OUR STORY: Barbara Rhode, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist is the founder and CEO of the Red Tent Women’s Initiative, a nonprofit organization for women inmates started in 2012 in the Pinellas County Jail. Red Tent is a trauma informed program that enables women in the criminal justice system better understand theimpact trauma has had on their lives and provides them with the tools to heal. Red Tent has served approximately 1,000 women and is in the process of creating a virtual class that could be incorporated in any jail or prison throughout the U.S which is the goal of the organization.
The Red Tent Women’s Initiative offers an eight-week program for women nearing release from jail and/or prison. During this time, through trauma-informed care, therapeutic intervention and education, participants learn a series of tools and techniques that help guide them on a new path long after release. This program not only changes their perspective of themselves, but the way they parent, their prosocial interactions, and how they make a more positive contribution to our society.
Rent Tent is a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
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