Annually over 1,000 justice-involved individuals are served, but this work impacts countless others. By educating and supporting underserved populations of adult offenders and disengaged youth to make positive changes in their lives it effectively reduces rates of crime and delinquency. By reducing recidivism rates, the impact that the incarceration of parents has on the children of offenders is dramatically reduced. As unemployment rates among the under-skilled and under-educated is reduced and as the value of economic self-sufficiency is realized, some of our community’s most vulnerable families are strengthened, and urban neighborhoods in Allentown and beyond are revitalized.
Pinebrook Family Answers is pleased to expand its reach within this crucial area and to have the opportunity to continue to offer the services listed below:
- Adult Reentry Services: Our adult services focus on reducing recidivism rates, a key to ensuring the safety of our community while assisting criminal offenders. We also offer an evidence-based, retail theft remediation class that District Judges can use as an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) option for individuals charged with shoplifting. Using evidence-based programs that target specific needs, we help incarcerated parents understand how to be responsible parents, as well as supervised contact visits between incarcerated parents and their children to maintain importhttps://pbfalv.org/programs/forensic-services/adult-reentry-services/ant family bonds.
- Residential Services: Pinebrook Family Answers operates one of the only Transitional Residences in the Lehigh Valley for homeless women who have been in the criminal justice system or who are at risk of such involvement and their children.
- Youth Services: Our youth services address the needs of young people who have dropped out of school, some of whom are involved in the juvenile justice system, and many of whom are pregnant or parenting. Program participants learn skills that help them lead productive lives, instilling in them the confidence they need to succeed. We also offer an evidence-based, retail-theft remediation class that District Judges can use as an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) option for young people charged with shoplifting.
