Ex-offender faced homeless until ministry lent help

By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2

Criminal Justice Ministry case manager, Doug Evans, and newly appointed executive director, Anthony D'Agostino, visited Robert at his South City apartment.  Robert has been in the program for six months, has a job and is ready to transition forward through the Release to Rent program. Evans meets with the men weekly and does inspections on their living situation, including making sure they have food in the refrigerator and a clean apartment.

Doug Evans, a case manager with the Release to Rent for Veterans Program, introduced program participant Robert Marshall to Anthony D'Agostino, and they shook hands.

D'Agostino took over earlier in July as the executive director of the Criminal Justice Ministry after Sister Carleen Reck's 17 years of leading the agency. The ministry, affiliated with the archdiocese and a recipient of funds from the Annual Catholic Appeal, is known for its success in reintegrating released inmates into society, especially through its housing programs that are combined with supportive case management.

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