Cathedral House Re-Entry Program provides help for
homeless and/or addicted men and women, including ex-offenders,
enabling them to maintain recovery, reenter independent living
situations, and find good jobs with potential for growth.
Points of Contact:
Tom Trigg, Director; Buddy Jones, Assistant Director
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore
Phone: 410-539-2877
Episcopal Social Ministries e-mail:
esm4east@aol.com
Christ Church Link is a telephone-based
information and referral service using trained volunteers to
help persons and families in need reach the services and
agencies that can help them.
Point of Contact: Michael J. Clark, Coordinator
Christ Episcopal Church, Columbia
Phone: 410-309-9695
e-mail: cclink@erols.com
Conquest Offender Reintegration Ministries (CORM),
also known as Conquest House, is a Christian post-prison
ministry (begun in 1995) working with the local church to
provide support to inmates, ex-offenders and their families
residing in and around the Washington, D.C. area. Through its
Reintegration of Ex-Offenders mentoring project and its
forthcoming transitioning housing and discipleship center, CORM
seeks to help formerly incarcerated men and women turn their
lives around and avoid repeat criminal activity. CORM does this
through Christian volunteers and local churches who disciple the
ex-offender through the often-difficult period immediately
following a prison term.
CORM Website:
http://www.conquesthouse.org/
Conquest Offender Reintegration Ministries (CORM)
P.O. Box 73873
Washington, DC 20056-3873
(202) 723-2014
First Call for Help™ provides information and referral
to health and human services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
(sponsored by the United Way of Central Maryland): (410)
685-0525/1 (800) 492-0618.
Phone Books. The front pages of the local phone books
for Columbia and Howard County identify a number of useful
resources for crisis intervention (such as the Grassroots
Intervention Center) and similar needs.
Prison Aftercare Ministry: In cooperation with the
nearby Montgomery County Detention Center, trained volunteer
aftercare ministers, coordinated with a chaplain, help inmates
grow spiritually and educationally inside prison and after
release to help them build a constructive life.
Point of Contact: Michael Lash, Coordinator
St. James’ Episcopal Church, Potomac (Diocese of Washington)
Parish: 301-365-5014
Res: 301-762-8040
e-mail:
mikelashjr@aol.com
Prisoners Aid Association provides shelter, housing,
food, training, job counseling and placements to newly released
prisoners. Ex-offenders rebuild abandoned row houses, live in
them, manage, clean and cook in them —learning skills and
teaching others. Merged with Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR)
in August, 1999, to combine existing talents, programs, services
and expertise.
Point of Contact: Malinda Miles, Executive Director
Phone: 410-727-3241
e-mail:
prisonersaid@hotmail.com
Programs of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of the
Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore include: St. Ambrose Family
Outreach Center, Emergency Assistance, Beans and Bread Meal
Program and Learning Center, Frederick Ozanam House, Clothing
and Furniture Bank, and Camp St. Vincent. The Frederick Ozanam
House (400 South Bond Street, Baltimore, MD 21231) provides
on-site transitional housing and supportive services to men who
are homeless but are capable of employment and self-sufficient
living and contains a homeless outreach center that provides an
array of services for persons who are homeless and needy,
including short-term, supportive housing assistance for homeless
families, counseling, employment and housing referral, telephone
access, and free health and legal services. The Frederick Ozanam
House Director is Sr. Mary Louise Zollars: Telephone
(410-732-1892) and Fax (410-558-1675); E-Mail (FOH@archbalt.org).
St. Vincent de Paul Society
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
John J. Schiavone, Executive Director
320 Cathedral Street, Room #622
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-547-5377
Fax: 410-625-8483
E-mail: SVDP@archbalt.org
The Susanna Ministry: This pilot program ministry,
named after the Apocrypha’s Book of Susanna, will help resettle
a woman re-entering society from prison. The resettlement
program involves volunteer mentoring, a social worker, and
parish oversight.
Click here for more information about this ministry.
Points of Contact:
Martin D. Kehe, Committee Chair
e-mail: mkehe@home.com
LaTina Dorsey, Coordinator
Phone: 410-381-4970
The Rev. Laura Kaval, Associate Rector
Christ Episcopal Church, Columbia
Phone: 410-381-9365
e-mail:
susannaministry@juno.com
