Damascus House Community Development Corporation

HRISTORE (HOMELESS RISTORE - REHABILITATING INDIVIDUALS SO THEY OVERCOME RECIDIVISM) - THE DAMASCUS HOUSE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (DHCDC) WILL IMPLEMENT PROJECT HRISTORE TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE, COORDINATED, AND EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT AND SERVICES FOR UNDUPLICATED COUNT OF 500 HOMELESS ADULTS WHO ARE REENTERING PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MARYLAND AFTER A PERIOD OF INCARCERATION. PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ADULTS AGED18 YEARS OR OLDER; HOMELESS; WITHIN NO LESS THAN THREE (3) MONTHS OF RELEASE FROM A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; ASSESSED AS BEING AT MODERATE OR HIGH CRIMINOGENIC RISK; ABLE TO PROVIDE WRITTEN CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM; NOT A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER AND/OR AN ARSONIST; AND NOT HAVING ANY DETAINERS, WARRANTS, OR HOLDS THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM THE TARGET POPULATION HAS A MEDIA AGE OF 25 YEARS AND IS 95% MALE; 79% BLACK NON-HISPANIC; 14 % HISPANIC; AND 10% NON-HISPANIC WHITES. ONE QUARTER (25%) HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SOME LEVEL OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND 78% OF HAVE A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD). ALMOST THREE FOURTHS (71%) OF INMATES RECIDIVATE. THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WILL REFER REENTERING INMATES WHO ARE HOMELESS TO THE PROJECT AND COLLABORATE WITH DHCDC TO OFFER PRE-RELEASE ASSESSMENT AND SERVICES. THE COUNTY’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES WILL PROVIDE A RANGE OF RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES. THREE EXPERIENCED, LICENSED, OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS WILL DELIVER SUD AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO PARTICIPANTS. PROJECT SERVICES WILL INCLUDE RISK ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDOH); PLACEMENT IN DHCDC OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; SUD, OPIOID USE DISORDER, AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT INCLUDING CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT AND GENDER-APPROPRIATE TRAUMA AND GRIEF-INFORMED CARE; CASE MANAGEMENT, PEER SUPPORT; PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION PROGRAMS; LINKAGE TO PRIMARY CARE, LEGAL AID, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND JOB PLACEMENT; AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. THE PROJECT’S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS: GOAL 1) PROVIDE RECOVERY TRANSITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO AN UNDUPLICATED COUNT OF 500 INDIVIDUALS WHO REENTER THE COMMUNITY AFTER A PERIOD OF INCARCERATION. OBJECTIVE 1.1 STRENGTHEN THE REFERRAL AND TRANSITION PROCESS BY CONDUCTING PRE-RELEASE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING FOR 500 INMATES STARTING NO LATER THAN THREE (3) MONTHS PRIOR TO RELEASE AND PREFERABLY AS EARLY AS SIX (6) MONTHS. GOAL 2) DELIVER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OUTREACH, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY-ORIENTED SERVICES TO AN UNDUPLICATED COUNT OF 500 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HOMELESS AFTER A PERIOD OF INCARCERATION. OBJECTIVE 2.1 DELIVER EVIDENCE-BASED, TRAUMA-INFORMED, CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND GENDER APPROPRIATE SERVICES TO 500 PARTICIPANTS. GOAL 3) ASSIST A MINIMUM OF 70% OF ALL PARTICIPANTS TO MAINTAIN SOBRIETY, STABLE HOUSING, STABLE EMPLOYMENT AND TRANSPORTATION, 12 MONTHS POST DISCHARGE. OBJECTIVE 3.1 PERIODICALLY ASSESS THE SDOH OF AN UNDUPLICATED COUNT OF 500 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AFTER A PERIOD OF INCARCERATION OBJECTIVE 3.2 REFER ALL (100%) PARTICIPANTS WITH SDOH TO APPROPRIATE SDOH MITIGATION SERVICES AND FOLLOW UP TO ENSURE TIMELY RECEIPT OF SERVICES. HRISTORE DESIRED OUTCOMES ARE: - 70% OF PARTICIPANTS IN STABLE, PERMANENT HOUSING AFTER 12 MONTHS IN THE PROGRAM - 60% OF PARTICIPANTS IN SCHOOL OR GAINFULLY EMPLOYED AFTER 6 MONTHS IN THE PROGRAM - 90% OF PARTICIPANTS REMAIN IN STABLE PERMANENT HOUSING 6 MONTHS AFTER DISCHARGE - 90% OF PARTICIPANTS MAINTAIN SOBRIETY 6 MONTHS AFTER DISCHARGE - 10% DECREASE FROM BASELINE IN THE PARTICIPANT RECIDIVISM RATE

