Texas
1.Texas ReEntry Services Mission Statement. Creating safer and stronger communities by providing ex-offenders opportunities and means to become productive, contributing members of society.
(817) 834-2833,
Texas Reentry Services, Inc., 1408 St. Louis Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76104
2.Texas Offenders Reentry Initiative - TORI The Texas Offenders Re-entry Initiative, or T.O.R.I., is committed to helping and improving the lives of people who've made mistakes in their pasts which make their acceptance back into society a very difficult task. With T.O.R.I. you will find people who are ready to assist ex-offenders in making better decisions in order to avoid repeating an often dangerous and destructive life-cycle.
(214) 941-1325,
(email)
T.O.R.I., P.O. Box 4386, Dallas, TX 75208
3.Texas Criminal Justice Coalition (TCJC) TCJC works with peers, policy-makers, practitioners, and community members to identify and promote smart justice policies that safely reduce Texas’ costly over-reliance on incarceration – creating stronger families, less taxpayer waste, and safer communities.
(512) 441-8123
TCJC 1714 Fortview Rd., Ste. 104 Austin, TX 78704
4.OneStar Foundation OneStar Foundation connects partners and resources to build a stronger nonprofit sector in Texas.
(512) 287-2000
OneStar Foundation, 9011 Mountain Ridge Dr., Ste. 100 Austin, TX 78759
5.Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) The Texas Juvenile Justice Department has a vision of providing safety for citizens of the State of Texas through partnership with communities and the delivery of a continuum of services and programs to help youth enrich and value their lives and the community by focusing on accountability of their actions and planning for a successful future.
(512) 490-7130
TJJD, P. O. Box 12757, Austin, TX 78711
6.Texas Prison Ministry As Founder & Navigator of Texas Prison Ministry, Rick Vasquez is on a life long mission to to provide a platform for Volunteers and Ministries to experience effective prison ministry both inside and out.
(713) 270-9434,
Texas Prison Ministry 7520 Hillcroft St. Houston, TX 77081
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7.Kairos of Texas Kairos of Texas operates as a State Chapter and serves in prisons and jails through a contractual agreement with the Warden and Chaplain of each unit. At present, we are in 40 units (prisons & jails) across the State of Texas (we are opening more units from time to time).
(940) 735-4532,
Kairos of Texas 2255 N Bonnie Brae St. Denton, TX 76209
8.First Baptist Church - Amarillo Jail & Prison Ministry A family-oriented church located in amarillo, texas, with complete ministries to preschool, children, youth, families, senior adults, and internationals.
(806) 373-2891,
First Baptist Amarillo 1208 Tyler St. Amarillo, TX 79101
9.The Heart of Texas Foundation, Inc. Mission: To help bring about spiritual transformation, through the Gospel and truth of Jesus Christ and his offer of forgiveness, to incarcerated people in Texas and throughout America's prison system.
(281) 346-8919,
The Heart of Texas Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 991, Fulshear, TX 77441
10.South West Texas Prison Ministries Welcome to South West Texas Prison Ministries, located in Iraan, Texas.
(432) 639-2055, (email)
Southwest Texas Prison Ministry and Family Outreach, P.O. Box 683, Iraan, TX 79744
11.The Ministry Church The Ministry Church, a 501(c) 3, faith-based, Biblical, Christ-centered non-profit organization, headquartered in Crockett, Texas.
(936) 544-5400,
The Ministry Church, P.O. Box 1168, Crockett, TX 75835
12.T. D. Jakes Ministries, Inc. Welcome to The Potter's House. Our prayer for you is that the God of all grace anoints you with fresh oil and His precious Spirit illuminates the Word as you read. May He empower you to effectively communicate to others the vibrant hope that He has given you to persevere the struggles that you have overcome and continue to overcome.
(214) 331-0954
T. D. Jakes Ministries, Inc., P.O. Box 5390, Dallas, TX 75208
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- Austin/Travis County Reentry Roundtable (A/TCRRT) The mission of the Austin/Travis County Reentry Roundtable is to be a robust collaborative to promote public safety through effective reentry and reintegration of formerly incarcerated persons and individuals with criminal histories.
(512) 926-5301,
A/TCRRT, 3000 Oak Springs Dr., Austin, TX 78702
- Texas Inmate Families Association (TIFA) Our mission is to break the cycle of crime by strengthening families through support, education, and advocacy. TIFA also provides parole workshops as well as online resources for our members.
(512) 371-0900,
TIFA, P.O. Box 300220, Austin, TX 78703
15.Texas Jail Project - Advocacy for Inmates in Texas County Jails The Texas Jail Project is dedicated to improving the conditions for approximately 70,000 people—mothers, fathers, brothers, sons, sisters and daughters—incarcerated in Texas jails on any given day.
