners, Returning Citizens & Families
• Education & Skills Training
• Employment
• Faith Based Ministry
• Family
• Health (Physical & Mental)
• Housing
• Juvenile Delinquency
DPRRT Subcommittees
• Employment & Skills Training
• Faith Based Ministry
• Family, Prevention & Juvenile Justice
• Health Services
• Housing
• Legislative Update
What Is Family?
Why Family is Important
Forgiven Ministry
www.forgivenministry.org
Family Needs Assessment
• Hierarchy of Needs
• Needs of the Re-turning Citizen
• Returning Citizen/Family Needs in Context• Functioning on the 13 points
• Challenges to Families
Hierarchy of Needs
Needs of the Returning Citizen
• Food, Clothing, Shelter
• Employment
• Relationships
• Domestic Violence
• Adjustment / Re-adjustment to Community
• Education & Skills Training
Relationship Sequence
Proactive Relationship
• Love & Affection
• Emotional Bonding• Intimate Sharing• High Trust Level
Reactive
Relationship
• Bitterness & Hate• Detachment & Alienation• Lack of Intimacy• Repeated Broken Trust
Relationship Sequence
Proactive Relationship
• Security & Stability
• Support for One Another
• Healthy Interaction• Expressed Affection
Reactive
Relationship
• Confusion & Insecurity• Exploitation • Back Biting• Frozen Emotions
Relationship Sequence
Proactive Relationship
• Manageable Conflict
• Open Communication• Strong Family Ties• High Respect• Home – Haven of Rest
Reactive
Relationship
• Frequent/Intense Conflict• No Communication• Broken Family Structure• Defiance• Home – War Zone
Family Challenges
Intervention Planning
• Increase family contact• Telephone calls• Letters• Visits
• Pre-Release Family Counseling
• Family Counseling Beyond the Walls
Fragile Families Network
Training for those who assist families impacted by :• Substance abuse• Incarceration• Child Welfare/Foster Care• Juvenile Justice• Homelessness
www.fragilefamiliesnetwork.com