Our History, Mission, and Support

Our History

In 1980, Cross Lutheran Church formed Project RETURN to address the challenge of high recidivism in Milwaukee.

​For 40 years, our organization has walked alongside ex-incarcerated people by providing assistance with ​employment, housing, and counseling. 

Located inside of the Historic Welford Sanders Building, Project
​RETURN is dedicated to the Milwaukee community.

The Welford Sanders Building as of 2020.

Our Mission

Project RETURN (Returning Ex-incarcerated people To Urban Realities and Neighborhoods) exists to help individuals who have experienced incarceration make a positive, permanent return to community, family and friends.

                  Our Foundation Support

Project RETURN is honored to be supported financially by the following foundations and trusts:

• Siebert Lutheran Foundation
• Reva & David Logan Foundation
• ​Bader Philanthropies
• Greater Milwaukee Foundation
• Forest County Potawatomi Foundation
• The Catholic Community Foundation
• Patrick & Anna M. Cudahy Fund
• American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation
• We Energies Foundation

Thank you for your continued support of our mission and clients!