FIRSTFOLLOWERS
Re-entry Program
FirstSteps
Community House
A residence for people returning home from prison.
FirstFollowers has partnered with the Housing Authority of Champaign County to open FirstSteps Community House, a transitional residence for men coming home from prison. The house officially opened in December of 2019.
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FirstSteps offers a program for success. Our FirstFollowers peer mentors, who have been through the criminal justice system themselves and found that path to success, will support each resident on their journey back into the community. The house will be rent free for those who are admitted.
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If you are in prison and coming home soon, if you have a loved one or a friend who wants to be released from prison to Champaign County and needs a place to live, contact us.
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You can receive applications via email, letter, pick one up at our drop-in center or download a copy below.
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Email us:
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Write:
FirstFollowers
PO Box 8923
Champaign, IL 61826
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Visit our Drop-in Center* located inside
314 Cottage Court
Champaign IL 61820
*Open Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
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You can make a donation to FirstSteps at the link below.
FirstSteps Community House would not have been possible without the generous support of the following organizations. To them we express our sincerest gratitude.
Bethel AME Church
Carter's Furniture
Central Illinois Mosque & Islamic Center,
Church Women United
First Mennonite Church of Champaign-Urbana
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Housing Authority of Champaign County
Ministerial Alliance
Muslim American Society of Urbana-Champaign
Slumberland Furniture
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Unitarian Universalist Church of Urbana Champaign
