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RISE Able to Help More with CHI Grant
RISE is a re-entry program with a mission to help people both inside and outside prison get back on their feet.
"We're helping them with housing, employment, healthy relationships, building a healthy peer community of others who are navigating carceral systems and coming home," said Jeremy Bouman, CEO of RISE.
Real Reentry: He’s Come so Far
When Ray returned to the community, he struggled like so many do. Addiction took over and he lost touch with us. He went back to prison. But he came back home, he reached back out, and RISE was here. We'll always be here if they're ready.
Meet RISE: Maeve Hemmer
Meet the RISE Staff! This week, meet Maeve Hemmer, RISE Community Navigator!
Meet RISE: Charita Dailey
Meet the RISE Staff! This week, meet Charita Dailey, Director of Development
Volunteers and CVS Health Workforce Initiative Helps Reentry Program Fill Over 200 Essential Bags
RISE provides "Welcome Home" bags to all RISE graduates who return home. Valued at over $100, each bag includes personal care items like body wash, shampoo, laundry detergent and towels. We all know how expensive a trip for essentials like this can be - lifting this one financial burden means a lot to us and the people we serve.
RISE Has 688 Graduates!
"I've been told that I've matured and have become more disciplined, I am not as quick to be angered, and I've become more educated because of this program and others.”