HOPES CROSSING - TOHONO OODHAM 2017.PDF

Last updated: 05/03/2017
General information
Organization Hope's Crossing
Contact First name Laura
Contact Last name Bulluck
Contact e-mail laura@hopescrossing.org
Contact phone number 6027958098
Address
Street 830 N 1st Ave, Suite 212
City Phoenix
State Arizona
ZIP Code 85003
From what tribe is the Tohono O’odham Nation
organization requesting the
grant?
Total grant amount request 65,000.00
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE ARIZONA REVISED STATUE 5-601-02 12% GAMILING
DISTRIBUTION - TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION
HOPE'S CROSSING - FUNDAMENTALS OF FREEDOM PROGRAM
A. PERCEIVED NEED AND HOW PROPOSAL WILL ADDRESS
The Bureau of Justice (BOJ)conducted a study to track the recidivism rate of individuals release
from the system nationwide and found that 56% of individuals release will reoffend and be
rearrested within 1 year. The primary attributes to the recidivism rates are either new
offences or technical violations of release terms and conditions. Arizona was one of those
states included in this study and the recidivism rate in Arizona consistent with the reporting at
the federal level. According to the Arizona Department of Corrections Female Population
Trend Report, there has been an 8.7% increase in the female population, reflecting the total
female inmate population of 3,906. In order to have any effect on reducing the recidivism rate
among women in Arizona, we must understand the barriers they face and provide solutions to
overcome those barriers. As these women are released and return back to their community, it
is vital that they are able to access the supportive programs and services, and the opportunity
to meet the material and social needs that will guide them to successful reintegration back to
their community.
With an average of 3,900 women incarcerated in the AZ Department of Corrections facility over
the past two years, 90% of these women will be released and looking for an chance to get back
on their feet. They will be looking for programs and services to help them overcome
socioeconomic issues like addiction, domestic and sexual abuse, emotional stability, education
and employment. Additionally, they are often strapped with a number of terms and conditions
of their release that may impact their ability to navigate them to completion, resulting in
technical violations of those terms and conditions. In addition, women have a strong desire of
reconnecting with their children, sustainable employment, affordable housing, physical and
emotional health needs. The combination of these terms and conditions coupled with the
personal and economic needs of all released inmates returning home, it is clear that these
challenges cannot be met without adequate and personalized support.
Hope's Crossing offers the Fundamentals of Freedom Program, a 20 week life skills training and
education program that support women on a journey to reclaim their life, lift themselves out of
poverty and reclaim their life. The unique and customized program assist women in
transitioning back to their community from a diverse set of circumstances and regardless of you
experience with the incarceration system, our program take a holistic approach to supporting
women on this journey. Because no two experiences are alike, a comprehensive assessment is
conducted at the point of enrollment to determine the right level of support and any additional
wrap around services one may need. Hope's Crossing takes into consideration the untraditional
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barriers like transportation support, personal hygiene, clothing support and intense emotional
support with case managers and mentors.
The success of this program is directly connected the intensely support environment each
women receives when connecting to Hope's Crossing and the Life Skills Training portion of the
project takes each women on journey to reshape their belief system, development skills to
build healthy relationships, empowering techniques to become more confident in decision
making, and building a level of self awareness and advocacy that they have not experienced
before.
This proposal will allow Hope's Crossing to expand our services and support to an additional 60
women over the next 12 month, become more effective with removing traditional and
untraditional barriers and mentoring women into embracing their full potential. Reducing the
recidivism by each women break the cycle of crime, addiction, homelessness, abuse and lack of
education for generations to come. Supporting women that are currently in the community
that feel stuck, lack self esteem, experiencing setbacks from traumatic experience and looking
to become a great parent, wife, sister and daughter.
With collaborative relationships with like minded community agencies, we have also leveraged
added supportive services of women we serve to include financial literacy and budgeting, job
readiness programs and connecting them with access to job and resource fairs. The right
balance of support, programming and mentoring has been extremely effective with the women
entering into our programs and this proposal will support the efforts of strengthening women
in our community to thrive and become personally and economically sustainable.
