”He’s My Brother, Not an Inmate”: How to Help a Loved One Re-enter Society After Incarceration

Ep. 21 The Buffalo Center for Health Equity partners with the Future Hope Apprenticeship and Recovery Program to support people who were incarcerated and help them cope with the many difficult aspects of successful reintegration into the community. Our mission is to provide valuable job opportunities in the construction trade, along with life-skills, education and job readiness training for a sustainable future. Key training areas include: carpentry, painting, drywall, taping, and roofing. Resources:  www.futurehopeapprenticeship.org www.buffalohealthequity.org   Future Hope Apprentice was established in order to provide re-entry assistance for ex-offenders on a permanent basis. The primary clients are male and female youth offenders and ex-offenders who are in the process of reintegration into their communities. Graduates from a full year of the FHAP will be fully qualified for formal apprenticeship programs in the building trade unions, leading to union membership and permanent jobs. Reverend Emanuel Hutcherson, leads the staff and volunteers of FHAP which includes psychologists, licensed substance abuse counselors, government and service agencies in the State of Massachusetts. This is a project that is both inspired and run by the community it serves. Reverend Emanuel L. Hutcherson is a native from upstate Buffalo New York. He is the Executive Director of Prison Prevention Ministry / Founder of Future Hope Apprenticeship & Recovery Program Inc. and D.Y.S. mentor program. He’s a formal Chaplain for Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department house of Correction. He completed his leadership ministerial education at Greater Love Tabernacle Church and Gordon Cornwell Theological Seminary. He strives for reconciliation between returning citizens and today’s society, by integrating values health wellness, recovery, mentoring, spirituality with economic development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices