立博中文版学生项目提供解决方案 俾斯麦-Mandan Populations Who Need It Most
俾斯麦，和 In 2019, 当时凯特琳·麦克劳克林是立博中文版的优等生, she wanted to do something impactful as part of the Harold Schafer Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) that would benefit or serve the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCR). 但像许多事情一样，COVID将她的想法推迟到了2021年的大三. That pause led to something much bigger with greater purpose and need that could benefit far more underserved populations — a comprehensive resource guide called — The 社区 Connection Project Resource Packet. Mclaughlin向她的ELA同学提出了这个新想法.
“It is no secret that when driving around 俾斯麦-Mandan there is an obvious homeless population,麦克劳克林说, 摩尔黑德的本地人, MN. 她说:“我有一位导师，专门帮助人口贩运幸存者, and I have visited the prison where I hear about the transition process after release. Overall, there were many instances in which I noticed that certain populations struggle when it comes to reintegration into society and our community. There was no specific ‘big event’ that provided me with the urge to complete a project such as this, 只是我意识到有些事情可以做的小时刻. Once I had presented the idea to my ELA team, they concluded that they had noticed similar things. 因此，我们集思广益，将此资源指南作为这些问题的解决方案.”
“You don’t know what you don’t know,” is a simple, popular phrase, but often profound. 对于俾斯麦-曼丹的许多新居民来说，情况也是如此, 从监狱或惩教设施过渡的, 无家可归的人, 人们被卷入人口贩卖, 或者是那些在社会上努力满足日常需求的人. 这本24页的指南从A到Z详细介绍了联系谁以及如何联系, 范围从:租赁, housing, and shelters; clothing and hygiene places; how to dress for a job and keep a job; businesses to consider applying to; money management tips; public bus transportation; medical and mental health care facilities; support groups; legal assistance; language, vision, and hearing accessibility; hotlines; some things people didn’t know they needed, 甚至-快速和简单的配料食谱, 都在一个方便的小册子或数字PDF.
The feedback for this all-encompassing guide has been immensely positive and life-changing for many, 据里克·加德纳说, 骑手工业公司(RRI)董事, a self-funded division of the DOCR that instills job skills training to incarcerated individuals to produce quality goods and services. The initial distribution list for The 社区 Connection Project Resource Packet included RRI, 和DOCR一起, 边缘部, 31:8项目, 免费直通恢复, 和其他实体.
Gardner补充说:“这份指南是一份非常彻底和深思熟虑的文件。. “I am truly thankful for Kaitlin and her ELA team for thinking and including RRI as a resource guide recipient, 感谢您创建了本指南，帮助那些不幸的人, 还有那些没有做出正确人生选择的人.”
Gardner can give many examples of how the resource guide has helped those who have been released from prison. But the one instance that stands out is from a former inmate who spent 10 years incarcerated and is now the first ex-offender hired to a full-time state position at RRI. Gardner says he gave him The 社区 Connection Project Resource Packet and he’s been paying it forward ever since.
“This person has a passion to give back and help others releasing from prison and feels very fortunate to have been given the opportunity that he was,加德纳补充说. “He specifically used this guide to help three people whom he served time with and now were being released from prison and in need of housing. All three were able to find a place to live from the list provided in the resource guide. He also gave this document to a lady and her children who had lost the apartment they were staying in and she was able to find assistance for rent and a place to stay for at least six months due to this document. 他把这封邮件的副本送给了出狱的罪犯, 把这个包的副本放在需要帮助的人经常光顾的地方, 然后分发给他在不同地方发现的遇险人士. He has heard nothing but glowing reports from people who use this information and the most common question he is asked is, 是否会再做一次以保持信息的更新?”
答案是肯定的. 社区连接项目资源包正在更新中 will be 每年春季学期由社会福利政策二班的学生提供.
McLaughlin把这归功于她的导师, faculty, 和同学们(安德里亚·彼得), 吉隆坡, Malaysia; Olivia German, 俾斯麦, ND; Kaitlyn Hafenbredl, 利特尔顿, CO; Jacob Morgan, Billings, MT; Joshua Dachel, 威斯康辛州急流, WI; Emily Freas, 圣安东尼, MN; Mary Gutenkauf, Aberdeen, SD; Hailey Nolte, Beltrami, MN; and Karissa St. Onge, Hillman, MN) in the ELA program for helping get the resource guide to completion.
“我们的目标是给无家可归的人, 以前被监禁, 被贩卖, 给挣扎中的人们灌输希望, 稳定, 和有形资源，以确保更顺利地连接到社区,麦克劳克林补充道. “这个项目花了2021年秋季和2022年春季两个学期, 我们花了很多时间研究, 整理资源, 并在这几个学期里整理这个指南. A lot of time was spent outside of class working, as ELA only meets once a week as an honors program.”
McLaughlin came to the University of Mary thanks in large part to her grandfather who spoke highly of the school when she was 13 years old. 后来的生活, 最后参观了学校, “我爱上了这里的环境，以及学生和工作人员的热情,她回忆道。. 当她到达时, McLaughlin majored in psychology and then picked up criminal justice as a double major, and this past December fulfilled those credit requirements and will receive her diploma at University of Mary’s commencement ceremonies in April. McLaughlin will now pursue her Doctor of Clinical Psychology degree starting this fall before striving for her career goal of being a victim advocate for some branch of federal law enforcement.
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