>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, A NEW REPORT THE IMPACT OF THE STATE'S FLAT TAX ON BUDGET OCCURRENCE UNIVERSITY FUNDING.

A SURVEY LOOKED AT ISSUES DRIVING OLDER VOTER TO THE POLES AND HEAR ABOUT AN EFFORT TO HAVE INCARCERATED WOMEN REENTER THE COMMUNITY THAT AND MORE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON I'M TED SIMONS.

BUSY TIMES FOR POLITIC IN ARIZONA.

VICE PRESIDENTIAL TIM RAULS AND JD ADVANCE IN THE STATE.

ADVANCE SPOKE IN TUCSON FEMA'S RESPONSE TO DISASTERS.

WALL IN CHANDLER THE OF DISASTER RELIEF.

>> UNDER HARRIS LEADERSHIP YOU GOT FEMA DOING RELOCATION FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

FEMA SHOULD TAKE CARE OF AMERICAN CITIZEN WHEN IT IS DISASTER STRIKES.

>> SOMETIMES THIS AFTERNOON MILTON WILL COME ASHORE AND THOSE ARE AMERICANS OUR NICHES AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.

AND THE COMMITMENT TO STOP THE POLITICKING AND TO UNIFY TO BE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.

>> TOMORROW NIGHT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS BRINGS HER CAMPAIGN TO PHOENIX FOR A REALLY.

TIME AND LOCATION FOR THE UPON EVENT AT THIS POINT HAVE NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED.

ALSO FIRST LADY BIDEN SCHEDULED BE IN YUMA ON FRIDAY AND THEN PHOENIX ON SATURDAY.

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED TRUMP WILL HOLD A RALLY.

HE WILL SPEAK AT TOYOTA ARENA TWO P.M. TRUMP'S FOURTH TRIP TO THE STATE THIS YEAR.

NOW WE ARE AN HOUR AWAY FROM THE LOAN U.S. SENATE DEBATE.

BOTH ARE VYING FOR SENATE SEATS A DEMOCRAT TURNING INDEPENDENT CHOSE NOT TO RUN FOR REELECTION.

MILTON WILL SLAM IN THE WEST COAST FLORIDA AS A CATEGORY 3 ANY MOMENT.

THE OUTER EDGES HAVE BEEN BATTERING AREAS SOUTH OF TAMPA WITH DANGEROUS WINDS, RAINS AND TORNADOS REPORTED.

WORDS OF WARNING FROM MAYOR AND FIRE CHIEF OF ST. PETERSBURG >> THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THREAT TO OUR AREA I URGE TO YOU FINISH THE PREP EFFORTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

EXPECTING 8 TO 12 FEET OF STORM SURGE AND WINDS UP TO 100 MILES PER HOUR.

WATERS AND WINDS ARE DANGEROUS.

POTENTIAL FOR MUSCLES THE WINDS PICK UP IT IS NOT SAFE TO BE OUTSIDE YOU SHOULD BE IN A STRUCTURE THAT WILL WITH STAND THE STORM AND HUNKERING DOWN.

>> AND VIDEO HERE OF A TORNADO BLOWING BY A HOUSE WHICH IS SOUTH OF TAMPA.

DANGEROUS CONSCIENCE ARE EXPECTED IN THE STATE THE STORM MAKES LAND FALL.

RESIDENTS ON THE OPPOSITE COAST THEY ARE WARNED ABOUT DAMAGING STORM CHURCH SURGES.

>> RESEARCH IN THE GRAND CANYON INSTITUTE IMPACT OF ARIZONA FLAT INCOME TAX.

SHOWS THAT BUDGET CUTS AND THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION WOULD HAVE BEEN UNNECESSARY IF THE FLAT TAX HAD NOT BEEN IN AFFECT.

JOINING US IS JAMES LIST RESEARCH FROM THE GRAND CANYON INSTITUTE.

2.5% FOR ALL CONCERNED >> ALL RIGHT.

