
Journey of Hope, Inc. Has TRAINING CLASSES For 2025 | 2026 for our HOPE PRISON MENTORING PROGRAM. The HOPE PRISON MENTORING PROGRAM Training Presentation Video, Training Checklists, Reviews, & ALL Training PDF's Are Posted BELOW. Get Started TODAY.
Journey of Hope, Inc. Has Also LAUNCHED NEW VOLUNTEER POSITIONS for 2025/2026 to help with Direct Services, Resource Navigation, Emergency Intervention Services, and Fundraising & Donor Outreach.
Please fill out our Volunteer Enrollment Forms for NEWS on training dates, locations, & stay up to date on all of Journey of Hope's Volunteer Opportunities & Community Outreach Events!

Our Community is in Crisis. There has been a LARGE INFLUX of potentially LETHAL Domestic Violence Cases, as well as an INFLUX of Women, Youth, & LGBTQIA+ who are currently enduring Abuse, Violence, Trafficking, & other direly harmful situations because there aren't enough Resources or Shelters for these Populations to utilize; Basically, there's nowhere for these Individuals to find safety within. Especially Low to Moderate Income Populations, whom Journey of Hope, Inc. serves. With Federal Funding Cuts, Healthcare Cuts, and other VITAL Social Welfare Safety Nets currently being dismantled, defunded, and shut down, the current circumstances WILL LEAD to early death for these HUMAN BEINGS; It's not a matter of "IF", it's "WHEN".
We are asking our Community for HELP; We need Volunteers to help our Organization "fill in the Services gaps" due to Funding Cuts and a complete LACK of State and Federal Assistance for the most vulnerable and marginalized Populations in the Community.
Fill Out Our Volunteer Forms & We Will Send You A Scheduling Survey, PLUS Everything You Need To Know About Volunteering @ JOH, Inc.





PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE HOPE PRISON MENTORING PROGRAM TRAINING CHECKLIST FOR A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO COMPLETE YOUR VOLUNTEER MENTOR TRAINING.
THE TRAINING CHECKLIST IS LOCATED BELOW THE TRAINING VIDEO UNDER "TRAINING MATERIALS".
This program was the first volunteer opportunity and program implemented by Journey of Hope in 2014, in Salt Lake City with 17% recidivism in three years. Community Volunteers are trained in the Women’s Case Management Model to follow Gender Responsive Guiding Principles, evidence-based principles. They are matched in pairs with a woman 3-6 months prior to her release from prison and they meet weekly or bi-weekly with the woman on a plan for her success when she walks out and back into the community. They then help her transition and are with her for up to 12 months while she overcomes barriers to housing, employment, treatment, reunification with children and safe family.
This program has assisted hundreds of women walking out of the Utah State Prison, the State rate of recidivism is the highest in the nation at 80%. Our 17% rate shows that when women are safe, can have the opportunity to make a livable wage, have access to trauma informed therapy, housing, and support they are powerfully resilient! We have saved the State taxpayers millions of dollars over the last five and a half years with this program.
Providing case management services from a trauma-informed care approach, allows these Women who struggle with things like mental health and substance abuse, to overcome the trauma they have endured and get to the root of what needs to be healed.

For The First Time Since The COVID-19 Pandemic, Journey of Hope, Inc. Is RELAUNCHING The HOPE Prison Mentoring Program In Partnership With The Utah Department of Corrections, Several Nonprofit Organizations, + Faith-Based Ministries. We Have Joined Together For A Higher Purpose; To Mentor Our Brothers & Sisters Who Are Being Released Into Society After Completing Their Sentence At The Utah State Correctional Facility.
NOTE: This is NOT The Training Video; This is the Introduction Video.

Journey of Hope, Inc. PRESENTS the 2025/2026 HOPE Prison Mentoring Program Volunteer Training Presentation & Training Class With Utah Department of Corrections; If You Missed The In-Person OR Online Live Streamed Training Presentation, You Can Watch It At Home & Complete The Training On YOUR OWN TIME.
Please Fill Out Our Volunteer Enrollment Forms (Located At The Top Of This Webpage) To Get Started & Keep Up With ALL Of Our Volunteering & Community Service Opportunities In Salt Lake City & The Communities We Serve. You Can Start The Training At Any Time By Watching The Training Presentation; You Can Also Download All of The Training Materials + PDF's To Complete Your Training.
Please Email Journey of Hope, Inc. Upon Completion of The HOPE Prison Mentoring Program Training; We Will Email You The ROI's & ALL Training Completion Documents So You Can Start The Entry Badge Application Process at the Utah Department of Corrections.
These Documents Are To Be Signed AFTER You Complete The Training Checklist For The HOPE Prison Mentoring Program Volunteer Mentor Training.
There are two different sets of documents that need to be submitted in order to apply for a Volunteer Mentor Badge per Utah Department of Corrections, for admission to the Utah State Correctional Facility; Please email Journey of Hope, Inc. directly, to receive both Documents through Adobe Acrobat for Signature + Completion of Training.
Email Address: info@journeyofhopeutah.org

Please Download ALL Documents + PDF's To Complete Training For The HOPE Prison Mentoring Program
Guiding Principles Summary (Mentor Program) (pdf)
DownloadWomen Offender Transition + Re-Entry (Mentor Program) (pdf)
DownloadStrength-Based Table For Mediation (Mentor Program) (pdf)
DownloadSmart Goals (Mentor Program) (pdf)
DownloadUsing The Relational Language Skill Steps (Mentor Program) (pdf)
DownloadHOPE Prison Mentoring Program Handbook (pdf)
DownloadPlease Download ALL 3 PDF's Below, For The HOPE Prison Mentoring Program Training Completion
Our Trauma-Informed Methods & Models + the Disruption of the Sexual Abuse, Harm, & Trauma to Prison Pipelines Is IMPACTFUL. Our Work In The Utah State Prison From 2014 to 2019 Led To A Decrease in Recidivism To Just 17%.
The Evidence Is In; Shame + Blame Does Not Produce Viable Or Meaningful Healing. Support, Nurturing, Friendship, & Compassion Is What Makes The Biggest Difference.
Journey of Hope, Inc.
Administrative: 9690 S. 300 W. #B-10, Sandy, Utah, 84070 | mailing: 898 S. State St. STE310 (#694), Orem, utah, 84097
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