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Applied in 2007

Aglow Prison and Jail Ministry

Allison Bown

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 0
  • Program Participants Last Year: 30
  • Meets about 4 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 0 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 200

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.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Receives, at least annually, an auditor's management letter and report.
  • Convenes an audit committee.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
Not returning to prison or jail

Measure
Anecdotal only. Not officially measurable. We are not allowed to access their private crimal records.

Outcome 2
Living a productive Christian life in a community on the outside or while still incarcerated.

Measure
Personal observation of volunteers in the ministry.

Change Process: (self-reported)

Trained women volunteers across the state go into local prisons or jails weekly to conduct large group services or small studies on individual housing units in prisons and jails across California. We hold an annual 2 Day intensive personal growth seminar called "Journey Into Excellence" in response to chaplain requests for a faith based program that deals with the hard issues inmates face (guilt, shame, anger, forgiveness) and cause them to fail to live successfully on the outside. Providing this seminar for all women's prisons in California is our main financial cost. All involved in our ministry do so on a volunteer basis. The effects of this in-prison seminar have been outstanding. We also do "Journey" seminars for in women's transitional homes on the outside when requested.