Mission & Vision

In order to achieve our mission we are focusing on these objectives during our pilot year.

• Serve and/or coach up to 1000 returning citizens of the estimated 13,500+ inmates expected to be released to Harris County in 2016-17.
• Establish Partnerships with existing Mentor groups to assist in selecting inmates that are in a ‘state of change’, that have a willingness to re-enter society through the support of CrossWalk Center and its Re-entry Coaches.
• Continue to serve the returning citizens and their families, with post release Re-entry Coaching, aftercare services at and through CrossWalk Center and its Partners. Immediate focus is on ANY barrier to reentry: transportation, ID, housing, employment, education. CrossWalk Center aligns and partners with the ‘best of the best’ experts in Houston to address each barrier.
• Further grow the missional impact of Houston’s faith-based congregations by engaging them to serve the returning citizens community, within their church family, in their neighborhoods and communities, and as regular volunteers at the CrossWalk Center.
• On CrossWalk Center website, establish and maintain keyword searchable, filterable Regional Reentry Resources Database, operate 24/7 Re-entry Referral Hotline 000-000-0000
• Train up to 100 CrossWalk Center Re-entry Coaches, to serve inside designated Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison units once an individual has been approved for parole or has a discharge date, and has been recommended by Chaplaincy and/or a Mentor to re-enter society through CrossWalk Center. To-date 20+ volunteers have been trained at CrossWalk Center through our Partner Portal Houston.
• Set the standards, criteria and benchmarks to evaluate, select existing transitional homes and/or assist in establishing new transitional homes with a discipleship housing model and programming.
• Seek like-minded social service and ministry partners that fit and align with the CrossWalk Center vision and mission for re-entry to be housed at the Hub facility, and share overhead expenses in an Executive Suite Style Model.