>> YOU LOOKED AT WHAT HERE AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN OUT AND THE MOST RECENT FOCUS ON UNIVERSITY FUNDING.

GIVE US THE 9 YARDS >> FLAT TAX IS THE BIGGEST SECRET IN ARIZONA.

I WAS TALK TO ANOTHER REPORTER NOT YOU AND I WAS TELLING HIM THE FLAT TAX COST 2 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND THE REPORTER BACKGROUND THE REPORT ARE SAID, THAT'S OVER HOW MANY YEAR SNS >> EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

AND IT IS SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS ABOUT TEMPERATURE THE UNDER LYING THING.

A 2 BILLION DOLLARS CUT ALL TO WEALTHY PEOPLE.

70% WENT TO PEOPLE INCOMES EXCEED 200 THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SO WE CALLED IT PIZZA VERSUS PORSCHES.

>> 2 BILLION DOLLARS ANNUAL THAT HE IS 2 BILLION DOLLARS IT STAY IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS.

BUT DOES IN THE GO TO THE GOVERNMENT AS FAR AS SERVICE ARE CONCERNED.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AS FAR AS THE BUDGET >> WE HAVE A BUDGET DEFICIT.

IT MEANS LIKE THIS LAST TIME WE HAD TO BALANCE 24.

THE REVENUES ARE NOT COMING IN ENOUGH AND MAKE CUT IN 25 AM TOGETHER WAS OVER A BILLION DOLLARS OF CUTS THAT HAD TO BE MADE.

AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE FLAT TAX.

WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUND SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES THE WAY THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD BE IF NOT FOR THE FLAT TAX.

>> BEFORE THAT, HOW DU GET YOUR NUMBERS?

>> A LOT OF EXCEL.

SO, BACK WHEN THEY PASSED THE FLAT TAX IT WAS PASSED DURING THE GONER DOOCY ADMINISTRATION AND ROLLED IN.

AT THE TIME YOU CAN'T DO A FLAT TAX IT MEANS YOU ARE LOWER INCOME TAX FOR WEALTH AND HE YOU HAVE TO RAISE IJ COME FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

WE HAD A LARGE SURPLUS DUE TO COVID AND HOUSING MARKET GOING CRAZY AND THE STOCK MARKET.

AND LAW MAKERS DID NOT REALIZE THEY DID NOT HAVE A PERMANENT SURPLUS.

THAT'S WHY IT HAPPENED.

WE LOOKED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND USED THAT TO ESTIMATE THE IMPACT ACROSS INCOME LEVELS >> NOT A 2 BILLION DOLLARS CUT BUT NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE?

>> IT GETS BIRTH.

OBVIOUSLY INFLATION AND INCOMES THE COST WILL RISE.

UNIVERSITY FUNDING WHAT'S THE IMPACT THERE.

>> MEANS INSTEAD OF WEALTHY PEOPLE SEEING TAXES THE STUDENTS HAVE TO PAY 350 MORE A SEMESTER.

AND THAT'S THE RETRANSFERRING COSTS.

THE STATE IS -- DEFUNDS UNIVERSITIES.

WE DID A PAPER IN 2012 AND THAT TIME WE NOTED IN 2002 THE STATE FUNDED UNIVERSITIES 40% MORE THAN PRISONS AND 2012, 40% MORE FOR PRISONS THAN UNIVERSITIES.

SINCE WE HAD ADDITIONAL RELATIVE CUTS TO UNIVERSITIES AND GOT WORSE.

>> MENTION ASU IS CLOSING A CAMPUS.

AND U OF A HAS PROBLEMS BEFORE THIS STARTS >> WELL IS A REAL MESS.

THEY ARE PAYING FORMER PRESIDENT ROBINS A SALARY AND A LOT OF FACULTY HAVE WORK LOAD ISSUES AND FAY IS LOW.

THERE ARE SERIOUS PROBLEMS AND COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT FACTORS.