(512) 597-8746,
Texas Jail Project, 1712 E. Riverside Dr., Box 190 ,Austin, Texas 78741
16.Texas Civil Rights Project ( TCRP) TCRP promotes racial, social, and economic justice through community education and litigation. We strive to foster equality, secure justice, ensure diversity, and strengthen communities.
(512) 474-5073,
TCRP, 1405 Montopolis Dr., Austin, TX 78741
17.Volunteers of America Texas Helping the Most Vulnerable Texans. The broken. The forgotten. The hopeless. At Volunteers of America Texas, providing compassionate service to those who need the most help is both a cause and a calling. The cycles of addiction and incarceration damage the lives of individuals and their families. A lack of resources and empowering support isolates adults with disabilities. Housing insecurity threatens to put families and our seniors on the streets or without basic needs. Poverty underlies all these issues. Making a difference for these individuals and the community are the focus of our ministry of service in 30 Texas communities. Join us in reaching out with mercy and compassion to help those living in the shadows find hope, restoration and empowerment. Together, we can change lives.
(817) 529-7300,
Volunteers of America Texas, Inc., 300 E. Midway Dr., Euless, TX 76039
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18.Hungry For God Home Redirecting the lives of fatherless young men 17-24 years of age. Housing over 350 homeless young men since 2003 Hungry For ...God Home has assisted many young people in continuing their education and getting jobs for self sustainability.
(512) 731-3829,
Hungry For God Home, 3504 Victorine Ln., Del Valle, TX 78617
19.Project 4 Victory - Urban League of Greater Dallas Project 4 Victory, sponsored by the Department of Labor’s Prisoner Re-entry Initiative, assists non-violent, ex-offenders returning to their local communities with job readiness training, life skills, coaching and mentoring, mental health and substance abuse services, GED preparation, computer training, on-the-job training and placement assistance.
(214) 372-1063,
Project 4 Victory, 3911 South Lancaster Rd., Dallas, TX 75216
20.SEARCH Homeless Services SEARCH Homeless Services works to engage, stabilize, educate, employ and house individuals and families who are homeless. Our essential services are highly effective in transforming lives because we meet individuals where they are and provide what they need to get off the streets and back on their feet.
(713) 739-7752,
SEARCH Homeless Services, 2505 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77002
21.Texas Voices For Reason and Justice (TVRJ)Texas Voices For Reason and Justice is a statewide, non-profit, volunteer organization devoted to promoting a more balanced, effective, and rational criminal justice system. TVRJ advocates for common sense, research based laws and policies through education, legislation, litigation, and support for persons required to register for sex related offenses as well as for members of their families.
(877) 215-6688,
Texas Voices For Reason & Justice, P.O. Box 23539, San Antonio, TX 78223
22.The Bexar County Re-Entry Roundtable Welcome to the Bexar County Reentry Website! We are pleased that you chose to visit this site and hope that it will be helpful to you. Here at Bexar County we believe that everyone deserves an opportunity to change or overcome the things that brought them into the criminal justice system. They deserve a second chance to experience a much more functional life as employed citizens realizing their maximum potential in life. The Bexar County Reentry Program can increase the level of employability, help offenders obtain higher educational levels and/or vocational training and give them a pride of ownership in our community.
(210) 335-2614,
Bexar County Office of the Commissioner, 101 West Nueva St., Ste. 1029, San Antonio, TX 78204
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23.Front Steps: Restoring Hope to Austin's HomelessBased on the belief that all people deserve the dignity of a safe place to call home, Front Steps’ mission is to provide a pathway home through shelter, affordable housing, and community education.
(512) 305-4153,
Front Steps, P.O. Box 2509, Austin, TX 78768
24.Project RIOProject RIO is operated through Workforce Solutions East Texas centers and is administered by the Texas Workforce Commission in collaboration with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), the Windham School District and The Texas Youth Commission (TYC). Project RIO provides a link between education, training and employment during incarceration with employment, training and education after release. The program is designed to reduce recidivism through employment.
(254) 200-2023,
Workforce Solutions of Central Texas Center, 300 Cheyenne Dr., Killeen, TX 76542
25.Bridges to Life (BTL)Rehabilitation, Reconciliation, and Community Safety. Bridges To Life (BTL) brings healing to victims of crime, reduces recidivism among offender graduates of the program, and helps make our community a safer place.
(713) 463-7200,
Bridges to Life, P.O, Box 570895, Houston, TX 77257
26.Calvary Commission We are a Christ-centered group of churches and missions bases with emphasis in the areas of prison ministry, discipleship, missions training, and ministry.
(903) 882-5501,
Calvary Commission, P.O. Box 100, Lindale, TX 75771
27.Bill Glass Champions For LifeBehind the Walls takes the Gospel to the Incarcerated.
