National Coalition of Community-

National Coalition of Community-Based Correctional and

Community Re-Entry Service Organizations (NC4RSO)

The mission of the National Coalition of Community-Based Correctional and Community-Re-Entry Service Organizations is to support corrections-related community-based organizations and to support the growth of additional community-based services around the U.S.

Introduction

Local, regional, and national community-based organizations throughout the U.S. provide valuable services in and around the corrections context – preventative services to keep high risk individuals from coming into conflict with the law, services for incarcerated offenders (rehabilitative programming, community connections, faith-based activities, support for families of incarcerated individuals, educational services, books for prisoners, etc.), community re-entry services for offenders coming back into society, public education, lobbying to impact corrections-related legislation, public oversight of conditions in correctional facilities, etc.

While individual groups provide specific services within the overall correctional context (above), the National Coalition of Community-Based Correctional and Community Re-entry Service Organizations (NC4RSO) acts as a national voice on topics of common member interest and works toward increasing community-based corrections-related services throughout the country.

Who We Are

NC4RSO, as an umbrella organization for community-based corrections-related organizations, recognizes the need for communities to engage in making communities safe, supporting tangibly corrective paths for current and former offenders, and creating community contexts that reduce the potential for high-risk demographic groups to head toward paths of crime and incarceration. Individual organizations work toward specific aspects of these topics; as a coordinated network, NC4RSO works to increase the national scope of community-based corrections-related services, advocate for objectives identified as being of common interest for member organizations within the corrections and corrections-related contexts, broaden corrections-related community engagement, and directly or indirectly support the development of topic and/or region-specific corrections-related initiatives.

NC4RSO was formed in early 2010. We are currently based in Washington State with active plans to transition our offices to Washington, D.C. as a non-profit organization. Founder Kim Burkhardt (MBA, small business person, and community organizer with seventeen years in-and-around corrections) and a growing team from the corrections context are expanding our membership of community-based corrections and re-entry service organizations (membership lists are available to member organizations).

Why Your Community-Based Corrections-Related Service Organization Should Join Us

· NC4RSO is a service and benefits provider for member organizations and a national advocacy organization (i.e., our job is to enhance the efforts of community-based groups such as yours rather than visa-versa!).

· Join a national network of community-based corrections-related service organizations. Connect with other community-based organizations around the country to discuss common challenges and solutions.

· Belong to a national organization that advocates nationally, regionally, and locally for goals and objectives common to many community-based corrections-related organizations.

· A broad membership of community-based organizations will enhance NC4RSO's support for growth of additional regional and national community-based corrections-related services.

· Belong to an organization with a growing number of member benefits, such as:

A) National voice for member organizations;

B) NC4RSO does advancement activity for commonly-agreed-to member objectives;

C) NC4RSO provides member support services: networking activities, access to a national database of members, conferences, etc.

How to Support NC4RSO

· Join us - either as a qualifying member organization or as a supporting organization (or supporting individual).

· Contribute financially to NC4RO, either as a member, supporting individual, or business that wishes to support community and individual improvement. While we cannot yet provide tax-deductible receipts, financially supporting us contributes to the safety and well-being our communities.

· Provide in-kind contributions (complimentary web hosting, printing, communications services, professional services, etc.)

· Get involved in our organization.

News About Us and Our Member Organizations

News about us, our member organizations, and our supporters is posted online at http://www.burkhardtresearch.com/nc4rso_news.html . Check it out!

Contacting Us

Inquiries can be directed to:

National Coalition of Community-Based Correctional and Community Re-Entry Service Organizations (NC4RSO)

250 H Street #224

Blaine, WA 98230

(360) 734-1236