>> AS FAR AS ARIZONA TEACHER ACADEMY, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL TEACHES INSTRUCTING AND RECRUITING AND RETAINING TEACHERS SO THEY WOULD STAY IN THE STATE.

AND YOU KNOW THEY WOULD GET THIS AND STATE GET THAT.

THAT IS GONE?

>> WELL THE WAY IT WORKS THEY WOULD ADD AID ON TOP OF WHAT AID YOU HAD YOU WOULD GO TUITION FREE AND NOW THAT IS THE RUG PULLED UNDER.

WE KNOW WE HAD A SURVEY WE HAVE A TEACHER SHORTAGE AND TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE BASE OF TEACHERS HAVE A SOLID EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.

UNDER CUT BY THE CUTS BY LEGISLATOR >> A GUARANTEED SCHEDULARSHIP PROGRAM.

YES.

AND IN TURN YOU HAVE TO TEACH IN THE K-12 SYSTEM.

>> UNIVERSITIES HAVE TO COVER THAT?

THAT IS SOMETHING THEY COULD COME BACK AS SESSIONS GO ON.

>> IT WILL BE SOMETHING ON THE LINE AND POTENTIALLY DEPENDING ON REVENUE.

>> UNIVERSITY FUNDING IS ON THE LINE A LOT.

BECAUSE IF CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG WELL IS IN FUNDING FORM LAMP IT IS FOR OTHER THINGS NOT UNIVERSITY FUNDING.

NO.

FIWAS UNABLE THEY SHOULD SUE THE STATE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE UNIVERSITY ARE CLOSE TO FREE AS POSSIBLE ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND WHAT THE STATE HAS BEEN DOING IS DEFUNDING UNIVERSITIES.

THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH DIFFERENT WAYS OF REVENUE LIKE ASU ONLINE A LOT TO RAISE REVENUE AND CLASS SIZE IS BIG ARE.

THEY DO OTHER THINGS.

I THINK THAT IS REALLY A PROBLEM.

THE FORM LIST FOR K-12 EDUCATION AND FORMULAS FOR MEDICAID THE 2 BIG ARE THINGS.

>> PRISONS.

>> NOT A FORMULA WE HAVE NOT DONE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.

>> IT KEEPS.

>> YOU HAVE TO THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO LET FOLKS OUT.

THIS SEGMENT AT THE END OF THE SHOW MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SEE THAT.

I THINK THAT IS A PLACE WE IN THE LONG RUN WE COULD SAVE MONEY IS A LONG RUN PLAN >> FOR THOSE WHO SAY AND THERE ARE FOLK WHO IS SAY THIS THE ARGUMENT CAN BE MADE THAT THE FLAT TAX PUTS MONEY BACK IN HOUSEHOLDS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR THEM TO SPEND AS THEY CHOOSE.

ECONOMY ROAR AS IT CHOOSES AND EVERYTHING RISES WITH IT.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT.

ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT ARGUMENT.

>> A LOT PUTS MONEY IN THE WRONG POCKETS THE PEOPLE WHO NEED ARE LOWER INCOME PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO MAY RENT.

MAKE A DOWN PAYMENT ON A HOUSE THIS IS PUTTING MONEY PEOPLE WHO OWN 2-4 HOUSES OR BIG HOUSES LIKE ON ARIZONA REPUBLIC.

AND THOSE ARE NOT THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE MONEY.

THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT ARE PEOPLE WITH KIDS AND STRUGGLING TO MAKE END'S MEAT.

AND I KNOW A FAMILY DISABLED LIVING OUT OF THEIR CAR AND FINDING A WAY TO GET THEM TO HOUSING.

THEY OTHER FOLK WHO IS NEED IT AND THE STATE PUT IN A POSITION THEY CAN'T HELP THEM THEY HAVE BEGIN THE FOLKS IN PARADISE VALLEY >> GOOD TO SHOE, THANK YOU.

>> GLAD TO JOIN YOU.

