WHO WE ARE
Individuals don’t go to prison alone; their entire family goes along with them. Families and friends need support as their loved ones complete their sentences. Straight Talk Support Group provides a supportive environment and forum for families and friends to meet and share common experiences and issues. Straight Talk exists so families and friends of incarcerated individuals can exchange emotional support, gain coping skills, acquire resources and receive inspiration. Straight Talk Support Group is where families and friends enter in pieces and leave in peace.
Straight Talk Support Group, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, offers regular support group meetings, features professional speakers and experts, a crisis line, a ride share program, along with our transitional house.
Straight Talk is run by people like you, who are looking for support as they deal with the realities of having a loved one in jail or prison. We want you to join us so we can be there for each other. We want to make reentry a smooth transition.
Straight Talk Support Group, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, offers regular support group meetings, features professional speakers and experts, a crisis line, a ride share program, along with our transitional house.
Straight Talk is run by people like you, who are looking for support as they deal with the realities of having a loved one in jail or prison. We want you to join us so we can be there for each other. We want to make reentry a smooth transition.
WORKING FOR OUR MISSION; SPEAKING ABOUT OUR MISSION
Chances are you know someone with a loved one currently or formerly incarcerated. Perhaps you observed their pain and confusion without knowing where to turn for guidance and support. Now you can direct them to Straight Talk Support Group.
In addition to our support groups, Straight Talk Support Group presents workshops and seminars for families and employers on How to Communicate with Returning Citizens and related topics; and online sources about how navigate the corrections system through our Resource Center. The Resource Center also provides life skills, coaching and job readiness training for incarcerated individuals and returning citizens.
If you are looking to book a professional speaker or presenter to deliver a keynote address or presentation about social, mental and economic effects of incarceration on families and friends please do not hesitate to contact us: [email protected].
In addition to our support groups, Straight Talk Support Group presents workshops and seminars for families and employers on How to Communicate with Returning Citizens and related topics; and online sources about how navigate the corrections system through our Resource Center. The Resource Center also provides life skills, coaching and job readiness training for incarcerated individuals and returning citizens.
If you are looking to book a professional speaker or presenter to deliver a keynote address or presentation about social, mental and economic effects of incarceration on families and friends please do not hesitate to contact us: [email protected].
OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
We are working hard and there are so many more things we have to accomplish. Check back often to see how we are progressing!
See What We’ve Achieved
One of Straight Talk’s major achievements is the opening of our transitional house in Durham. The house was already used for transitional housing for men getting out of prison, but it was a federal program. The program was ending, and Straight Talk took over, reopening in 2018. This was a huge achievement for the organization and the community we serve. Without Straight Talk, there no longer would have been the transitional housing for men recently released from prison in the area. Opening the transitional house greatly expanded the work that STSG does. STSG previously was a support and resource center for those incarcerated and their loved ones, this opening increased the scope and reach of our work. Originally there were only ten beds available for residents in the house. Now, that number has increased to eighteen beds available. We are very happy with this because it increases our capacity to be able to serve more residents in their transition back into society.
We recently (February 2020) got a van to help drive our residents to and from their doctor appointments. A lot of the residents come to us with conditions, whether physical or mental, that would require them to go to sometimes many doctor’s appointments. Without reliable and consistent transportation available besides the public transit system, this could cause the residents a lot of stress and grief. We want to make it as easy and smooth for our residents to be able to receive the services they need to be able to live a healthy and independent life. This van cultivates that ease! STSG is also very proud to be working with so many other organizations in the area.
We work with the Community Success Initiative, Formerly Incarcerated Transition Program, Samaritan Health Clinic, Linc Inc in Wilmington, NC, Durham Technical Community College, Second Chance Alliance, NC Justice Center, ACLU, Housing for New Hope, Resources for Human Development, Durham Reentry Council and Orange County Reentry Council. These community relationships are very important to STSG, because through these relationships, STSG is able to provide information and resources to the residents and other clients that would best serve their needs, for well-rounded support.
All of our achievements relate to how we have become better suited to give that 360 degree support to our residents and clients.
See What We’ve Achieved
One of Straight Talk’s major achievements is the opening of our transitional house in Durham. The house was already used for transitional housing for men getting out of prison, but it was a federal program. The program was ending, and Straight Talk took over, reopening in 2018. This was a huge achievement for the organization and the community we serve. Without Straight Talk, there no longer would have been the transitional housing for men recently released from prison in the area. Opening the transitional house greatly expanded the work that STSG does. STSG previously was a support and resource center for those incarcerated and their loved ones, this opening increased the scope and reach of our work. Originally there were only ten beds available for residents in the house. Now, that number has increased to eighteen beds available. We are very happy with this because it increases our capacity to be able to serve more residents in their transition back into society.
We recently (February 2020) got a van to help drive our residents to and from their doctor appointments. A lot of the residents come to us with conditions, whether physical or mental, that would require them to go to sometimes many doctor’s appointments. Without reliable and consistent transportation available besides the public transit system, this could cause the residents a lot of stress and grief. We want to make it as easy and smooth for our residents to be able to receive the services they need to be able to live a healthy and independent life. This van cultivates that ease! STSG is also very proud to be working with so many other organizations in the area.
We work with the Community Success Initiative, Formerly Incarcerated Transition Program, Samaritan Health Clinic, Linc Inc in Wilmington, NC, Durham Technical Community College, Second Chance Alliance, NC Justice Center, ACLU, Housing for New Hope, Resources for Human Development, Durham Reentry Council and Orange County Reentry Council. These community relationships are very important to STSG, because through these relationships, STSG is able to provide information and resources to the residents and other clients that would best serve their needs, for well-rounded support.
All of our achievements relate to how we have become better suited to give that 360 degree support to our residents and clients.