DAMASCUS HOUSE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (DHCDC) WILL IMPLEMENT THE RISTORE SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM (RSCP) TO DELIVER TRANSITIONAL SERVICES FOR REENTERING CITIZENS WHO ARE: AGED 18 YEARS OR OLDER; RESIDENTS OF PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY; REENTERING THE COMMUNITY AFTER INCARCERATION IN THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY MARYLAND (DOC) JAIL, A MARYLAND STATE (DPSCS) CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, OR A FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. RSCP WILL TARGET CANDIDATES ASSESSED AS MODERATE OR HIGH CRIMINOGENIC RISK; WHO ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE WRITTEN CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM; NOT A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER AND/OR AN ARSONIST; AND NOT HAVING ANY DETAINERS, WARRANTS, OR HOLDS THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. THE RSCP WILL SERVE A TOTAL OF 250 PERSONS OVER THE THREE-YEAR PERFORMANCE PERIOD-200 MALES; 50 FEMALES; 90% BLACK AND 10% LATINX.   THE STATE OF MARYLAND’S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES; THE PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; AND THE BRIDGE CENTER, A LOCAL INTERAGENCY COLLABORATIVE, WILL REFER ELIGIBLE INMATES TO THE DHCDC. DHCDC WILL PARTNER WITH THE REFERRING AGENCIES  TO CONDUCT CRIMINOGENIC AND BEHAVIORAL RISK ASSESSMENTS, TRANSITION PLANNING AND REENTRY SERVICE THREE TO SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO AN INMATE’S RELEASE. POST-RELEASE, RSCP PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE EVIDENCE-BASED, CULTURALLY  AND LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL, TRAUMA-INFORMED AND GENDER-RESPONSIVE THERAPIES; PSYCHIATRIC REHAB SERVICES; SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT; INTENSIVE, POST-RELEASE CASE-MANAGEMENT SERVICES; TRANSITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; TRANSPORTATION SERVICES; JOB TRAINING AND PLACEMENT;  LINKAGE TO PRIMARY CARE; LEGAL AID; AND OTHER WRAPAROUND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THROUGH DHCDC AND ITS COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT PARTNERS. PRIORITY AREAS [PROPOSAL PAGE] 1(A) BY SERVING ONLY BLACK AND LATINX PERSONS, THE RSCP WILL  CONTRIBUTE TO GREATER ACCESS TO REENTRY SERVICES THESE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS. [16) 1(B) THE DHCDC IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED AND LED ORGANIZATION WITH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STAFF COMPRISED ENTIRELY OF RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITIES, MOST OF WHOM ARE REENTERED CITIZENS [18] 2(A) THE RSCP WILL IMPLEMENT ONLY EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVE IN FACILITATING THE SUCCESSFUL REENTRY. [6-9] 2(B) THE RSCP WILL CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION USING A RANDOMIZED TREATMENT CONTROL DESIGN. [9,18,19] THE RSCP’S  DESIRED OUTCOMES ARE:  A REDUCTION IN THE PARTICIPANT RECIDIVISM RATE BY 10% ANNUALLY; AND A MINIMUM OF  80% OF PARTICIPANTS REPORTING FOR SIX (6) MONTHS OR LONGER POST DISENROLLMENT FROM THE RSCP: SOBRIETY;  STABLE HOUSING;  A SAFE AND RELIABLE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION;  AND HEALTHY LIFE STYLE PRACTICES, DEFINED AS CONSUMING THE DAILY RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND ENGAGING 30 MINUTES OF MODERATE INTENSITY EXERCISE DAILY.