1. Over forty mothers in recovery have trained to be national civic advocates and leaders.
   
   
2. In January 2004, RPHR expanded Crossing-the-River into the DC Women's jail. Imani Walker, the Director of Sacred Authority, leads a leadership-training workshop every week on Tuesdays for 90 minutes; other Sacred Authority mothers in recovery who were formerly incarcerated are accompanying instructors. Ms. Walker also conducts these leadership training workshops class every Friday at the Center for Mental Health's family substance abuse treatment program in Anacostia , DC .
   
   
3. In July 2004, the Rebecca Project collaborated with Carol Fennelly of Hope House to conduct the " Mother to Child " summer day camp for incarcerated mothers at the Washington , DC jail. Children of incarcerated mothers had the opportunity to spend time in various projects with mothers who chose to take part in Hope House & Rebecca Project's leadership development program
   
   
4. As part of our "Treatment Instead of Incarceration" initiative, Washington , D.C. 's Family Court Presiding Judge, Lee F. Satterfield, and Assistant Presiding Judge, Anita Josey-Herring attended an educational briefing at the Center for Mental Health in Anacostia , DC . Afterward, Judge Josey-Herring invited the Rebecca Project to join her on a televised show on treatment. Imani Walker, our Sacred Authority Director, joined the Judge on our behalf.
   
   
5. On June 16, 2004 , the Public Defenders Service invited the Rebecca Project for Human Rights to conduct an educational training, on alternatives to incarceration and family separation, with family court judges in Washington , DC . The training focused on the success of family substance abuse treatment programs and child welfare issues. And on August 7, 2004 , our Executive Director was invited by Judge Arthur Burnett (Senior Superior Court Judge in DC), to participate in a discussion on substance abuse treatment at a conference of Judges in North Carolina
   
   
6. The Rebecca Project has expanded Crossing-the-River to the Demeter House, a residential family based treatment center in Washington, DC.
   
   
7. After a series of educational briefings with Republican Senators Snowe(R-ME) and Hatch (R-UT), the Senators extended treatment as a TANF work activity from the President's proposed 3 months to 6 months. Thus, Sacred Authority's recommendation of six months for treatment as a work activity is now an essential part of the legislation for TANF reauthorization. The Senators credited Sacred Authority mothers for educating them on why parents needed more time in treatment programs.
   
   
8. The Rebecca Project's policy fact sheets and educational briefings persuaded Senator Specter (R-PA), a key Senator on the Appropriations Committee, to propose increased funding for family-based treatment. Senator Specter increased funding for family treatment by $10 million, marking the first time since 1995 that funds were set aside for family treatment expansion.
   
   
9. As a result of the Rebecca Project's advocacy, Congress apropriated $750,000 in 2004, and $450,000 in 2005, to the Center for Mental Health.
   
   
10. On May 23, 2003 , organized an educational photograph exhibition, "Families in Recovery: In Portraits Words" , in the Senate's Russell Office Building rotunda. Senators Frist(R-TN), Kennedy(D-MA) and Snowe (R-ME) sponsored this exhibition; and the briefing was in collaboration with the Child Welfare League of America. Fifteen framed, black & white photographs of parents in recovery adorned the white marble-columns in the Senate rotunda. Each photograph was complemented with a parent's personal narrative and poem from each parent.
    
    
11. Published a book of photographs, narratives, and poems complied from the Senate photograph exhibition, "Families In Recovery: In Portraits and Words", which is being distributed to policymakers, journalists, foundations, and organizations interested in the issue of families struggling with issues of substance abuse.