Supports children with incarcerated parents by enhancing the relationship between the child and their parent/grandparent due to the difficult period of separation. Community volunteers help organize monthly reading sessions at the Iowa Correctional Institute for Women in Mitchellville, The Newton Correctional Facility in Newton and the Clarinda Correctional Facility in Clarinda. Volunteers assist incarcerated parents and grandparents with selecting and reading a book to their child via recording, and sending the book and recording home to their child.

Jail offers counseling for inmates only, incarceration, GED program for inmates, and house arrest.

Community Center provides Work Release Program and Day Reporting program, which offers educational, rehabilitative, and counseling sessions for detainees.

Pre-Release education / re-entry preparation for men, women, and youth incarcerated and provides services for reentry and community re-establishment. Community support for families affected by incarceration through prevention and intervention program initiatives.

Volunteers are recruited and trained initially as pen pals, then developed into mentors upon the participant's release from prison. Volunteers are also trained to be mentors for at risk youth in the Juvenile Justice system, public schools, residential treatment centers, and aging out of foster care.

R.A.W. D.A.W.G.S. youth corps gang prevention program provides a positive alternative to gang membership for boys ages 5-13 through military type drills, developing positive social and academic skills and personal validation and self development. These positive personal attributes are demonstrated by positive male role models who lead the program. Call for information.

Serves individuals in the jail system who suffer from a mental illness, chemical dependency, or a dual diagnosis. A Case Manager will be assigned to each individual accepted into Project Compass and will assist, through a team process, in developing goals that can help resolve problems that an individual might be experiencing. A team consists of family members, friends, and other service providers.

Provides ministry to those affiliated with the state prison.

Trains and places chaplains in correctional facilities to offer religious services, Bible study, counseling, a 90 day Life Learning Program for Men and Women (separately), and alcohol and drug program. This program is offered in Douglas, Sarpy and Pottawattamie Counties.

Jail/prison ministry for men and women.