Here are links to organizations working to reduce crime, increase religiosity, and improve the lives of inmates and parolees. Please contact us if you’d like to list your organization.
- U.S. Department of Justice Includes news, resources, and available grants.
- Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) Exists to initiate, support, and conduct research on religion that spans the intellectual spectrum: history, psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology, political science, epidemiology, theology, and religious studies.
- Prison Fellowship Seeks the transformation of prisoners and their reconciliation to God, family, and community through the power and truth of Jesus Christ.
- The TenPoint Coalition An inspiring Boston-based organization committed to ending the era of violence in that city, and demonstrating the vital need for faith-based institutions to participate in a city-wide crime reduction strategy.
- Champions for Life Assists the church by equipping and inspiring Christians to share their faith through various prison and youth ministries.
- Kairos Prison Ministries Addresses the spiritual needs of incarcerated men, women and children, and their families and those who work in the prison environment.
- Public/Private Ventures Tackles critical challenges facing low-income communities by seeking out and designing innovative programs, rigorously testing them, and promoting solutions proven to work.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters The nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network.
- Teen Challenge Provides youth, adults and families with an effective and comprehensive Christian faith-based solution to life-controlling drug and alcohol problems in order to become productive members of society.
- Center for Neighborhood Enterprise Aims to transform lives, schools, and troubled neighborhoods, from the inside out.
- Cornerstone Assistance Network Networks across racial and denominational lines to help churches, organizations, and volunteers become involved in the lives of the people in their community.