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Applied in 2008

Family Scholarship Program

Exodus Ministries, Inc.

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 3
  • Program Participants Last Year: 55
  • Meets about 0 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 12 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 20

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally reviews the performance of the chief executive officer at least once every two years.
  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Ensures that arrangements with outside fund raising firms are made in writing.
  • Receives information about the financial arrangements with such firms and, if applicable, the anticipated portion of the gross proceeds that goes to the organization.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
Decrease the number of female ex-offenders who become homeless and unemployed, eventually committing new crime and returning to prison.

Measure
Compare graduation statistics to Texas Department of Criminal Justice statistical report.

Outcome 2
Assist female ex-offenders in obtaining employment .

Measure
All Exodus participants must maintain employment in order to successfully graduate the program.

Outcome 3
Re-unite female ex-offenders with their families and teach them the life skills necessary for daily living through counseling and training services

Measure
The number of female ex-offenders who enroll in the Exodus program vs. the number who successfully graduate.

Change Process: (self-reported)

Through the Exodus program model, female ex-offenders are provided a chance to change their destiny along with that of their children. At Exodus they re-invent themselves by developing life and money management skills, becoming employed, stating a savings account, and most importantly - becoming a positive influence for their children to make correct life choices. Purpose, self-esteem, courage and trust are integrated into the "new" parent role model and passed on to their children where the wounds from incarceration are most often the deepest.