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Faith-based program helps parolees make life beyond bars

TEXARKANA, Texas – Figuring out life after prison can be difficult to navigate, especially without any guidance or resources.

That’s why a new christian ministry in Texarkana, Texas is stepping up to help parolees, not only get back on their feet, but change their lives.

The Restoration of Hope House has received many letters requesting to be part of their new upcoming program.

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New center to help parolees seek higher purpose | Director: It’s not a halfway house, but an all-the-way house for Jesus

TEXARKANA, Texas – Helping those men recently released from prison and mentoring them to become devoted to God is the mission of the Restoration of Hope Center, soon to open on Hazel Street

The center, at 1217 Hazel St., served for about 30 years as the Hazel Street Recovery Center for addicted and troubled youth before it closed in 2017. Now it’s being renovated for men who have been, or will soon be, paroled from prison – men who are now looking for a higher purpose in life.

“We like to say that we aren’t a halfway house,” said the center’s director, Danny Stone. “We are an all-the-way house for Jesus Christ.”

Read more at the Texarkana Gazette.