>> NEW -- HAVE A FROM AARP WHEN OLDER VOTERS SAY ISSUES THAT DRIVE THEM TO THE VOTING BOOTH NEXT MONTH.

OLDER VOTERS ARE INCREASING SIGNIFICANT VOTING BLOCK IN THE U.S.

JOINING US NOW TO DISCUSS THE RESULT OF A SURVEY DIRECTOR OF AARP ARIZONA AND JOINING US IS AARP EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, NANCY LA-MONTH-OLD.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU A NATIONAL POLE.

DU BREAK OUT THE NUMBERS.

DID YOU ASK FOLKS 50 PLUS?

HOW DID THIS WORK.

>> NO MOST OF THE POLING WE POLE EVERYONE OVER THE AGE OF 18 AND SO IN THE COURSE OF THIS ELECTION SEASON WE HAVE DONE POLING IN SEVERAL 7 BATTLE GROUND STATES AND DONE NATIONAL POLLING THE DIFFERENCE AMONG WOMEN.

SO OUR POLLING HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE AND WE ARE PLEASED TO RELEASE THE ARIZONA APPROXIMATELY YESTERDAY.

>> NANCY, BACK TO YOU, WHAT WAS THE REQUEST ASKING THE TOP ISSUES WERE?

>> YES.

YOU POINTED OUT THAT OLDER VOTERS ARE THE LARGEST VOTING BLOCK.

THERE ARE 115 MILLION AMERICANS OVER THE AGE OF 50.

ONE THING WE IS OLDER VOTERS ARE MORE MOTIVATED VOTE.

AN UP TICK OF YOUNGER VOTERS SINCE HARRIS ENTERS SAID THE RACE AND THE UP TICK OF OLDER VOTERED WHO IS THEY THEY WILL GO.

AND THEY HAVE ISSUES THAT PROBABLY COME IMMEDIATELY TO MINDS.

THEY ARE VERY FOCUSED ON THE KITCHEN TABLE ECONOMY.

THEY ARE VERY FOCUSED ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

AND THOSE WOULD TOP THE LIST INCLUDING INCLUDING OCCURRENCE ABOUT DAILY ECONOMICS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

HOME CARE EXPENSE.

HEALTH CARE EXPENSE.

WHY WHAT DID YOU SEA AS FAR AS ARIZONA IS CORRESPOND.

I IMAGINE IMMIGRATION AND BOARD SECURITY WOULD BE UP THERE.

>> IT IS, IT IS A TOP OF THE LIST.

BUT HULOOK AT ALL THE ISSUES AND YOU LOOK AT THE ECONOMY, THAT IS ONE OF THE OTHER TOP ISSUES.

AND SPECIFICALLY WHEN YOU ADD THE ECONOMY AND SOCIAL SECURITY TOGETHER, THAT RAISES TO THE TO WHICH LIST.

>> INFLATION AND RISING PRICES.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WE ALL SEE IT EVERYONE DAY.

AND YOU KNOW THEY ARE NOT FEELING CONFIDENT IN THE ECONOMY NOW.

AND I THANK YOU IS TRUE WITH WOMEN VOTERS.

THEY FEEL INSECURE ABOUT WHERE THE ECONOMY IS HEAD >> AS FAR AS THE NATIONAL NUMBERS HERE.

NANCY, DANA MENTIONED SOCIAL SECURITY AND HOW THAT PLAY IN ECONOMIC CONCERNS.

I IMAGINE MAG THAT WOULD PLAY A LOT IN THE CONCERNS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE APPROXIMATELY IN EVERY ELECTION CYCLE AND THE END OF ELECTION SEASON WE SAY, WHY DID WE INVEST ENERGY TO LEARN HOW IMPORTANT SOCIAL SECURITY IS?

IT IS ALWAYS IT'S THE TOP OF THE LIST.

AND -- SOCIAL SECURITY NOW AND SOCIAL SECURITY IF WE APPROXIMATELY TOMORROW.

DANA MENTIONED OLDER WOMEN VOTERS.