(972) 298-1101,
Bill Glass Behind the Walls, 1101 S. Cedar Ridge Dr., Duncanville, TX 75137
28.Chapel of HopeChapel of Hope builds spacious, fully-equipped chapels in Texas prisons, providing a place where morality is modeled and thousands of lives are transformed.
(972) 980-1009,
Chapel of Hope, 14902 Preston Rd, Ste. 404-127, Dallas, TX 75254
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29.Compassion Christian Counseling Many people find themselves feeling overwhelmed at some point in their lives. We are here to offer you hope. You can receive healing. Your life can change.
(409) 832-5772,
Compassion Christian Counseling, 1029 S. Main St., Lumberton, TX 77657
30.C.O.O.L Ministries, Inc.COOL is a multifaceted Non-Profit Organization serving the incarcerated,the newly released and in reentry, and their families and community with the Truth of God's Word to Heal, Restore, and Rebuild lives that were broken from the throws of addiction and codependency issues.
(713) 592-0134,
C.O.O.L Ministries, Inc., 5005 W 34th St., Ste. 103C, Houston, TX 77092
31.Diocese of Beaumont Office Of Criminal Justice MinistryThe office provides pastoral and sacramental ministry to incarcerated Catholic populations of jails and prisons in the Diocese of Beaumont. It assists victims and ex-offenders and their families, and promotes criminal justice issues that are consistent with Catholic teaching.
(409) 924-4300,
Diocese of Beaumont, P.O. Box 3948, Beaumont, TX 77704-3948
32.Discipleship Unlimited Alpha Program
The Alpha course is normally run over a period of 10 weeks. At each session there is a chance for fellowship, followed by the talk. After the talk, participants divide into prearranged groups—each group has two leaders and two helpers who may have completed a previous course or could be prison staff or volunteers.
(254) 771-3532,
Discipleship Unlimited, P.O. Box 145, Gatesville, TX, 76528
33.Elkins Lake Baptist Church We are an intergenerational body of Christ striving to be God's people in this time and place.
(936) 295-7694,
Elkins Lake Baptist Church, 206 SH 19, Huntsville, TX 77340
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34.EvanTell, Inc. Evantell provides in-prison evangelism instruction, You Can Tell It!, for the inside church via live instruction or through instructional videos.
(214) 265-9800,
EvanTell, Inc, P.O. Box 703929, Dallas, TX 75370
35.First Baptist DallasTransforming our world with God's Word...one life at a time.
(214) 969-0111,
First Baptist Dallas, 1707 San Jacinto St., Dallas, TX 75201
36.Freedom House DiscipleshipFreedom House Discipleship is an intense Twelve-Month program that is designed to help individuals who are just being released from prison/jail and those struggling with addiction who have attempted to make it on the streets with no success. Too many times when people are released back into society they end up right back in the same environment they were in before their incarceration. It is a vicious cycle of pain, not only for the men, but for their families as well, and it has to end! We are a faith-based discipleship program designed to help our students realize that they can achieve spiritual success if they are properly disciplined.
(432) 381-5453,
Freedom House Discipleship, 3542 Mercury Ave., Odessa, TX 79764
37.Hope Prison Ministries, Inc.In More Than Redemption: A Theology for Christian Counseling, Dr. Jay E. Adams commented that, to us, the word hope too often means "hope so" (as in the answer a fisherman would give to the question, "Do you think you'll catch any?") but Biblical hope is different. It is sure and certain because its certainty is based on the character of God and not on chance or our ability to make it come to pass. It is in this sense that HOPE PRISON MINISTRIES offers the hope of the gospel to the inmates to whom God has called us to minister. It is a hope not based on their ability to never sin again but on God's promise that where sin has abounded, grace will abound much more (Romans 5:20).
(817) 323-7686,
Hope Prison Ministries, Inc., 3515 Sycamore School Rd., Ste. 125, PMB,172 Fort Worth, TX 76133
38.The Hospitality House | Huntsville, TexasThe Hospitality House is a facility serving the physical and spiritual needs of prison families by providing temporary lodging and food. The strengthening of relationships provides hope and the ability to cope for each family.
(936) 291-6196,
The Hospitality House, 912 10th St., Huntsville, TX 77320
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39.House Where Jesus Shines We are a faith based after-care residential transitional facility for men being released from prison. Our goal is to reintegrate men successfully and productively into society.
(254) 829-2100,
House Where Jesus Shines,18320 Gholson Rd., Waco, TX 76705
40.MentorCare MinistriesOur Mission: To serve the needs of ex-offenders and aftercare centers, working to integrate men and women back into society.
