We Line the Path Home
Communal Support for Neighbors Returning from Incarceration
Communal Support for Neighbors Returning from Incarceration
EACH YEAR, 700 NEIGHBORS
return to Durham from our state and federal prison system.
Some can count on existing family and community support during reentry,
but many have little to none.
All face substantial barriers to experiencing Durham as "home."
return to Durham from our state and federal prison system.
Some can count on existing family and community support during reentry,
but many have little to none.
All face substantial barriers to experiencing Durham as "home."
WELCOME BOXES
Returning Friends Durham partners with the City's Welcome Home
program to organize community-donated welcome boxes of essential
items, to be distributed to folks during their first days home.
Returning Friends Durham partners with the City's Welcome Home
program to organize community-donated welcome boxes of essential
items, to be distributed to folks during their first days home.
LINES OF CONNECTION
Each Welcome Home box includes a cell phone with one month of service.
RF Durham channels community donations to extend this (phone) line of connection
to employment and support services through the crucial 2–3 months following release.
Each Welcome Home box includes a cell phone with one month of service.
RF Durham channels community donations to extend this (phone) line of connection
to employment and support services through the crucial 2–3 months following release.
FOOD SECURITY
RF Durham engages voluneers into weekly food deliveries that
close the gap between Durham's food security resources
and returning citizens who need them.
RF Durham engages voluneers into weekly food deliveries that
close the gap between Durham's food security resources
and returning citizens who need them.
REENTRY TEAMS
We collaborate within Durham's Local Reentry Council to gather reentry teams of 3–5 volunteers
around "partners" exiting long-term incarceration. Teams offer a durable community of mutual
support and friendship for neighbors during the first 18 months of their reentry journey.
We collaborate within Durham's Local Reentry Council to gather reentry teams of 3–5 volunteers
around "partners" exiting long-term incarceration. Teams offer a durable community of mutual
support and friendship for neighbors during the first 18 months of their reentry journey.