BE FINALLY FREE INC
Redeeming the lost, to send to the lost
Mission
To restore and equip those impacted by addiction, crime, incarceration, and poverty by providing education, instilling life skills and giving hope to overcome their circumstances.
Ruling year
2014
President & Founder
Deborah Ormonde
Main address
PO Box 11851
Bakersfield, CA 93389 USA
EIN
27-2564485
NTEE code
Single Organization Support (B11)
Homeless Services/Centers (P85)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Be Finally Free works within the community to overcome the effects of crime, poverty, and hardships by restoring those impacted by addiction, crime, incarceration, and poverty.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
On the Inside Crusades
Be Finally Free disciples individuals within prisons and jails. We provide spiritual growth activities including correspondence and in-person Bible studies, chaplain visits, and revival events. We also teach Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) classes as well. We have cultivated a network of partnering organizations all over the community to better serve our participants once they re-enter society.
Courageous Parenting
We not only want to rebuild individuals of the community but also families. The cycle of destruction is a continuous pattern as some of these individuals are not taught how to be parents since they did not have an active parent in their life. We provide classes that shares the needs of a child and the roles of adults in children's lives so the cycle can stop.
Notes of Hope
This program allows the incarcerated to receive encouragement from outside the prison walls to change their lifestyle. This program is completed through correspondence classes that cover everything from anger management to spiritual growth.
IMPACT Center
Be Finally Free office is held at the IMPACT Center of Bakersfield founded by Be Finally Free. The IMPACT center is a building that houses other non-profits that provide resources and education to adults that are re-entering society from prison/jail, recovery homes, and homeless shelters. Our vision is to Equip, Empower, & Engage individuals to become better citizens of the community.
Life Coaching
Be Finally Free works with all participants in our programs by helping them develop a vision for their future and mapping out goals on how they can reach that vision.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of participants attending course/session/workshop
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Homeless people, Substance abusers, Incarcerated people, Ex-offenders
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of individuals from Jail / Prison, Mission, CityServe, or office courses.
Notes of Hope Participants
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Incarcerated people
Related Program
Notes of Hope
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of incarcerated participants in our correspondence bible study program Notes of Hope. Each participants receives 2 bible-studies a month
Hours of expertise provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Teachers training and teaching hours for all programs
Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the organization
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of students enrolled
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Homeless people, Substance abusers, Incarcerated people, Adults, Ex-offenders
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of teachers trained
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We believe in education because we believe that education is the out and can change anything. Utilizing this principle, Be Finally Free has created and implemented several educational courses and programs. Our curriculum includes Courageous Parenting, Anger Management, Unshackled Success: Shattering the Chains of Poverty, Notes of Hope, On the Inside Crusades, and Life Skills. Additionally, we teach important life skills to help participants determine and deal with the root causes of their particular issues. We partner with organizations all over Kern County and have created a comprehensive list of resources that we share with all of our participants.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Be Finally Free is constantly working to ensure that we are growing programs within the community so we can have a greater impact. We want others to be involved and believe that the only way someone will get involved more is if they see results. We are working hard to break the poverty mentality and better individuals.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We are developing teams of volunteers throughout the United States. This allows prisons, rehab facilities, and homeless shelters to constantly receive support.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We began the IMPACT center so we may continue working with the individuals that are a part of our programs while incarcerated or involved in a sober living program.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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BE FINALLY FREE INC
Board of directorsas of 01/10/2024
Bob Borland
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Term: 2017 -
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Ethics and transparency
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Board composition
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Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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