CROSSWALK CENTER, INC

CrossWalk Center aims to reduce the frustration, confusion and the inefficiencies in the re-entry process for ex-offenders. CrossWalk Center goals are: Provide character and life skills training coupled with Coach assisted pre-release assessment and re-entry plan development inside prisons; provide day-of-release transportation, first meal, clothing and reunification with family, friends; establish a sufficient number of safe and healthy transitional homes to re-enter to; immediately upon release provide safe and healthy housing, opportunities for living wage employment; and connect individuals to social service agencies, community organizations, and faith-based support systems.

CrossWalk Center strategy is: Firstly we serve as Coaches to ex-offenders so they may have a meaningful and sustainable re-entry, not just focusing on handing out information pamphlets, but connecting the individual and family to people and essential services and resources that will help them in their re-entry journey for as long it takes. CrossWalk Center's premise is a healthy, holistic, wrap-around social services, ministry, and faith-based community approach instead of a corrections approach.

The CrossWalk Center has a bold, but achievable vision that is encouraging and cultivating collaboration across all sectors; including regional social service agencies, governments, businesses and para-church organizations, all joining together, each doing their part to reduce recidivism.

Secondly, we operate transitional homes as a Coaching continuum from inside the prisons to outside into the community. All programming and fulfillment of social service needs, life skills training, job readiness and employment to ministry, all emanate from the homes.

CrossWalk Center's capabilities for fulfilling our mission and vision, and for meeting our strategic goals and objectives, lies in the experience and knowledge of our Board of Directors, Advisory Board, staff and volunteers.

Our board members have served as sheriff, civilian county jailer, missionary, pastor, TDCJ staff, and as founders, chairmen and board members of other non-profit organizations with high levels of fiduciary responsibility.

Our Staff have very specific education, skills and professional experiences that directly apply to meeting the goals such as: Former criminal justice employee, pastor, re-entry housing owner/operator, veteran, business owner/entrepreneur, founding nonprofit board member, mentor, employer, strategic marketing and communications, and development and fundraising.

Our Volunteers are integral to CrossWalk Center and come from all walks of life and experience. They serve in all areas of administrative services, outreach, marketing and communications, development and fundraising, coaches/teachers/facilitators/case managers. Some of our volunteers are ex-offenders themselves, and they especially are vested in the mission, uniquely qualified to serve and impact individuals coming out.

CrossWalk Center completed its pilot-year August 31st, 2017. In the startup year we established the 501c3 and went on to accomplish the following:

CrossWalk Center forged a key working relationship with Texas Department of Criminal Justice state level divisions of: Reentry and Integration, Parole, Rehabilitative Services and Chaplaincy.

CrossWalk Center developed proprietary training curriculum, and began training and equipping volunteer Coaches in motivational interviewing, reentry assessing and reentry plan and development.

CrossWalk Center hosts the largest monthly TDCJ Volunteer Training in the state.

Accomplishments by the numbers to-date: