Re-Entry Alliance Pensacola Inc

Programs: Client housing: reap serves felons ("clients") leaving incarceration who usually have no funds or shelter. We rented 11 older residences and during 2017 averaged 45 residents in transitional housing, allowing them to sleep. Have several sets of working clothes, shower and present themselves for work, all of which is necessary to achieve productive lives and not return to prison.

client transportation: similar to housing, our clients leaving incarceration do not have money, licenses or vehicles. Some of those needs can be accomodated with bus passes we provide. Much of it cannot, such as probation appointments, medical appointments and work time schedules and locations not workable within the bus schedules. Much of our provided services consists of an owned multi-passenger vehicle and drivers. Over the course of 2017 we served about 150 clients in our program.

other client needs: our clients arrive without money, and correspondingly, without medicince, hygiene items, food clothing, required identification or registrations for food stamps, veterans benefits, etx. Especially prior to our getting them into some type of paying employment, we are able to provide them with an initial supply of food, food vouchers, lists of food kitchens and time, several sets of clothing, boots, costs for various registrations and initiation of benefits programs. This all leads to the ability to work daily with proper hygiene and clothing. In 2017, over 140 arrived in our program following incarceration with those needs which we could provide.