Services

ReCA is based on a peer-to-peer coaching system that utilizes peer life coaches and facilitators during the first (18) months of being released from incarceration. It will assist people returning from prison to transition successfully back to the  community by providing them with the skills and support that they need to be productive and successful in society. These first eighteen months of release are deemed the most critical period that builds the foundation to determine if a person will be successful in society or not. ReCA will manage this time of instability through the following two-phase system: 

Phase 1: Cognitive-Behavioral Awareness 

Phase 2: Life Coaching Introduction and Facilitator Certification

Suit Up (one day)

This class is a one-day workshop to highlight each participant’s different personality traits. The

exercises incorporated in the class will help the participants to identify both positive and

negative characteristics that they have. While we focus most of our attention on feeding and

growing positive qualities, we do take a look at the negative to be aware of them when they

arise and are therefore better able to deal with them quickly. Once the attributes of each

individual are looked at, we then look at how knowing oneself better and knowing that others

have unique characteristics as well will enable us to communicate and work with others more

effectively.

T.R.I.P (eight weeks)

T.R.I.P is a eight-week collaboration where the objective is to facilitate change and reduce delinquent behavior by reiterating the idea that intentional living and alternatives to decision making work by working.

Taking Responsibility in Person will cover fundamental areas from a cognitive behavior perspective with the intentions of addressing issues that contribute to a healthier lifestyle; therefore improving greatly on the quality of life.

Get S.M.A.R.T. (four weeks)

Get S.M.A.R.T. is a four-week goal-setting and habit-tracking course. It has been designed to

introduce the participants to setting goals—which in this population many have never

experienced setting and achieving goals—through the acronym S.M.A.R.T.

(Smart…Measurable…Achievable…Realistic…Time-oriented). This class also has the participants

take a look at their positive and negative habits as well as create new ones. Upon completion of Get S.M.A.R.T., the participants will be eligible to attend the Fresh Start class, with a week layoff for assessing fieldwork—assessments are lenient at this stage and gradually increase scrutiny.

Fresh Start (eight weeks)

This is an eight-week course that is designed to challenge the participants’ old mind-sets and

beliefs. It does that by first highlighting the conditioning that we have all undergone. During this

time of increased awareness of how our experiences have conditioned us to think and believe

certain erroneous things, it is often an eye-opening and liberating experience for the

participants. Now, we can be intentional about how we let our experiences influence us.

Upon completion of Fresh Start, the participants will be eligible to attend the Live Now class,

with a week layoff for assessing quality of work and projects—critiques are becoming

increasingly more thorough.

F.A.C.T.S. (Facilitator Awareness & Competency Training System) (eighteen weeks)

This is an 18-week, two-phase course that will start at the mid-term of the H.O.P.E. class, and

there will be a two-week layoff from phase one of F.A.C.T.S. and phase two of F.A.C.T.S. The

participants will be delving into professional facilitation training dealing with public-

speaking—individually and presenting projects with a team. Then, the participants will learn

facilitation skills through a combination of lecture and hands-on experience. Once they start

leading and facilitating exercises and/or classes, the participants will get valuable experience

that is transferable to managing others’ energies at whatever career they choose. Finally, they

will learn how to build a curriculum of their own by completing exercises as well as work with a

team to create and present a curriculum.

Workforce Development

Our program will also consist of one day a week for workforce development for the entire 21

weeks of Phase 1. The participants will learn how to build their resume, how to respond in an

interview, proper dress etiquette, etc. Also, each participant will have access to their own coach

starting in the second month and continuing for the next sixteen weeks.

Recreation outside of the class

The participants will also be required to spend time outside of the class doing recreational and

other leisure activities to build bonds with their cohort and facilitators so that a network of

positive peer influences can form. This time will be coordinated with the facilitators and will

occur on one of the days that they meet—either on the coaching class day or the workforce

development class day.

Stipend

Each participant will receive a $150 stipend per week for the first four weeks of the program.

This stipend will be their compensation for using their valuable time to receive training—just

like any organization pays for the training and time away from work. This also corresponds to

the time when the participants are first coming home from prison, and this stipend will be an

essential element to enable them to train, instead of using that time to do other productive

things.

One-to-one Coaching

We will offer one-to-one coaching at the rate of $100 per hour, which is the lower end of the

national average for life coaches, and will give a discount to $75 per hour if three months are

paid in advance. Our staff coaches are located around the country and will be offering their

services via tele-coaching sessions, with email support. Our coaches’ specialties range

anywhere from career, spiritual, and relationship coaching to coaching youth. For our coach-approach programs, participants will be required to receive a coach to maintain their scholarship and continue through our system. We will assess the participants coming through our courses at the completion of Get S.M.A.R.T. to match them with a coach. The fees

associated with the one-on-one coaching for the program will be $50 per hour because they

will be paid for the whole duration (sixteen hour-long sessions) by the scholarships they

receive, which comes from the monies we get to fund this academy. The participants will be

coached by our one-to-one coaching specialists for each week they are enrolled in the final two

classes of the Core 4. For instance, they will be coached for all eight weeks of Fresh Start, but

not during the week off while transitioning into Live Now. Then, they will be coached for all

eight weeks of Live Now. This will give the participants a total of 16 hours of individualized

coaching with a specialist coach. The combination of group coaching through our classes and

individualized coaching through the one-to-one sessions is what allows the participants to

flourish in our training system, and more importantly in life. Once they are in H.O.P.E., they will

be applying the coach-approach among themselves to continue their growth.