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Congratulations to our program director Spencer and his new wife Madi!♥ 94 · Jun 30
We are so grateful for your support these past two weeks in the Gas South…♥ 21 · Oct 27
Please join us in praying for our Returning Hearts Celebration at Walker SP…♥ 21 · Apr 16
HeartBound Ministries is up for a HUGE grant from Gas South!♥ 14 · Oct 14
What’s scarier than Halloween?♥ 13 · Oct 19
We had such a great year of Returning Hearts Celebrations thanks to our amazing…♥ 13 · Apr 22
Congratulations to our program director Spencer and his new wife Madi!
♥ 94 · Jun 30
We are so grateful for your support these past two weeks in the Gas South…
♥ 21 · Oct 27
Please join us in praying for our Returning Hearts Celebration at Walker SP…
♥ 21 · Apr 16
HeartBound Ministries is up for a HUGE grant from Gas South!
♥ 14 · Oct 14
What’s scarier than Halloween?
♥ 13 · Oct 19
We had such a great year of Returning Hearts Celebrations thanks to our amazing…
♥ 13 · Apr 22
Little ReadersA personalized, recorded reading program allowing children of incarcerated parents to see and hear their mothers and fathers reading a book to them on DVD.
Art from the InsideAn art show and sale showcasing the often-hidden and significant talents of prisoners.
ChaplaincyHeartBound supports and partners with prison chaplains and volunteers to provide spiritual guidance, substance abuse counseling, cognitive classes, literacy services, life skills training, parenting classes and other programs for adult and juvenile offenders and their families.
Returning HeartsReturning Hearts Celebration unites children and their incarcerated parent on the prison grounds for an unforgettable day of games, food, crafts, relationship building and teaching to facilitate the healing process and break the cycle of crime and incarceration in families.
Project ArtUses art lessons to teach character and build positive relationships between incarcerated youth and adult art instructors who provide mentoring and guidance.
- Children's Center
HeartBound's 100 Shares Children's Visitation Center at Metro Women's Transitional Center provides incarcerated mothers, their children, and caregivers a family-friendly setting to experience a respite from the pain of separation. It is open on the first and third Saturday's of e
- Malachi Dads
A weekly parenting training program for incarcerated fathers at Walker State Prison and Atlanta Transitional Center.
- Guitar Classes
HeartBound sponsors weekly guitar classes for inmates at Burruss Correctional Training Center, Bulloch County Correctional Institution, and Metro Regional Youth Detention Center as part of HeartBound's Project ART program.
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About
Georgia has one of the largest prison systems in the United States, costing Georgia taxpayers an average of $28,828 per inmate per year . One in 24 Georgians is under some form of correctional supervision; the national average is 1 in 60 . Ninety-six percent of offenders will return to our communities. We want them to return CHANGED .
Approximately 8 out 10 former offenders will return to prison in their lifetime (this is known as the recidivism rate).
An estimated 200,000 Georgia children have a parent in prison, not including children whose parents are in county jails or detention centers.
HeartBound Ministries is a non-profit outreach organization that provides programs and resources to meet the needs of the prison community -- inmates, their families, and correctional staff -- changing the culture from one of crime and incarceration to hope and restoration. HeartBound believes that a prison system can be more than just a place where people "serve time." We believe a prison system can be a place where lives are healed, transformed, and restored.
The cost of housing an inmate is staggering- approximately $28,828 per inmate each year. Thus, HeartBound's impact goes further than just positively influencing and changing a person's life. If changed lives result in lowered recidivism rates, the savings can be staggering.
Midtown, Atlanta, GA
- Based in
- Midtown, Atlanta
- Founded
- 2003
- EIN
- 37-1474501
- Website
- heartboundministries.com
- @heartboundministries
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