Abe Brown Ministries

All prospective clients must undergo a complete background screening prior to acceptance into the program, those with sexual crimes will not be permitted. Upon acceptance, participants are required to attend a comprehensive 6-week professional development training course, focusing on employment and essential life management skills. Once participants have completed the career development training course, they work closely with a certified career coach to find employment opportunities. Each participant is partnered with a case manager who provides continuous guidance and support, as well as provides referrals for community assistance, life-coaching and follow-up drug screening. (continued on schedule o)as part of the insphire program, clients are vetted through drug screenings and a team of qualified program staff. Clients demonstrate their level of responsibility to the insphire employees and are observed in a simulated office environment for approximately two months, prior to being sent to an employer for a potential job match. Insphire supports both the client and the employer for up to one year from the time of admittance into the program. Insphire seeks to provide the perfect match for the client and the employer and is available for intervention and/or client counseling at the employer's request. We strive to make ideal connections for both the client and the employer. However, if an issue arises, insphire commits to expediently resolving the issue and replacing the employees, if necessary.insphire features an innovative client and data tracking system by social solutions called efforts to outcomes (eto). Eto is a robust system that provides the infrastructure for multifaceted organizations to effectively manage their data, share information and track progress in a secure environment. All services are rendered based on individual need and willingness to participate. Each of the touchpoints, participant services, follow-up case notes, and cash distributions to vendors are documented and maintained by insphire in eto. This enables insphire to not only track individual progress and report results for each program participant, but also to report aggregate results and insights.the success of the insphireprogram, improves public safety and reduces local, state, and federal budgets for incarceration services as evidenced by its recidivism rate of 14%, less than half of the national rate. Insphire works to build a stronger community by creating opportunities to realize second chances and reduce recidivism.

Abe Brown Ministries is located in the heart of east tampa in a community where the poverty rate is 50 percent higher than the city and more than double the poverty rate of the county. The average unemployment rate across the neighborhoods adjacent to our ministry is more than three times the rate in the city and the county. Unemployment and poverty are two of the greatest contributing factors to crime and behaviors that lead to arrests. Unfortunately, violent crime rates in our service area are estimated to be upwards of 10 times the violent crime rate of hillsborough county. (continued on schedule o)over the last 48 years, Abe Brown Ministries has become more than a prison ministry. In addition to delivering the gospel on crusades into prison and transporting families to visit their incarcerated loved ones, we also distribute food to families in need from our food for life pantry, transition citizens returning from prison back into the community through our transitional living program, and assist formerly incarcerated persons with re-entry into the workforce through insphire.