In this episode we sit down with Alan Raines and Annette Jenkins from One Man's Treasure in Rockwall, Texas, just east of Dallas.
One Man's Treasure has one focus, to provide clothing assistance and referral services for formerly incarcerated men to gain employment, successfully reintegrate into their communities, and reunite with their families, while demonstrating God’s love and the care and concern of the community for each of the men during this time of transition. The application process is simple.
Through collaborations with prison chaplains, parole officials, prison ministries, other aftercare non-profit organizations, and area transition homes, men released from prison in need of clothing are identified within Dallas, Rockwall, Collin, Kaufman, Henderson, Van Zandt, and parts of Denton and Tarrant Counties. The client can fill out an application while he is in prison and/or call the toll-free number when he is released.
Each application is screened to determine the client’s eligibility for services under One Man’s Treasure’s guidelines as to the type of unit where he was incarcerated, county he will be residing in, and whether he has been helped before. When the call is received at the clothes closet, a full set of clothes is collected based on sizing and color choices.
All clothing is washable, because indigent men do not have funds available to dry clean clothing. The clothing is then delivered to the client’s home or transitional home by a male volunteer (called a “shepherd"), along with One Man's Treasure's Resource Guide. The strength of the program comes from a personal visit by a male volunteer, who takes time to visit with the client and his family, if he has any, encouraging him, and guiding him to other resources. In this one act of agape, the ministry seeks to provide each client with the spiritual support he needs during this critical transition period along with meeting his physical need of clothing.
If you are an adult male who has been released from a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison unit within the past 60 days and returned to the Dallas and Fort Worth areas- Welcome Back! One Man’s Treasure would like to provide you with a FRESH-START WARDROBE at NO CHARGE TO YOU! We do our best to accommodate all of the requests that we receive but at times we are limited due to current inventory and sizes.
Vist onemanstr.org to fill out the app or feel free to call us directly to complete over the phone 1-888-433-9826.
If you are in Texas prisons and paroling to the DFW area, your chaplain may have an application in their office.
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