FOR ALL RELEASED INMATES and COMMUNITY MEMBERS STRUGGLING TO experience A NEW BEGINNING:

NEW LIFE TRANSITIONS OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS (NLT-NIL) and CELEBRATE RE-ENTRY (CRE) merged as one special team to

SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY SERVING RE-ENTRY CANDIDATES (released inmates, paroled, probation, or time served) for one common purpose——-

LOWERING ARREST RECIDIVISM

NEW LIFE TRANSITIONS of NORTHERN IL (NLT-NIL) is the “go to” connection for released inmates ready to change through counseling and discuss possible solution for housing, transportation, and employment.

CELEBRATE RE-ENTRY (CRE) provides Re-Entry candidates friendship, hope and encouragement while they struggle to obtain the essentials to build stability, responsibility, and accountability.

Monetary assistance, when available, is considered on a case-by-case basis.

Starting May 27, 2024 watch NLT-NIL and CRE -

• Re-Enter with updated website;

• Re-Think solutions that suit both clients and community;

• RE-Build an available presence in social media and

• Re-Launch exciting content for the purpose to transform dysfunctions into successful stability- serving the clients and the community with one purpose: lower arrest recidivism.

  (CRE is a Christian Bible-based division of NEW LIFE TRANSITIONS of NORTHERN ILLINOIS and is not connected to any specific religious denomination. ALL ARE WELCOME.)

tOOLS TO l.i.f.t.-o.f.f. into re-entry

PERSPECTIVE: you were made to thrive- not just survive

ATTACH to an “accountability or prayer partner”. (An honest, tough companion) 

OPEN EYES, OPEN EARS, SOFTEN HEARTS: (How to Thrive here on earth).

Alert observations of positive daily events that go un-noticed unless watching and listening with an open mind and a softened heart.

BEGIN BUILDING THE “STABLE TABLE” : The four legs of a STABLE TABLE: steady income, dependable transportation, safe healthy housing environment; and well planned life skills.

Come discuss the struggles as we work together to put together a STABLE TABLE for in a new Re-Entry beginning.

JOIN AND HAVE SOME FUN

Leaving the old life behind to kindle new friendships. (Fighting the battle of isolation & relapse).

• times of laughter, joy, and new relationships is as important as finding a job!!

• Assistance in finding community activities that exercises your individual talents, daily/weekly recovery groups that refuel the mind, body, and soul each day, and/or a home church that brings tears of healthy friendship and God’s strength in the struggles related to Re-Entry.

ORDER and STABILITY

Re-entry is a race of endurance and all need encouragement to PRESS ON one day at a time.

• Facing the war: appointments/phone calls related to job search; transportation needs; housing; money management and other overwhelming issues.

• Win the battles: Calendar appointments; Journal phone conversations, write down dates/time/place, read to-do lists; manage/record spending habits.  And don’t be late.

  Welcome package: journal and calendar book to record commitments, to-do list and responsible appointments.  (Taking steps of faith to face responsibilities and schedules)