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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 521049" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>RM, </p><p></p><p>I had put a post on here about housing for families to help & it was for mentally ill people getting out of prisons. It's through the government - I didn't save the link - maybe someone can help us find it - but it had a lot of good information about housing. </p><p></p><p>Your son should get a phone call for a couple minutes a week or you can look up his prison on line and put a few dollar credits on his commissary AND if you do not want him to have your home phone - if you have changed it - or he can't remember it - and you don't want him to have it? You can give the chaplain a new one and get a disposable phone and make the area code for a trac phone the area where his prison is so when he calls it won't be long distance for him and you can talk longer without it costing your minutes. </p><p></p><p>If you do NOT want to talk to him at all? Fine - but if you feel he's ready for help? And you're ready to reach out? Do what will allow you to sleep at night. You mentioned that you didn't like him in prison but you knew he had a roof over his head, and meals and wasn't on the streets. If that's security for you? Then maybe helphing him get a placement would ALSO be security for you. What he does with it from there? Is a process of detachment for you if he chooses to not stay - and if he does stay and fly's right? Then it's a process of gaining trust slowly - very and painfully slowly. Hopefully a year in prison will have taught him at least that much about trust and not having a family immediately there for his beck and call. </p><p></p><p>You can also ask the Chaplain for the parole boards phone number in that state and call them and ask for a few housing and 1/2 way house boarding programs or someone to get in touch with - explain his unique circumstances and see if maybe United Way would know someone too. I don't know if there is a support chat for something like that - maybe there is - you'd have to look. But it's worth googling. </p><p></p><p>Hope it works out -</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 521049, member: 4964"] RM, I had put a post on here about housing for families to help & it was for mentally ill people getting out of prisons. It's through the government - I didn't save the link - maybe someone can help us find it - but it had a lot of good information about housing. Your son should get a phone call for a couple minutes a week or you can look up his prison on line and put a few dollar credits on his commissary AND if you do not want him to have your home phone - if you have changed it - or he can't remember it - and you don't want him to have it? You can give the chaplain a new one and get a disposable phone and make the area code for a trac phone the area where his prison is so when he calls it won't be long distance for him and you can talk longer without it costing your minutes. If you do NOT want to talk to him at all? Fine - but if you feel he's ready for help? And you're ready to reach out? Do what will allow you to sleep at night. You mentioned that you didn't like him in prison but you knew he had a roof over his head, and meals and wasn't on the streets. If that's security for you? Then maybe helphing him get a placement would ALSO be security for you. What he does with it from there? Is a process of detachment for you if he chooses to not stay - and if he does stay and fly's right? Then it's a process of gaining trust slowly - very and painfully slowly. Hopefully a year in prison will have taught him at least that much about trust and not having a family immediately there for his beck and call. You can also ask the Chaplain for the parole boards phone number in that state and call them and ask for a few housing and 1/2 way house boarding programs or someone to get in touch with - explain his unique circumstances and see if maybe United Way would know someone too. I don't know if there is a support chat for something like that - maybe there is - you'd have to look. But it's worth googling. Hope it works out - [/QUOTE]
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