NGO Funding Request


The recipient entity's full legal name:  Louisiana Parole Project, Inc.

The recipient entity's physical address:
           319 Third St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70801


The recipient entity's mailing address (if different):
           P.O. Box 2029
Baton Rouge, LA 70821


Type of Entity (for instance, a nonprofit corporation):  Non-Profit Corporation

If the entity is a corporation, list the names of the incorporators:
          Andrew Hundley
Keith Nordyke
Robert Lancaster


The last four digits of the entity's taxpayer ID number:  9508

What is the dollar amount of the request?  $25,000

What type of request is this?  General Appropriation

Is this entity in good standing with the Secretary of State?  Yes

Provide the name of each member of the recipient entity's governing board and officers:
           Nancy Roberts, Board President, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Don Allison, Board Vice President, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Michelle Carriere, Board Treasurer, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Louis Gibson, Board Secretary, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Leonard Augustus, Board Member, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
David Bondy, Board Member, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Jasmine Brown DeRousselle, Board Member, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Meredith Eicher, Board Member, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Ryan Haynie, Board Member, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Robert Lancaster, Board Member, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Mary Livers, Board Member, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Hon, Freddie Pitcher, Board Member, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Chip Songy, Board Member, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Andrew Hundley, Executive Director, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Kerry Myers, Deputy Director, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 708212
Kelly Garrett, Deputy Director, P.O. Box 2029, Baton Rouge, LA 70821


Provide a summary of the project or program:
           Parole Project provides transitional and post-transitonal housing, reentry programming, reentry services, employment assistance and other services for incarcerated and formely incarcerated persons so that they may reach their full potential.
Our program helps to prepare clients for release while incarcerarted, provides transitional housing immediately upon rlease, an provides programming that teaches necessary skills to be successful. This includes financial literacy, technology, social norms, and stress management. We provide services that include stress management, coping skills, healthcare navigation, acquiring necessary documents, and employment placement


What is the budget relative to the project for which funding is requested?:
          Salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,400,000
          Professional Services. . . $25,000
          Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . $0
          Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . $0
          Major Repairs . . . . . . . $15,000
          Operating Services. . . . $685,000
          Other Charges. . . . . . . $0

Does your organization have any outstanding audit issues or findings?  No

If 'Yes' is your organization working with the appropriate governmental agencies to resolve those issues or findings?
          Not Applicable

What is the entity's public purpose, sought to be achieved through the use of state monies?
          To enhance public safety through effective advocacy, programming and services for incarcerated and formely incarceratred persons so that they may reach their full potential

What are the goals and objectives for achieving such purpose?
          That our clients become productive, taxpaying citizens, that they remain sober, comply with any and all conditions of release, that they maintain employment when applicable, that they stay arrest free, that they perform community service and contribute to the betterment of their families and communities

What is the proposed length of time estimated by the entity to accomplish the purpose?
           one year

If any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of the recipient entity who receives compensation or holds any ownership interest therein:
     (a) If an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of the official and the office held by such person:
                 N/A
    
     (b) If an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of such person; the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related; and the nature of the relationship:
                 N/A

     (c) The percentage of the official's or immediate family member's ownership interest in the recipient entity, if any:
                 N/A

     (d) The position, if any, held by the official or immediate family member in the recipient entity:
                  N/A

If the recipient entity has a contract with any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official or with the state or any political subdivision of the state:
(a) If the contract is with an elected or appointed state official, provide the name and address of the official and the office held by such person: 
               N/A

(b) If the contract is with an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official:
          Provide the name and address of such person:
               N/A

          Provide the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related:
                N/A

          What is the nature of the relationship?  N/A

(c) If the contract is with the state or a political subdivision of the state, provide the name and address of the state entity or political subdivision of the state:
                 N/A

(d) The nature of the contract, including a description of the goods or services provided or to be provided pursuant to the contract:
               N/A


Contact Information
name:  Kerry Myers 
                                       address:  P.O. Box 2029
Baton Rouge, LA 70821

                                       phone:  225 361-3176
                                       fax:  N/A
                                       e-mail:  kerry@paroleproject.org
                                       relationship to entity:  Deputy Director Advocacy and Development