There are 6 article(s) tagged Lifeline to Success:

• August 2024

  • New halfway house offers ‘Lifeline to Success’ for former inmates

    Working for 15 years to reduce recidivism in Memphis, Lifeline to Success has helped some 2,271 former inmates navigate life after incarceration.

    By Laura Testino August 30, 2024

• August 2021

  • Lifeline to Success leader appointed acting head of county re-entry program

    DeAndre Brown has been tapped to be the acting head of the county’s re-entry program. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 03, 2021

• April 2021

  • Community leaders address root causes of crime

    Crime impacts neighborhoods across the city. From Frayser to Whitehaven, community leaders discuss how to address the problem and the causes that contribute to it.

    By Omer Yusuf April 18, 2021

• February 2020

  • Slingshot Memphis has new nonprofit partners

    The selected organizations work in areas of the city ranging from Frayser to Hickory Hill.

    By Elle Perry February 04, 2020

• January 2020

  • Frayser organizations raise questions over $450,000 blight remediation plan

    The plan, which may be considered by city government later this month, would address blight in an area near Northgate Shopping Center. 

    By Omer Yusuf January 05, 2020

• August 2019

  • Lifeline to Success approaches a decade in changing lives of ex-offenders

    The Brown family started the idea of Lifeline to Success at their dinner table 2009, and they have counseled 1,200 people in the 10 years since it began. 

    By Omer Yusuf August 24, 2019