WHO RAW SERVES
RAW works with women who have been to prison; often multiple times and/or for long stretches.
RAW’S KEY FOCUS
To help women develop good decision-making skills, and provide opportunities for education, employment and reconnecting with children and supportive family members.
RAW’S ULTIMATE GOAL
Breaking down intergenerational cycles of disadvantage and crime and replacing them with new opportunities and possibilities that create a lasting and positive flow on effect for generations to come.
RAW’S HOME BASE
RAW requires each woman to relocate to Hamilton, without their children, to fully invest in their reintegration. Here, they learn how to manage their responses to life’s challenges, engage in study and/or a meaningful career and provide a safe and loving home for their children.
RAW OUT OF HOME
RAW is continually developing its out of home support services. This includes facilitating employment opportunities and providing one-on-one coaching when life gets tough.
RAW ON THE INSIDE
Is focused on developing a culture of hope and ambition for a better future earlier in a woman’s rehabilitation journey through skill-building workshops, events and study.
MEASURING RAW’S IMPACT
The five key areas of growth that the RAW Reintegration model has been set up to address are as follows:
WELLBEING & QUALITY OF LIFE
1 Personal Growth
2 Lifestyle Growth
EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT
3 Academic and/or
Employment Growth
CONNECTEDNESS
4 Whanau Connection/
Relationship Growth
5 Community Connection/
Contribution Growth
ANNAH’S ACADEMIC PAPER ON THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
The social determinants of health and how they effect a RAW woman’s journey, an extract from a essay by Annah Stretton as part of her Masters in the Social Science of Public Policy degree.
An short extract or full essay is available to download below.
Lifestyle IMPACT
An independent evaluation, funded by J R McKenzie Trust, was completed by 26 RAW women on the impact RAW has had on their lives. Questions were designed to reflect life before RAW relative to their lives in December 2019.
The results highlight the depth of growth and resilience the RAW Reintegration model has brought to the lives of RAW women:
SOCIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Impact Lab has calculated RAW’s Social Return on Investment for women participating in the model between April 2018 and March 2019. This work was funded by WEL Energy Trust. For every dollar invested by RAW the social return to the community was:
For every dollar donated to RAW the community benefits by $4.81. You can donate with confidence, knowing you are making a real and tangible difference to the lives of RAW women, their tamariki, whānau and the wider communities they live in.
