The funding of this project will expand current evidenced-based re-entry programs to a considerably larger group of returning ex-offenders, thereby increasing the ex-offenders’ rates of economic and social success and decreasing their rates of recidivism. After years of incarceration, and being away from the Pensacola area, the re-entering citizen is vulnerable to homelessness and “quick fixes” if he/she perceives himself/herself without help, without family or "law abiding" friends, and with nowhere to go. Through the funding of this project, REAP can partner with local community organizations to organize and manage a continuum of care that will result in bringing these citizens back into the community as law abiding, contributing neighbors. For more than three years, REAP has witnessed the positive impact the Federal Re-entry Court Program has had on returning inmates in gathering the necessary basic human resources, information, mentors, job training and stable employment to become a thriving, contributing taxpayer instead of a continuing burden on our over-stressed community service providers and our over-burdened taxpayers. REAP estimates that the cost per individual for this program is approximately $3,000 per year as compared to an estimated annual cost of incarceration of $43,000. With this investment per client, REAP believes that a 50% reduction in the rate of recidivism is possible. By partnering in this project, Alliance members will gain greater experience and confidence in organizing and managing similar programs in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties targeting other returning citizens with special needs like women, veterans, the mentally ill and the homeless.