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Stories of Reintegration: Todd Cawley’s Story

Although the story of intentional community reintegration for parolees includes a remarkable drop in recidivism (re-offending), it supports so much more than that. Enjoy Todd’s story as he talks about not only walking free of crime and addiction, but reveals a life where he is once again a contributing member…

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Better Life: Setting the prisoner free

As many of you know, Better Life has held the Correctional Service Canada (CSC) Faith Community Reintegration Contract (FCRP) for a number of years. Much to Better Life’s surprise, a Florida-based corporation undercut the financial bid of the most recent contract (without providing support in all the designated regions…), and…

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Does faith community reintegration work for every offender?

Recently a new friend asked me what I did for a living. I began to tell him about the vital work of community reintegration. His response? “Good luck with that!” Frankly, I wasn’t surprised—and perhaps you’ve had similar responses as well. Hardly a week goes by without national or provincial…

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Commencement

I recently attended a commencement ceremony at Kinghaven Treatment Center. One of the men graduating from the program had asked for Better Life support and to be reintegrated into a church community. Frankly, I wasn’t sure what to expect. However, I was blown away! Four men stood up to share…

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Launching Into Our Next Season

I have such good news! As you may know, the support that the Better Life Team offers to offenders is managed and funded through something called an “FCRP (Faith Community Reintegration Project) contract.” Over a year ago that contract term ended and “came up for bid”—in other words, we (and…

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Wrapping up 2021

A Holiday Message from Adam: I wish I could have brought each of you to the Christmas celebration hosted by one of our Chilliwack-area team members and his wife. What was so impactful was that, after an incredible meal, we had a time of sharing. Each of the men who…

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Astrid’s Story: Reintegration After Release & Deportation

Today we’re bringing you the remarkable first chapter of Astrid’s story, written six years into her reintegration process in Germany: Getting released from Fraser Valley Institution for Women almost six years ago felt like kind of being reborn. Being on the inside, I never felt I had been held captive…

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Metamorphosis: My path to transformation

I am excited to present a book by a long-time friend Better Life staff have had the pleasure to know. Yves Réal Côté has written his experience of being a ‘lifer’ in Metamorphosis: My path to transformation in collaboration with Criminologist and friend Alana Abramson. Yves’s story is one of…

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New Years Gratitude

We are excited to turn the page in 2021 and thankful for your support of the work we will be doing this new year! Support like yours allows our team the bandwidth to work at full capacity in this vital work of reintegration. We could not do this without people…

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JT’s Story on Video

JT’s story shows why the work of Reintegration is so valuable and transformative! Click below to watch him tell his powerful story in his own words at his home church: Note: captions are available via the [cc] symbol on the bottom right! If you have any questions about volunteering and…

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