IT IS VERY INTERESTING.

THE FIRST TIME IN THIS ELECTION CYCLE.

WE SEEN OLDER WOMEN VOTERS CONCERNED ABOUT DAILY ECONOMICS.

HOW THEY MAKE END'S MEAT EVERY WEEK.

EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS LONG ARE TERM RETIREMENT SECURITY.

SOCIAL SECURITY PLAYED A BIGGER ROLE AS WE TALK TO PEOPLE DURING THIS ELECTION CYCLE.

>> IN ARIZONA, DAN ATHREATS TO DEMOCRACY.

REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES.

THESE ARE BIG DEALS AROUND HERE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE 50 PLUS CROWD?

THEY ARE AT THE TO WHICH MINDS.

FOR WOMEN VOTERS, THE ECONOMY THE BORDER ISSUES AND THE ABORTION ISSUE IS ON THEIR LIST.

BUT AS NANCY MENTIONED SO IS LIKE HEALTH CARE IS IMPORTANT AND MEDICARE THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT CARE GIVING ANDMENTING CANDACEIDATES TO TALK ABOUT CARE GIVING ISSUES.

FAMILY CARE GIVING HOW TO HELP COVER COSTS >> AND THERE ARE MOTIVATED VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE TALKING ABOUT THAT ISSUE.

WHEN YOU BREAK IT OUT REGARDING THE 65 PLUS AS WELL AS THE 50 PLUS VOTERS.

THE 50 PLUS ARE A SWING VOTER.

>> YES.

>> THEY WANT CANDIDATES TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY AS WELL AS CARE GIVING.

NOW THEY ARE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE.

TRYING TO GET KIDS THROUGH COLLEGE AND HOW TO TAKE CARE OF PARENTS.

TELL BE IMPORTANT I THINK IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THAT THE CANDIDATES REALLY LOOK TOWARD OLDER WOMEN VOTERS AND TOP ON THAT LIST IS FAMILY CARE GIVING.

ROUGHLY WE FIND ON AVERAGE 23-25% OF WOMEN VOTERS ARE CARE GIVERS.

AND THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE CHALLENGES EVERY SINGLE DAY.

ALSO IN OUR POLLING WHEN YOU GET BELOW THE TOP 2-3.

LIVING INSPECTLY IN YOUR HOME IS ANOTHER VERY HIGH PRIORITY.

>> NANCY, HOW DOES THIS DEMOGRAPHIC HOW DID THEY PLAN TO VOTE?

GO EARLY OR GO TO THE APPROXIMATELIES.

HOW DOES THIS WORK?

>> TYPICALLY OLDER VOTERS VOTE EARLY.

>> THEY VOTE ABSENTEE BALLOT OR EARLY EVERY STAGE HAS DIFFERENT ROLES.

THEY HAVE TYPICALLY VOTED EARLIER THAN ELECTION DAY AND THEY DO TURN OUT, AS I SAID.

ALL OF THE CALLING SHOWS WE ASK YOUR KINDS OF INTENSITY OF INTERESTS IN VOTING IS 87 AND 97%.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SHOW UP >> THAT'S A STRONG VOTING BLOCK.

IN ARIZONA WITH ALL THE ELECTION CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ARE YOU SEEING ANYTHING DIFFERENT AS FAR AS HOW PEOPLE PLAN TO VOTE >> MAJORITY WILL VOTE EARLY.

THE MAJORITY 10 OUT OF 10 IF YOU ASK 10 OUT OF 10 IF THEY WILL VOTE 98, 93 PERCENT WILL VOTE WITH THE ENTHUSIASM.

THEY ARE EXCITED GO VOTE.

THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED TO VOTE >> BEFORE WE GO.

WHAT DO WE TAKE FROM THE APPROXIMATELY?

>> CANDIDATES NEED TO TALK ABOUT SENIOR ISSUES SOCIAL SECURITY AND FAMILY CARE GIVING.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU PROVIDE CARE TO HELP KEEP THEM IN HOMES TO AGE IN PLACE.

