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Faith-based groups expand reentry, recovery and transitional housing services in Indianapolis
Summary
Speakers at the HOPE Team meeting described local reentry and recovery services, available slots and funding streams for justice-involved residents, and a new Muslim women—s transitional house that aims to provide culturally specific wraparound care.
Julius Mansa, board president of Movement Community Development Corporation and a professor of finance and accounting, told attendees at a HOPE Team meeting that his mosque-based nonprofit is expanding reentry and recovery services for justice-involved residents in central Indianapolis and surrounding counties.
"It was a fentanyl overdose," Mansa said, describing a video from one block north of Keystone that prompted the presentation. He said his organization is now "keeping score" of outcomes and collecting data to inform public-health partners and funders.
The presentation listed multiple program elements: case management, peer recovery coaching, skill-development training that includes boxing and mental-health work, and licensed mental-health therapy. Mansa said Movement CDC can draw on several funding buckets, including a $400,000 grant from the…
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