Great Oaks
Transitional Home, LLC
About Great Oaks TH.
In 2017, Great Oaks Transitional Home, LLC opened its doors and began housing Michigan parolees and disadvantaged populations. This work has included providing residential stability – base housing for parolees in the state of Michigan. We have been committed to working with parolees who have reentered society and need a semi-structured environment. As a part of this commitment, Great Oaks has strived to help offenders find their path to grow and transition to independence and stabilize their lives.
Values
Great Oaks TH has been dedicated to providing individualized services to support our residents by providing the highest quality of services possible. This has included demonstrating ethical behavior in our attitudes, actions, and words, committing ourselves to teamwork, collaboration, and using open and honest communication. Moreover, our focus is providing resources and information to position parolees into self-sufficiency and stable living.
Great Oaks TH also strives to empower returning citizens to achieve everlasting stability through low recidivism rates. This is achieved because empathy and compassion guide us in creating an environment of understanding and concern for all. Based upon our outcome data, more than 50% of our offenders who lived in our transitional housing for more than 30 to 90 days, achieved our target outcome of stable, adequate, and permanent housing. Half of those offenders are still in permanent housing after 12 months.
Great Oaks TH collaborates with a network of community health and human service agencies who assist with educational, work readiness, counseling and healthcare programs. Along with our partners, we help our residents set goals to secure permanent housing and address issues that threaten housing stability, develop action plans, and monitor progress.
Mission
The mission of Great Oaks Transitional Home, LLC is to provide critical resources needed to establish security and stability so that residents establish lifelong self-sufficiency and independence. Great Oaks TH believes that all individuals have the right to safe housing, and we are committed to providing the highest quality housing for our residents, complemented by excellent programming, services, and overall management.
Services
Great Oaks TH provides a safe, home-like environment for residents who are seeking stability. As a guide, we create plans of action in collaboration with residents, to meet their goals of moving into permanent housing, becoming discharged from parole, and employment.
Housing
Along with our partners, we help our residents set goals to secure permanent housing and address issues that threaten housing stability, develop action plans, and monitor progress.
Supervision
As a provider of base housing for male parolees, we provide the following services in our residential homes: monitoring, supervision of parolees, performance metrics, monthly reporting, case planning, and placement planning.
Employment
We provide employment readiness and job placement services such as mock interviewing and resume writing assistance. We have a compiled list of felon-friendly employers to refer our residents to. We also provide residents with necessary items such as: clothing, hard hats, and tools needed to interview or complete jobs.