LifeLine to Success offers a wide variety of services to ensure that our participants have every opportunity available to be successful. Some of these services are:
REENTRY INSTITUTE
REENTRY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP
PLANNING
REGIONAL REENTRY CENTER
The reentry process begins at least 6 months prior to the client's release. Clients that are accepted will be encouraged to attend Reentry Workshops at their institutions (i.e. Prison Fellowship, W.E.B.S, etc.). When entering the Lifeline Program, workshops are given which are designed to support the successful reintegration of the client into the community, assist with developing a reentry plan and to teach basic life skills.
REENTRY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP
A Reentry Plan includes:
- Identifying personal goals
- Living arrangements
- Healthcare
- Substance abuse treatment
- Financial planning
- Crisis plans
- Continuing education
- Recreation
- Family/ Friends
- Victim awareness
- Spiritual life
- Community involvement
Clients who are considered at risk for homelessness are referred to the Reentry Housing Partnership. The RHP provides clients with every step of the housing search process, including budgeting and credit repair, as well as identifying transitional, public and private housing options. Housing specialists will assist clients until housing is acquired
PLANNING
Inmates who are within 6 months of release are eligible to apply and are discussed at monthly meetings in order to identify and develop a reentry plan which addresses the needs of the inmates as he/she prepares for release. Clients will also go through an application process and interview. Commitment is the main criteria to becoming a LifeLine client.
Release Planning Needs Discussed at Monthly Meetings
- Housing
- Medical
- Employment
- Legal issues
- Substance abuse
- Mental health
- Transportation
REGIONAL REENTRY CENTER
- LifeLine assists ex offenders with making the transition from prison back into society
- LifeLine's staff assists released clients with getting food assistance, obtaining a Tenn. Identification Card or renewing a driver's license, opening a bank account, locating employment, finding counseling and more.
- LifeLine, along with partners like Prison Fellowship, will help direct clients with life training, job training, etiquette classes, spiritual enrichment, community service and the clothes closet. We will help direct the client transition successfully.
REENTRY INSTITUTE
Note: Individuals interested in participation in the institute will be screened and must be accepted.
The Regional Reentry Center is available to anyone with a felony conviction. No application is required.
(Accepting Applications)
Important Links:
Call 901.729.6537 to schedule an appointment.
