… Street Outreach …
Using our unique harm reduction and trauma informed model, our peer-based
community health outreach reaches marginalized women, particularly women and
girls who trade sex for basic survival. Power Inside offers peer counseling,
hygiene supplies, food, water, condoms, blankets, transportation,
and crisis intervention to those we meet on street outreach.
Staff are advocates in emergency rooms, needle exchange sites,
and shelters or drop-in centers. We act as a resource as women take tenuous
steps toward change and patiently acknowledge that they are often coping with
multiple risks and barriers that jeopardize their safety and health in their
relationships and on the street.
… Harm Reduction Drop-in Center …
Women are offered a safe and nonjudgmental space to access support. Women may
use the phone and bathroom; talk to a case manager; receive food, clothing, and
toiletries; and attend a support group. Drop-in services allow women
continued contact with trusted Power Inside staff whom they have met through
our jail and street outreach. As drop-in clients, women engage more actively in
the program and we are able to bridge them into increasingly comprehensive
care.
… Group Counseling …
Power Inside offers support groups and workshops to women in jail, prison
and the community. In our trauma-informed groups we address addiction, health,
prostitution, and domestic violence. Power Inside uses a strength-based
curriculum to enhance the skills of women to make change, cope with crisis,
resolve conflicts, and better access community resources.
… Re-Entry and Aftercare …
Women returning to the community from prison and jail face overwhelming
barriers. Lack of housing, drug treatment, employment and medical services
makes community reentry extremely difficult. Through our case management we
work with individual women to address their anticipated and realized needs
while they are incarcerated and provide a continuum of care as they rebuild
their lives after release.