About Our Outreach & Mentoring Team

Kurt Cox is a Chaplain and director of the men’s Outreach & Mentoring program. His wife, Renee Cox, serves alongside him as the director of our women’s Outreach & Mentoring program.

Executive director, Dennis Shawhan, and more than 40 volunteers support this essential program by serving as Chaplains, mentors, and teachers.

Together, we help people in our community overcome patterns of substance abuse and incarceration through Christian-faith education and practices.

How Outreach & Mentoring Works

Each week, we serve hundreds of men and women through our Christian-centered programs in collaboration with Oriana House, Clifford Skeen Community Based Correctional Facility for Women (CBCF), Residential Correctional Center, and the Special Housing Adjustment Residential Program (SHARP) for Men.

We collaborate with the judicial system, law enforcement, government leaders, local churches, healthcare providers, the Department of Job and Family Services, and countless community partners.

Our Wrap-Around Approach

Our wrap-around approach includes mentoring, advocacy, and identity restoration. Having a trusted mentor helps restore a vital sense of personhood and helps people connect with the community in a new way.

We also serve as advocates and liaisons to help returning citizens connect with vital reentry services, like establishing a new identification or driver’s license, developing financial literacy, and addressing immediate healthcare needs.