>> AND NANCY WHAT DO YOU TAKE FROM IT?

>> WELL, CANDIDATES WHO IGNORE OLDER WOMEN VOTERS DO TO PEROLE.

WE KNOW THAT OLDER VOTERS LEAN REPUBLICAN.

BUT NOT MONOLITH.

OLDER MEN LEAD MORE REPUBLICAN OLDER WOMEN ARE EVENLY DIVIDED AND WE HAVE SEEN A GENDER GAP IN MOST BATTLE GROUND STATES THE NATIONAL LEVEL IN SHE'S THE DIFFERENCE APPROXIMATELY.

WOMEN OVER 50 FAVOR HARRIS BY 12 POINTS, 50 PLUS FAVOR TRUMP BY THE SAME OF 24 POINT.

GENDER.

>> THAT IS ALL RIGHT.

>> A GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU >> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS SO MUCH >> SUBURBAN HAVE A FUTURE OF ARIZONA AND GALLUP ORGANIZATION IDENTIFIED 7 SHARED PUBLIC VALUES AFFECT ARIZONA EVERY DAY LIVES.

PRISON REFORM THE SURVEY SHOWS, MOST ARIZONA SUPPORT.

REENTRY PROGRAMS.

EACH YEAR 3,000 WOMEN ARE RELEASED FROM PERRYVILLE PRISON THE ALL WOMAN PRISON IN THE STATE.

SHAUNA FISHER AND RON BRUCE INTRODUCE YOU TO A PROGRAM PROVIDING A BRIDGE TO THEIR SUCCESS.

>> >> AFTERNOON SPENT PLAYING GAME SYSTEM IN THE SOMETHING THE WOMEN EVER THOUGHT WAS IN THE CARDS.

>> CASH.

>> YES.

>> EACH THEM HAVE SPENT TIME IN PRISON.

>> I HAVE BEEN TO PERRYVILLE PRISON 3 TIMES >> HELP AND HARD WORK.

TISHA IS DETERMINED TO NEVER GO BACK.

GI TOOK THE TIME TO WORK ON MYSELF AND GET TO KNOW WHO I WAS >> STARTED HER PATH TO A NEW LIFE BEHIND THE PRISON WALLS.

>> I WORKED AT CORPORATE AMERICA JOB.

I WAS TAUGHT SALES MARKETING.

I HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE COLLEGE CLASSES.

RECEIVED MY ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE >> TISHA WAS INTRODUCED DEACON THE FOUNDER OF BRIDGES REENTRY.

>> BRIDGES REENTRY IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS REALLY CONCEIVED TO TRY TO HELP WOMEN FROM PERRYVILLE AS THEY REENTER SOCIETY.

AFTER THEY HAD BEEN INCARCERATED.

>> INVOLVED IN PRISON MINISTRY FOR AWHILE WHEN SHE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH AN INMATE ABOUT TO BE RELEASED.

>> SHE WAS SO EXCITED AND I WAS EXCITED FOR HER AND LOOKED AT HER AND -- I SAW THAT SHE WAS PETRIFIED.

AND I SAID, WHAT'S MATTER?

I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING.

I THOUGHT.

THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

THIS WOMAN HAS SPENT HER TIME EVERYTHING RIGHT.

SHE IS IN COMPLIANCE AND DID IN THE KNOW WHERE SHE WAS GOING TO G. WHAT A FRIGHTENING THING >> CREATE IN THE 2019, BRIDGES REENTRY COMPRISED OF PROGRAMS THAT TREAT THE WHOLE WOMAN OF DURING HER INCARCERATION AND AFTER.

PROGRAMS LIKE MENTORSHIP.

PEN PALS AND RELIEF DAY PICK UP.

AFTER FINDING 3,000 WOMEN ARE RELEASE FRIDAY PERRYVILLE PRISON EACH YEAR WITH FEW OPTIONS FOR HOUSING THE DEACON OPENED THE DOORS TO MAGDELINE HOUSE A 2 YEAR PROGRAM.

