Money
Management
Budgeting is a strategy for making
sure we make conscious spending
choices, ensuring that our money
goes where we want. To do this,
we need to identify the underlying
values and factors that affect
our spending. The process of defferentiating
between wants and needs is, for
many participants, one of the
most powerful parts of the entire
economic empowerment series. Tracking
spending and identifying savings
goals is an important part of
the module as well as the development
of the spending plan.
HIV/Aids
Education and Support
Education, awareness, support,
testing and reentry planning are
available.
Peer Education Presenter Training
- Staff trains inmates to become
peer educators.
Peer Education Orientation
Class - HIV orientation session
presented by inmates.
Hiv Support Groups - open discussion
groups focusing on medical problems,
fears, anger and coping with HIV/AIDS
during incarceration.
Self
Esteem Group Exercises
Add various components together
so that the self esteem resembles
a collage. Those beliefs and images
that are most important to our
identity and sense of self worth
(examples: i am a person, i am
incompetent/competent, will be
placed in the center of the collage
and constitute core of self concept.
Those beliefs and images that
are less important to our identity
and sense of self worth will be
placed on the outer areas of the
construction paper.
Living
and Learning
The objective of this class is
empowerment through self-expression.
Class discussions and assignment
are designed to enable, encourage
and challenge participants to
think, to formulate, organize
and express thoughts and ideas
orally and in writing. The ability
to express oneself is empowering.
Basic
Life Skills Program
These groups are psycho/educational
intended to encompass all facets
for improving life and vocational
skills. The goal is to increase
personal self-esteem: a heightened
understanding of real self-esteem
as a product of achievement; and,
to provide specific tools for
success in life and motivation
to use those tools. The purpose
is to nurture a positive mental
attitude, peak performance, motivation,
success, positive self-image,
efficiency and personal effectiveness
(qualities needed to successfully
deal with everyday life situations
at home, on the job, at church
and with family, children and
society).
Literature
Group
The basis for the class is to
expose women to various types
of multicultural literature and
short stories. The intent is to
immerse the women in the stories
through in-depth discussions providing
the ability to empathize with
others.
Literature-Poetry
Poetry is considered by many to
be one of the most highly stylistic
forms of artistic expression,
which typically maintains a particular
structure and rhythm and seemingly
more imaginative than ordinary
speech. During this four week
course, several poems are discussed
from many different time periods
in attempt to understand the moods
and thoughts of the men and women
who wrote them. At the end of
the course, the program participant
will have an opportunity to write
a poem and share their poem with
the class. All poems will be typed
on special paper. The purpose
of the course is to give its participants
a creative way to express themselves. |
