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RCAN Returning Citizens Assistance Network

Impact

2025 Impact Highlights

Stories, program updates, and results from across the RCAN network this year.

2025 by the numbers

361
Clients Supported in 2025
$15,325
In Gift Cards Provided
120
Detained Juveniles Received Gifts
1,000th
Bicycles Fixed & Donated in 2025

The highlights below show personal stories, program milestones, and practical outcomes across the network, including $15,325 in gift cards and material support for food insecurity, eviction risk, utility bills, clothing, funeral costs, car repairs, restitution, and professional fees.

Client Stories

Mr. E. — The Most Joyful Man

  • His time at the hotel has been invaluable. It has allowed him to experience the dignity of getting back on his feet with a hot shower, clean bed, and free coffee in the morning — something he has not had for months. For his team, it has allowed us to focus on all the collateral needs he has, which would otherwise be barriers to housing: things like getting him connected with a core services agency, obtaining copies of his birth certificate, and tracking down verification of disability benefit. He walks with a cane and despite an extraordinarily difficult life fraught with poverty, addiction, and homelessness, Mr. E is the most joyful man to be around.

    — PDS Lawyer

TW — Safely With Family

  • Thank you all for your help in supporting TW and his family. All of your donations went such a long way to relieving the stress and anxiety of TW. He is safely with his grandparents that love and care for him. Their immediate burdens have been relieved thanks to the assistance of you all. I cannot express to you the joy this has brought to this family. Thank you all again so much!

    — PDS Lawyer

Ms. Davenport's Birthday

  • This is so wonderful! Thank you, Kay! I spoke with Ms. Davenport today, and I can tell how much your friendship and support mean to her. And that birthday cake both looked and sounded amazing!

    — Florence Bryan, PDS Lawyer
  • Florence, it is my pleasure to be a friend of Ms. Davenport. I enjoy my time with her. They are wonderful people. Ms. Davenport is very grateful for what you do for her and her family.

    — Kay Tatum, RCAN Member
An RCAN volunteer holds a birthday cake prepared for Ms. Davenport, a PDS client.
An RCAN volunteer delivered a birthday cake to a PDS client.

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