Thank you so much for your support this year. Your partnership is vital to the rapid growth of True Freedom. Below are a few highlights through the end of October 2017.

Thank you so much for your support this year. Your partnership is vital to the rapid growth of True Freedom. Below are a few highlights through the end of October 2017!

Visiting an incarcerated loved one can be intimidating, especially for children. Dressed in prison attire with security guards standing by, prisoner parents may seem unapproachable. To create a more hospitable environment, True Freedom Ministries recently sponsored two Family Days at Grafton Correctional Institution.

Over 20 inmates completed True Freedom’s rigorous 2-year program, becoming Microsoft Office Specialists. This was the first graduating class of its kind at Grafton Reintegration Center.

True Freedom was one of only two organizations selected by the Ohio Department of Corrections to meet with Ohio Attorney General and candidate for governor, Mike DeWine, during a recent visit to Cleveland. ODRC featured True Freedom for its leadership, impact, and innovation re-entry programming.

Executive Director Mike Swiger presenting to Attorney General Mike DeWine on our pre-release, pre-employment program that we hope to launch soon. This program will help with unemployment for those formerly incarcerated as well as reduce recidivism. Mike DeWine was very engaged and supportive of this initiative.

News 5 Anchor and Multimedia Journalist Leon Bibb interviewed True Freedom’s Executive Director, Mike Swiger, for his Sunday show “Kaleidoscope.”

News 5 Anchor Leon Bibb interviews Executive Director of True Freedom Ministries Mike Swiger along with Dennis Hagood who utilized the services provided by the organization discuss the organization's purpose, services provided and who is eligible for assistance.

True Freedom Ministries Partner with The Dalton Foundation to teach inmates at the Grafton Reintegration Center important and essential tools like Office and Excel in the Microsoft Office Certification Program.

On April 21st, Mike Swiger had the privilege of delivering the final address at the Northeast Ohio Reentry Summit held at the Cleveland Convention Center, receiving a standing ovation. Over 250 potential employers, city and county officials, and…

In 2016 the administration at Grafton Correctional asked True Freedom to conduct character development classes to the men at the Grafton Reintegration Center (GRC).  On April 24th, 2017, a group of forty men began an intensive forty-five-week program based on the book of Proverbs.

Alpha For Prisons, a sister organization to Alpha International, provides prison-related resources, including the well-known Alpha course, to groups who minister inside of jails and prisons all across the country. 

On April 21st, Mike Swiger had the privilege of delivering the final address at the Northeast Ohio Reentry Summit that was held at the convention center.  Over 200 business leaders and correction professionals were in attendance. God continues to bless and open doors for True Freedom Ministries. 

Living the Word interviewed Executive Director Mike Swiger this week. The discussion revolved around the heroin epidemic, gangs in prisons, the various outreaches of True Freedom Ministries, and our Golf outing at Chagrin Valley Country Club on July 17, 2017. The radio interview will air next Monday and Tuesday. We praise the Lord for giving True Freedom this opportunity.

God continues to use True Freedom Ministries to disciple and give hope to those incarcerated. Below is a testimony from an inmate we serve: “I thank God for this Alpha course cause it’s letting me know there’s still hope for me regardless of my stained past. No one told me at the age of 16 the streets would mess my life up…

Ty, a sixteen-year-old drug dealer, has been in jail three different times since the age of fourteen for carrying a gun. Just before his third arrest, he was involved in a shootout on the streets of Cleveland, being hit three times in his right leg and foot.

Recording artist Jul BIG Green (aka Julien Huntley) went into the Juvenile Justice Center today with Pastor Mark Stradiot of True Freedom Ministries.

God is on the move through True Freedom in 2017. By His grace, we have expanded our prison outreach by launching a weekly Alpha Course at Trumbull Correctional, a weekly Character Development class at Trumbull and an additional section of this class at Richland Correctional.

Ohio Department of Corrections Director, Gary Mohr, invited True Freedom’s Chairman and Executive Director, Frank Sinito and Mike Swiger, to a private meeting to discuss revolutionizing the way Re-Entry housing is performed in the State of Ohio.  With over 20,000 prisoners returning to communities…

Inmates from the Grafton Reintegration Center made a one-minute promotional video for our fundraiser dinner on Saturday, October 15th. It had a huge impact on our guests and shows how God is using TFM to point men to the Lord Jesus. We praise the Lord for the opportunity to serve in the prisons across the state of Ohio.