JOT PROGRAM IS MEANT TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW WOMEN TO HEEL.

AND HEELING TAKES TIME.

>> WE DON'T CHARGE RENT.

WE DON'T CHARGE UTILITIES.

SO, WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO IS TO LEARN TO INDEPENDENT.

6 WOMEN SHARE BEDROOMS AND LIVING SPACE, KITCHEN AND PATIO.

IT IS HERE THAT TISHA AND OTHER WOMEN PLANT ROTS FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE COME HOME AT NIGHT AND GET TO BE A PART OF EACH OTHER'S JOURNEY AND HE EACH OTHER'S CHALLENGERS AND SUCCESSES.

AND THAT'S WHAT A REGULAR HOME IS LIKE.

I NEVER LOOKED AT IT AS A RECOVERY PLACE OR YOU KNOW A HALFWAY HOUSE.

BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW WE ARE TREATED.

WE ARE TREATED WITH FAMILY AND SUPPORT AND LOVE AND KINDNESS.

>> WHILE THERE IS LAUGHER AND JOY THERE IS ALSO WORK.

>> IN THE FIRST 30 DAYS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPEN.

WE DO REQUIRE THAT THEY HAVE A JOB BY THE FOURTH MONTH.

JOT WOMEN GO THROUGH SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCILING AND RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH HELP AND MUST VOLUNTEER WITH A CHARITY >> WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

TO THEM.

>> AND BECAUSE FINANCIAL STABILITY IS THE CORNERSTONE TO SUCCESS THE WOMEN LEARN FINANCIAL LITERACY BUDGET, SAVING AND BUYING A CAR.

>> YEA THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO SAVE MONEY FOR A DOWN PAYMENT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY FIRST CHOICE.

>> ANOTHER IS BRIDGES REENTRY PARTNERSHIP WITH AN ONLINE COLLEGE.

TISHA START HER BACHELOR'S PROGRAM.

>> I HAVE KNOWN I WAS MEANT FOR MORE AND DOES D NOT KNOW HOW TO GET THERE I WOULD NOT BE WHERE I AM IF NOT FOR BRIDGES REENTRY.

>> WOMEN ENCOURAGED TO SAY FOR THE FULL TWO YEARS.

FACT THEY CAN STAY HERE FOR THAT LENGTH OF TIME AND NOT BE STRESSED ECONOMICALLY IS A HUGE BENEFIT TO THEM WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THAT YOU LOOK AT THE RECIDIVISM RATE AND THE STATE AND COUNTRY.

THAT WILL TELL YOU THAT HAPPENS TO THEM.

THEY GO BACK >> ACCORDING TO STATISTICS FROM THE ARIZONA CORRECTIONS.

ARIZONA HAS THE HIGHEST RETURN RATES IN THE COUNTRY.

36%.

AND THE BIGGEST DRIVING FACTOR FOR RECIDIVISM IS POVERTY.

STUDIES SHOW THAT PROVIDING NEW RELEASED WOMEN WITH HOUSING OR JOB ASSISTANCE REDUCING THE RETURN RATE BY 83%.

TISHA HAS 6 MONTHS LEFT DESPITE WHEN SHE HAS DONE IN THE PAST SHE FEELS HE HAS A FUTURE.

>> I LOVE WHO I AM.

I DON'T ALLOW THE DECISIONS I MED IN MY PAST TO DEFINE WHO I AM TODAY.

BECAUSE EVERYONE'S GOT SKELETONS.

AND I'M THE PERSON THAT WILL USE THE SKELETONS TO HELP THE NEXT PERSON.

>> REPORT THIS BRIDGES REPORT THIS IS THEY HAVE ZERO PERCENT RETURN RATE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TO THEIR WEB PAGE ADDRESS IS ON THE SCREEN.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS, THANKS FOR JOINING US.