Hope's Crossing has been able to observe a 92% success rate around recidivism and women
becoming personally and economically sustainable with this program model and know that it is
a vital part of rebuilding our community and contributing to all the other efforts of public
safety.
B. POPULATION TO BE SERVED
Fundamentals of Freedom will serve female residents of Maricopa County, mothers and single
women, ages of 18 and older. Participants may or may not have had experience with
incarceration, history of substance abuse, domestic violence or other traumatic life
experiences, but have the will and desire to reclaim their life and move into a new place of
sustainability. Women who have faced barriers of Chronic unemployed or underemployed and
those disconnect with their children would also benefit from this program.
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C. PROGAM BUDGET - The Fundamentals of Freedom Budget is based on costs to serve 60
women for 12 months.
FUNDAMENTALS OF FREEDOM PROGRAM BUDGET
Annual Funding
Personnel FTE Salary Requested Budget Narrative
Program Coordinator 0.25 $ 17,500 $ 4,375
Executive Director 0.1 $ 50,000 $ 5,000
Case Manager X2 0.25 $ 18,000 $ 9,000
program facilitators will serve
Contract Facilitators 4 $ 1,100 $ 4,400 increased client population
Exp Related Expenses (Taxes) 19.13% $ 5,314
Subtotal Personnel $ 28,089
Direct Program Expenses
avg $50/per person (60 clients
Program Supplies $ 3,000 served)
Classroom Materials $ 4,500 classroom tool kit @ $75 * 60 clients
monthly bus pass @$65 ( 2 monthly
Transportation Support $ 3,900 passes per person)*30 women
Avg $100 per person @ 60 ( clothing
stipend, hygiene & personal care
Stabilization Services $ 9,000 items )
Supplemental materials ( 7 Habits $22
Supplemental Program & Four Agreements $22 class
Material $ 4,320 workbook, Smart Money $28.
1/2 cost of Classroom Space
Space Rental $ 4,500 (750*12/2)
$300 X 5 events per year (booth rent,
Program Events $ 1,500 promotional items,
(program flyers design and print
$350); (client registration forms
design and create - hard copy & digital
$510); (program signage $495); (
brochures design and print $610) ;
Marketing / Advertising - $ 2,665 Digital promotions $700)
software updates, internet capacity
update, training projector, hardware
Technology Upgrade $ 3,526 upgrade (network tower)
Subtotal Direct Program $ 36,911
FOF Program Budget $ 65,000
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D. OTHER FUNDING REQUESTS
Funder Status
Sundt Foundation Awarded
Veteran Donation Fund Awarded
Desert School Community Grant Pending
E. HAS ENTITY RECEIVED 12% DISTRIBUTION FROM TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION IN PAST
Hope's Crossing has not received a 12% distribution from Tohono O'odham Nation in the past,
nor has Hope's Crossing received 12 % distribution from any other tribe in the past.
F. DESIGNATED CONTACT PERSON
Laura Bulluck, CEO 830 N 1st Ave, Ste 212 Phoenix, Arizona 85003
Email: Laura@hopescrossing.org Phone: 602-795-8098 Fax: 602-795-8098
Alternate Contact:
Celeste Duckworth 1628 E Southern Ave 9 - 134 Tempe, AZ 85282
Email: Celesteduckworth@gmail.com Phone: 202-770-7122
G. PRIORITY AREA
Hope's Crossing Fundamental's of Freedom Program will impact the focus area of Public Safety
H. CITY, TOWN OR COUNTY SEEKING AGREEMENT WITH
Hope's Crossing is seeking agreement with Maricopa County.
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INSPIRING HOPE
ONE WOMAN AT A TIME
h pe's
h pe YOU CAN HELP Inspiring, Encouraging and
Creating Hope in Women
Help us rebuild families, careers and hope!
THE ROAD TO HOPE
Hope's Crossing is always
looking for support STARTS HERE
from the community.
