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July 2022

Weld County Re-Entry News!

NO ONE IS DISPOSABLE - COMMITTED TO SECOND CHANCES

The Rock Found partners with the Colorado Department of Corrections, and Weld County's Adult Division of Parole. Look for the article in the August edition of Greeley Living to learn more about the work we are doing here in Weld County in partnership with others across the state of Colorado!

Kelsey Pearce, Cheryl Polan, Alysha Levergne, Amanda Lucas, Ruth Cofman, Rebecca Fhuere

Client Success Story

This participant has shown us all what community support can do. He is 57 years old and has spent most of his adult life in and out of prison. Each time he was released from prison, he was released homeless, on his own to reapply for benefits and on his own to connect with mental health services.

The Rock Found provided intensive case management as a WAGEES partner and collaborated closely with parole. With this assistance, he was able to obtain Veterans housing assistance through VOA. He has also worked part-time, obtain an educational outcome and secured a one-bedroom apartment.

Rejeana Martin, Sr. Case Manager at The Rock Found recalls working with the client over many years and watching the same outcomes over and over. "Not this time" she says, because The Rock was there to support and oversee all of these great milestones.

The participant is a member of The Rock family, we are blessed to have been on board to watch the great changes he has made and see the continuation of his success.

When asked where have you been lately? He says "that The Rock has themselves out of a job”!

Bunker and Kaphar are important "mascots" in our program to help people dealing with trauma and anxiety!

The Rock Found's Whole Hearted Living Group

The Rock Founds Whole-Hearted Living Group planned a long awaited camping / fishing expedition near Walden, CO with the help of our board of directors.

Laurette Hoagland, President and her husband Bob (pictured to the left) came alongside to help as well as to pour into the hearts of those in attendance.

Laurette said "it was sobering to get a taste of how difficult re-entry is and how much she has been touched by the work of The Rock coming along side men and women to help remove barriers."

As a part of our Whole Hearted Living Group we are studying what it means to live whole heartedly! Thanks to the work of Brene' Brown and her 10 Guideposts to whole-hearted living, we are well on our way! We are collecting and posting photos to capture the work we are all doing such as; sober living, buying a first time home, going to school to get a CDL for better employment, obtaining a driver's license, moving from a bike to owning a vehicle, weight loss to improve health, hiking, camping, fishing, paddle boarding, tubing, bowling in leagues, placing in tournaments and much more as we are just getting started!

Special thanks to Tina Maddux who is also on the board and made all of the arrangements for accommodations in a yurt near a beautiful lake!