The Process – Simple but Strong

 

INMATES:

• Request a mentor through Onesimus

• Fill out an application

• A member of our assessment team will contact you while you are still in custody and you can discuss what you think will be most helpful to you upon release

• Once a mentor is assigned you can start to work on a pre-release plan, through correspondence and visits

• After you are released, commit to meet weekly with your mentor for six month, working through your “life plan”

 

MENTORS:

• Complete a simple, but in-depth, online application

• You will be given our training manual, asked to attend an orientation meeting and connect with our mentor coordinator.

• Thereafter, you will be assigned an inmate (men with men, women with women), given the inmate’s application and interview report

• Through correspondence and visits, begin to connect with your mentee, and assist them with their pre-release plan

• Upon release, commit to (1) meet weekly or connect by phone for six months, and (2) do an online report of weekly progress, about resources given, used or needed