Links
09/2017 TDCJ Staff
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9-16 TDCJ Staff Chaplaincy & Volunteer Dept
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DOC, BOP lists and links.pdf
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Voting Laws for ExFelons Texas.pdf
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TDCJ Volunteer_Training_Schedule.pdf
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- Deaf Prison Ministries Network An informal network of individuals and churches who desire to work together and minister to deaf people who are directly or indirectly affected by crime, including organizations in the restorative process, according to Christian principals.
- Desert Waters Correctional Outreach Desert Waters is a nonprofit corporation with the mission to increase the occupational, personal and family well-being of all correctional staff and personnel. A 24/7 hotline, the Corrections Ventline™, is anonymous and confidential.
- ExOffenderReentry.com provides a wide range of practical resources serving the correctional and re-entry communities. This site brings together resources for finding jobs and dealing with many of today's challenging re-entry and correctional issues.
- Hope for the Heart Jail & Prison Ministers and Chaplains use Hope for the Heart’s Biblical Counseling Keys to help inmates and others resolve core issues and experience a lasting change.
- Mothers Against Methaphetamines (MAMa) FREE Study guides and pamphlets for prison and jail ministries. Materials available include Crystal Meth: They Call It Ice, and Power over Addiction workbook and video.
- Mercy Heart assists families and children of inmates through and beyond the transitions of incarceration toward mental, emotional, material and spiritual well-being. Mercy Heart is also a place where the ex-offender can successfully navigate re-entry back into their community; and reconnect with their family through counseling and other community-based resources.
- Overcomers Recovery Support Program is a spiritual plan of recovery for people struggling with life-controlling problems based on the 90-day recovery workbook A Daily Choice, Overcoming Life-Controlling Problems.
- Prison Fellowship Inmate and Family Resources
- Walter Hoving Home A non-profit, faith-based residential program for women 18 years and older who have been involved in drug addiction, alcoholism, prostitution and other life-controlling problems including incarceration. Locations in New York, California and Las Vegas.
- World Missionary Press An interdenominational faith ministry producing 48-page topical Scripture booklets in 310 languages plus Bible study booklets and New Testaments for FREE worldwide distribution as the Lord enables.
- GuideStar is the most complete source of information about U.S. nonprofits available.
- Independent Sector the leadership forum for charities, foundations and corporate giving programs committed to advancing the common good in America and around the world.
- National Center for Charitable Statistics is the national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.
- Non Profit Tax Info Internal Revenue website providing tax information for charities and other nonprofit organizations.
- Tracking Volunteer Time to Boost Your Bottom Line Tracking volunteer time: sounds like another chore? Actually it can help you meet match requirements, improve your financial statement presentations, and reduce liability.
- DOC, BOP lists and links
- The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance The CFDA provides a full listing of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.
- SAMHSA The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US Department of Health and Human Services)
- United States and Canada Department of Corrections website lists the Departments of Corrections and related Law Enforcement Agencies in the US and Canada.
- United States Department of Criminal Justice
- United States Federal Bureau of Prisons
- United States Sentencing Commission
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