(817) 688-4044,
MentorCare Ministries, John Leonardson, 1808 Chattanooga Dr., Bedford, TX 76022
41.Mercy HeartMercy Heart is a growing network of churches dedicated to empowering families and children of inmates to OVERCOME the pain and trauma of incarceration, GROW in spiritual and family relations and PREPARE for the eventual return home of a loved one from prison.
(817) 514-0290,
Mercy Heart, P.O. Box 163783, Fort Worth, TX 76161
42.Real Word Ministries, Inc. We are a church inside of the State Prisons of Texas; teaching and holding revivals. We serve as Mentors for both men and women inside and outside of the Prison Walls.
(210) 363-5608,
Real Word Ministries, Inc., P.O. Box 761722, San Antonio, TX 78245
43.Welcome to Sharing Hope MinistryOur mission is to assist women who are incarcerated or who are in recovery in overcoming their destructive behavior by sharing God's love and hope through the teaching of His Word and through the equipping with life skills.
(806) 358-7803,
Sharing Hope Ministry, P.O. Box 7160, Amarillo, TX 79114
44.Spirit Key Ministry A faith based reentry program for ex-offenders; housing provided for men for transition from prison to private citizen.
(281) 813-0093,
Spirit Key, Inc.,13617 Kaltenbrun Rd., Houston, TX 77086
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- Restorative Justice MinistryTheRestorative Justice Ministryprovides evangelistic outreach and discipleship in local, county, state and federal prisons and jails. An active part of the ministry involves providing Bibles and discipleship materials to inmates. Another aspect of the Restorative Justice Ministry is hosting appreciation events and ministering to policeofficers and their families.
(214) 212-7235,
Texas Baptist Men – Dixon Mission Equipping Centerr, 5351 Catron Dr., Dallas, TX 75227
46.Texas HOPE Literacy, Inc.Texas HOPE Literacy is a coalition of board members, staff, volunteers, supporters, clients and representatives of criminal justice entities, and we are resolved to end the revolving door crisis in American prisons and jails. We are effecting personal change from pervasive hopelessness to hope during inmates’ incarceration.
(972) 514-1520,
Texas HOPE Literacy, Inc., P.O. Box 905, Hurst, TX 76053
47.Winner's Circle Juvenile Mentoring Program Winner's Circle seeks to reach at-risk juveniles with relationships that guide them out of the juvenile justice system to social success.
(936) 436-9467,
The Winner's Circle Juvenile Mentoring Program of Walker County, Texas, 1213 Ave. O , Huntsville, TX 77340
48.Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness (WVIW) Spreads the gospel through event programs in units, one on one teaching, marriage seminars in units, substance recovery, aftercare housing and training, correspondence course.
(972) 234-6009,
Worldwide Voice In the Wilderness, P.O. Box 740273 Dallas, TX 75374
49.Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA)AAMA’s mission is to inspire and empower at-risk Latinos to pursue their potential and achieve success. Our efforts are focused in the areas of education, workforce readiness and leadership development.
(713) 967-6700,
AAMA Learning Center, 6001 Gulf Freeway, Bldg. E, Houston, TX 77023
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50.Calvary Christian Fellowship-Boot Camp MinistryOnce a month Calvary extends its ministry to a local correctional facility. The Boot Camp facility in Atascocita has two services conducted by members of the ministry teams of Calvary each third Sunday of the month.
(281) 354-2464,
Calvary Christian Fellowship, 1365 Northpark Dr., Kingwood, TX 77339
- Cornerstone Prison MinistryCornerstone Prison Ministries, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) organization located in Wylie, TX and is focused in Described in section 170(b)1)(a)(vi) of the Code and Rehabilitating convicts or exconvicts.
(972) 475-5789,
Cornerstone Ministries, Inc., P. O. Box 1672, Wylie, TX
- Creative Outreach MinistriesCreating Hope, Providing Support, Changing Lives! Needs aboundin our communityand the branches of Creative Outreach Ministries (Angelic Resale, Hope Events, Insight to Life, and New Life Women’s Center) were formed to help serveeach in its own unique way. Today, Creative Outreach is a thriving non-profit,supported by servant-hearted community members, searching togetherfor new ways to spread the hope and love that its founder, Dottie Compton, discovered on a park bench.
(936) 441-5433,
Creative Outreach Ministries, P.O. Box 1325, Montgomery, TX 77356
- Dallas Leadership Foundation - Church Prison Collaborative (DLF - CPC)Church Prison Collaborative (CPC) is a collaboration of churches, non-profits and agencies that advocate on behalf of previously incarcerated men and women returning to society. Individuals leaving prison are mentored in Christian principles and provided compassionate assistance with weekly fellowship, obtaining housing, clothing purchases, documentation, employment and transportation.
(214) 777-5520,