Families 1st Partnership
North Platte, Neb. - North Platte Giving Day is scheduled for Wednesday May 8th 2024. Families 1st Partnership will be participating and asking for donations to help prepare inmates for release as they seek a new way of life outside of crime and incarceration. This has been identified as a need by 14 different community partners who currently provide support to those incarcerated.
Inmates who do not have a plan or positive support network upon their release will often return to the same lifestyle that got them involved with crime in the first place. The inmates in the Lincoln County Detention Center could benefit from extra help to start work on a support system that will encourage taking steps to prepare for release. Often the inmates seek a trustworthy and caring individual that can help them navigate the community resources available for their needs. There are already several mentors and organizations available to provide encouragement and support, but they are now working together to take this one step farther and help the inmates with the necessary steps required to obtain an ID, birth certificate, training, education, job placement and spiritual guidance.
The group, Strengthening Purpose for Inmates, formed when community partners saw this as a gap in the community. There are several organizations and community advocates that come together each month to discuss the obstacles and barriers of inmates who will re-entry to our society after a jail sentence is complete. They’ve taken steps to work on a network of support and communication. The missing item is funds to support some of the basic things needed at release. Your donations are appreciated.