Dallas Area Re-Entry Services
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Project ReIntegration of Offenders (RIO) |
Provides intensive employment services including training and referrals to people who have been incarcerated through WorkSource centers across Texas. To find the centers (full service) nearest you, click here. Also see the re-entry Tools for Practitioners employment page for more information on employment guidance for formerly incarcerated people.
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Texas Workforce Commission
101 E. 15th Street
Austin, TX 78778 800.453.8140
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Provides academic college education in select units with relationships with colleges in their area. Academic, security, and classification criteria must be met to participate. State pays for one academic course per semester. Students are responsible for other tuition, fees, and tests. Youthful Offender Grant provides full.time academic courseload funding to offenders younger than 25. Classes may lead to an Associates or Bachelor’s degree. Four units offered the Bachelor’s level courses in 2005. |
936.291.5331
Available in Hutchins Unit
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Provides vocational college education in select units with relationships with colleges in their area. Vocational, security, and classification criteria must be met to participate. Students are responsible for all tuition, fees, and tests. Youthful Offender Grant provides no cost vocational courses to qualifying offenders younger than 25. Provides shop training and classroom instruction. Junior college vocational programs were available on 30 units in fiscal year 2005. A Certificate of Completion and semester hours of college credit are earned upon satisfactory completion of a vocational course.
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936.291.5331
Available in Hutchins Unit
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6 month aftercare program provided through Golden Gate Baptist Church. Provides housing placement, along with social and conflict-resolution skill training. Christ-centered 12-Step meetings, employment readiness training, and basic needs (clothing, food).
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1101 Sabine St
Dallas, TX 75203
214.943.7265
214.824.5355 Fax
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"Be Free" Jail & Prison Ministry
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Provides non-residential aftercare services to help people coming out of jail and prison and pre-release ministry support to select units. |
Chaplain Inga Davis
3236 Golfing Green Place
Dallas, TX 75234
972.247.1769
972.247.8487 Fax
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Central Dallas Ministries |
Provides medical and dental services. Dental caps at $25 and medical at $50. Must provide proof of income, a utility bill for your home, a photo ID (TDCJ card is fine), and social security number. |
801 North Peak
Dallas, TX 75246 214.823.8766
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Christian Fellowship Enrichment |
Prison ministry support. They help ministries to network and they help them find resources for prisoners. |
Jim Lang
PO Box 700023
Dallas, TX 75370
972.283.7871
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District Reentry Center (Parole) |
Cognitive intervention, anger management, substance abuse education, employment - readiness training, victim impact panel classes, and case management provided through parole officers. |
Tommy Nichols
1010 Cadiz Street
Ste #204 Bldg B
Dallas, TX 75215
214.426.5049
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| Offers 24 month aftercare, housing, bus passes, parole fee assistance, and employment assistance. Christ-centered. | Jim Pence
1707 San Jacinto St
Dallas, TX 75201
214.969.2421
214.969.7847 Fax
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Dallas County Community Action Committee, Inc.
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Provides clothes and furniture. | 611 E Jefferson
Dallas, TX 75203
214.943.6696
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Freedom Outreach Ministries |
Open to Christian men, over 18, who are not sex offenders. Provides housing, drug abuse program, transportation assistance, employment placement assistance, and basic needs (clothing and meals) assistance.
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Mel Gipson
PO Box 180941
Dallas, TX 75218
214.325.9583
214.824.3499 Fax
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Drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs, for adults and adolescents.
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Help is Possible Project
723 South Peak St.
Dallas, TX 75223
214.827.2870
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Outreach, Screening, and Referral (OSR) substance abuse program.
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4525 Lemmon Ave.
Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75219
214.522.8600
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Inpatient, outpatient substance abuse treatment program. Spanish speaking services available. Check website for full listing of services and programs.
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233 W. 10th St.
Dallas, TX 75208
214.941.3500
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Substance abuse services for females of all ages (13+), including females with children. Includes residential, outpatient, and after care services.
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8733 La Prada Dr.
Dallas, TX 75228
214.321.0156
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Project Reconnect – Housing Program, City of Dallas |
Housing available to adults who are non-violent offenders on parole living with HIV/AIDS only. | Gaylord Thomas
501 N. Stemmons Frwy
Ste 200
Dallas, TX 75207
214.426.6694 or
214.671.8862
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Provides re-entry case management and referrals for non-violent offenders. Five components of program: Pre and post assistance for employment, housing, education, recovery support and community service. Works closely with parole, medical and social service agencies to provide resources.
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Gaylord Thomas
1500 Marilla 7AN
Dallas, TX 75201
214.943.4444 x. 207
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| Ministry provided through Golden Gate Baptist church. Pre-release classes that include 3 Levels. Provides tools for spiritual renewal. Referrals to outside resources. | Richard Zapata
1101 Sabine St
Dallas, TX 75203
214.827.8555
214.824.5355 (Fax)
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| Provides Christian non-residential aftercare services, services to families, and ministry support to people inside select units. | William Conner
PO Box 140182
Dallas, TX 75201
972.900.7298
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| Provides Christian ministry support to people inside select units. | Don Gibson
5351 Catron Dr
Dallas, TX 75227
214.828.5353
214.381.7600
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Inpatient residential program dedicated to serving people who have co-occurring disorders of severe mental illness and alcohol or drug addiction.
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2707 Routh St.
Dallas, TX 75201
214.871.2484
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Walking Through the Light Prison Ministry, Inc |
Provides non-residential aftercare support to people coming out of jail and prison. Also provides ministry support to people inside select units. |
Eleuterio Z Adame
PO Box 4761
Dallas, TX 75208
972.365.5103 |
| Wayback House | Provides housing through it's TDCJ-approved, 175 bed half-way house facility. |
Wayback House |
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Coalition of Prison Evangelists (COPE) |
Provides biblical study guides by mail directly to prisoners throughout Texas and Louisiana, at no cost. |
PO Box 461582
Garland, TX 75046
972.840.9798
972.864.9692 Fax
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| HOPE offers a peer tutoring program for adult inmates at the Hutchins state jail. Eligible inmates are trained to teach their functionally illiterate peers to read. |
PO Box 905
Hurst, TX 76053
817.282.9489
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Residential Christian aftercare center that operates a college-level training center. Offers an associates degree upon completion. For more information, write a letter addressed to Patrick Heese to the PO Box address. |
PO Box 100
Lindale, TX 75771
903.882.5501
903.882.7282 Fax
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From Pain to Joy Prison Ministries |
Provides Christian ministry support inside select units. |
14 Canyon Creek Vlg #44
Richardson, TX 75080
972.231.9606
972.392.0446
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Operation Oasis |
Provides non-residential aftercare support to people coming out of jail and prison. |
Michael Lee
302 Centennial Blvd
Richardson, TX 75081
972.437.3801
972.437.3139 Fax
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Worldwide Voice in the Wilderness |
Provides training to ministries who would like to begin prison ministry programs. Also provides Christ-centered 12-step recovery programs through the Overcomers curriculum inside units across Texas. This is the administrative office for Overcomers in Texas. |
Johnny Moffitt
1221 Abrams Rd Ste 250
Richardson, TX 75081
972.234.6009
972.234.6050 Fax
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One Man's Treasure |
Provides a clothes closet and mentoring, and some aftercare support for people coming out of jail and prison. |
PMB 211 519 I-30
Rockwall, TX 75087
888.433.9826
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Cornerstone Prison Ministry |
Prison and jail Christian ministry support inside select units. |
PO Box 1672
Wylie, TX 75098
972.412.7748 Fax
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