We need volunteers,
mentors, tutors,
fundraisers and
donations. You
can help us rebuild
families, careers and
lives. Please visit us
online or in person
to see how we
are restoring
hope in the
women we
serve.
830 North 1 st Avenue • Suite #212
Phoenix, Arizona 85003
p 602-795-8098
createhope@HopesCrossing.org

THE PROGRAM
INSPIRING, ENCOURAGING, Hope's Crossing offers a 19-week program in tandem
with employment and sustainability support which also
AND CREATING HOPE addresses a woman's need for individual growth. In 19
weeks, a woman can find a way forward and ultimately
reconnect with herfamily,herchildren and her community.
Women are the cornerstone of our families and our
community, but some women who live in shelters, who 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF FREEDOM
are facing homelessness or are leaving prison need help. This is the core of our program. Many of our participants
Since 1980, the number of women in prison has increased grapple with emotional and mental issues due to personal
50% faster than men. When women are incarcerated, trauma or the experience of being incarcerated. We give
our community is hurt. Families are torn apart, children each participant the tools to rebuild herself from the inside
may enter foster care or develop the kind of depression, out. In weekly sessions where participants examine their
anxiety or aggression that create hardships later in life, social and emotional needs, we promote introspection,
further damaging our social fabric. self-understanding and the effective decision-making
necessary for successful reintegration into the community.
Most alarmingly, once a woman has been incarcerated Through these meetings, participants learn tolerance
Hope's Crossing is a 501 (c)3 organization she may be unable to reintegrate into society and is as well as respect for themselves and others. Sessions
therefore likely to reinter the prison system. In Arizona, address:
dedicated to restoring hope in the lives of women. 49% of prisoners have served time before, according to
We are committed to removing barriers to success the AZ Department of Corrections. • Rebuilding Self-Esteem
• Defining Self-Discipline
for those women who experience chronic instability Other women, who have experienced various types of • Adapting to New Challenges
or who have been released from incarceration.' trauma, are also at risk of incarceration. Such women • Assessing Values and Choices
may be victims of domestic violence, may be chronically • Building Relationships
unemployed or underemployed, or struggling with • Valuing Support Systems
Each year, thousands of alcoholism or drug addiction. These women become • Setting Goals
women are released from
Incarceration into our Arizona trapped in shelters or on the streets, and may turn to
criminal behavior as a last resort. 2. BRIDGE TO SUCCESS
communities. It is vital to Employment is critical to both finding housing and staying
connect these women with How can we prevent women from entering prison as out of prison. Studies show that as many as 87% of those
sustainable employment and well as stop the cycle of recidivism and strengthen our employed after release do not return to prison within a
caring mentors to keep them communities? year. Challenges our participants face are a lack of skills
from relapsing Into a life of and the perceived stigma around hiring ex-offenders. At
criminal activity. IT ALL STARTS WITH HOPE! Hope's Crossing, we build upon a woman's existing skill
A woman without a home or who faces a criminal sentence set to provide immediate employment while also helping
The challenges of reintegration or who has just been released from prison often has lost her clarify her career goals, build additional educational or
into our community range all hope - the hope of finding a good job, safe housing, job skills, and coach her through the interviewing process.
from finding drug-free and and most importantly for many women, reunification
safe housing, a good job and with their children. Without hope, a woman 3. SUSTAINABILITY AND SUPPORT
a real opportunity to succeed. may simply give up, and repeat the Individualized support is instrumental in creating a life of
sustainability for women who have lived on the streets,
destructive behaviors that led to
overcoming substance use or in prison. Whether it's safe
crime or homelessness. Hope's
and affordable housing, completing primary education
Crossing is the only organization
or meeting the supervision requirements of returning
in Arizona that addresses this
home. Hope's Crossing has a network of community
issue in a unique, holistic and
resources and works diligently with each woman to find
multi-pronged approach. ' — '
the appropriate resource to meet the very specific need
of our clients.