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