Reintegrating Fathers Back into their communities Since 2013

Presented by: Shaylynn Smith

I am 1 of 3 children raised in a single parent home

I lived in a dark 2 bedroom apartment that was paid for by federal funding

I have served 24 years of prison for trying to provide for my family

I am the child of a felon I have spent more hours behind concrete

walls than I have enjoying the wonders of the world

I was taught to use my struggle as a testimony that there is more to life than the color of grey walls, orange jump suits and an ID number on my back

Who Am I… I am Free

WHAT HAVE I CREATED A community based non-profit 501(c)(3)

organization that focuses on teaching job and community reintegration skills to non-violent felons that have recently been released from prison.

Because many felons experience difficulties finding permanent jobs after being released from prison

They have trouble reuniting with their families while becoming contributing members of society

WHY

AND…

MISSION

The mission of Stripes To Life, Inc. is to place ex-offenders in permanent jobs while reintegrating them back into their families and communities.

GOALS To provide non-violent offenders with

transitional services immediately after they are release from prison.

These services will provide participants: structure and activity, instill good work habits, enable participants to earn a daily income and test their readiness for placement in permanent

jobs The program will also teach participants how

to navigate their environment in order to successfully reintegrate back into their homes and communities.

PROGRAM FORMAT AND SERVICES OFFERED

Segments Goals Objectives Activities

Transition Week To assess an individual’s ability to transition from prison to the workplace

To gain job readiness skills

Develop a job readiness class that teaches work place professionalism, resume writing, and interviewing skills.

Rehabilitation To improve an individual’s quality of life

To improve mental and physical health

Secure employment

Dress for success

Provide each participant with a Case Manager that will help them connect with a therapist, physician and nutritionist

Find companies that are willing to hire program participants after they have completed their contracts

Provide grooming resources free of charge

Follow Up To ensure that the organization is meeting the standards set forth in its mission

To assess an individual and agencies success

Develop an evaluation that the participant and collaborating company can complete to help improve the quality of the program

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST Each participant will receive $20,000/year salary plus

benefits ($800,000)

They will also receive 5 hot meals a week ($52,000)

Each Participant will work one on one with a Case Manager, Employment Specialist, Medical Physician and Family Therapist ($281,100)

Total Expenses (1,314,306)

Saving our Community

Priceless

WHY SHOULD YOU FUND STRIPES TO LIFE

DO YOU KNOW someone whose family has been affected by the absence of a father in their home.

DID YOU KNOW that 96.3% of incarcerated individuals are parents

DO YOU MIND that on average, Americans are spending more than $32 billion a year to keep prisons open.

DOESN’T IT BOTHER YOU that approximately 67.5% of these prisoners are repeat offenders.

DOES YOUR HEART HURT knowing that when a parent is incarcerated their children are imprisoned as well

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATION