We are a nonprofit, 501C-3 vocational carpentry teaching organization that is newly formed and our mission is to bring these teaching programs to county jail and state prison inmates throughout the United States.

Teaching of the vocational trade of Carpentry to inmates in jails and prisons. Will bring the program as a consultant accross the USA to jails and prisons. For further information visit website thecarpentersfriend.org William Gustavson, Consultant Concord, North Carolina

Outreach staff from the Community Reentry Program assess inmates with military service records in the LA County Jail prior to their release and provide links to needed services, including but not limited to services provided by the Veterans Administration itself.

Arizona Women's Education and Employment (AWEE) has been transforming the lives of Arizonans into “faces of success” for nearly 30 years. Since our inception, we have helped create successful beginnings and renewed hope for more than 90,000 women, men and young adults. Today, AWEE is Arizona’s preeminent workforce development organization, offering a diverse range of evidence-based training and support services for specialized populations (to include formerly incarcerated individuals) throughout Maricopa and Yavapai counties.

We are the only program in Westchester County NY serving youth offfenders 16-21 in the criminal justice system by providing a community based, staff-secure alternative to incarceration. We provide residential, educational, clinical, vocational and life skills management training.

The Summit County ADM Crisis Center provides a cost effective and humane point of entry to comprehensive alcohol and drug treatment services for chemically dependent residents of Summit County, Ohio.

We teach healthy communication, marriage strengthening, character development and job/work ethic skills to incarcerated fathers and their spouses/partners across the state of Ohio

Beautiful Disasters, Inc is an organization dedicated to creating a positive and successful future for inmates, their families and others in low income communities affected by the large number of inmates being released back onto their streets through the use of music and art therapy and vocational training. We intend to do this through uniting already established programs, schools, businesses and others throughout our area in fundraising and awareness spreading events which will not only unite these other like minded individuals, but offer a way for our program participants to earn income, learn a new trade or develop a new skill and have the stability of halfway homes, counselors and mentors to support and encourage them.

Summit Psychological Associates, Inc. is a mental health agency founded in 1984. Its mission is to provide the highest quality, cost effective behavioral health care to individuals, couples, families and organizations. Our staff consists of professionals from the major behavioral health care disciplines who are dedicated to helping people live healthier, happier and more productive lives.

Nearly 10,000 inmates from Washington, D.C. are serving their sentences in federal prisons across the United States. Hope House provides programming to help men who are incarcerated in prisons outside the Washington, D.C. area to stay connected to their families.

The Specialized Employment Center (SEC) offers individuals looking for employment the support and assistance necessary to obtain competitive employment. Only non-violent ex-offenders who are homeless or returning from the Ohio Prison system to Montgomery County are eligible for this program.

The Doe Fund’s Ready, Willing and Able (RWA) program is a proven prisoner reentry program that helps newly released parolees permanently break the cycle of incarceration. In addition to the paid transitional work at the heart of the program, RWA also provides comprehensive social and educational services; safe, secure, drug-free housing (to those who would otherwise become homeless upon release); drug testing and counseling; vocational training; job prep and placement services; and lifetime graduate assistance.

T.O.U.C.H. is a group and individual mentoring-centered reentry program. Using a personalized approach, we aim to help individuals take charge of the change they want to see in their life. In addition to mentoring, we provide life skills workshops, as well as essential transitional services and referrals.

Re-entry program for ex-offenders that are homeless re-entering the community from Prison or Jail back to their county of origin. When accepted they will begin education, job training, soft skills, debt/credit education, and eventual completion of the program when making over 50% of the AMI. Focuses on recovery, payment of fines, and resolution of criminal behavior.

The Albany County Reentry Task Force is a DCJS grant funded program. The mission of the Task Force is to increase public safety and to reduce recidivism by developing a strong reentry system that emphasizes evidence-based principles and approaches to addressing the criminogenic needs of formerly incarcerated individuals.

Engaging students in film, financial literacy, and parent resources is one of the most important factors in creating tomorrow's workforce in film industry. Focus First is a program that addresses this issue. Through hands-on classroom activities, mentoring, presentations, and behind-the-scenes field trips, students discover the world of film and production engineering. The ex-offenders/participants are then challenged to identify a problem or opportunity and make a film of the solution. Students present their film to their peers and community in a film educational summit. Focus First will be offered to (20-25) students from (reentry programs across Atlanta) as an (evening activity in the winter, spring, summer, and fall). Participants typically have their GED and that have expressed an interest in film program. Film Outreach Institute in Atlanta, Georgia provides alternative film outreach programs to empower the students in the art visual arts of film. The professional film program will provide secondary education, scholarships, online college course, film lectures, panels and job placement that prepare students for careers in the film industry. Film Outreach Goal to provide intellectual emotional, interpersonal growth for student and their families, through advocacy, education, mentoring and community outreach. Film Outreach offers community and culturally based film reach where individualized driven plans are developed. The programs are designed to meet the needs of the urban community to promote success, safety and performance in the home, school and community. Our volunteers work with a “whatever it takes” approach with students and families to create individualized plans that cover the entire range of life situations, including financial literacy, parent resources, education and family recreation all through filmmaking. Mentors are recruited from corporate, grassroots and faith-based community organizations throughout Georgia with diverse backgrounds representing local demographics.

Our mission is to mobilize and prepare believers in a cooperative and unified effort under Christ to see returning offenders experience the reality of His love and be empowered to prosper in every area of their life. The purpose of the coalition is to provide wrap-around Christian support to recently released offenders returning to Columbia, MO and to encourage their efforts to become productive members of society.

BI Incorporated’s day reporting center programs are designed for chronic offenders at risk for recidivism. These cognitive behavioral treatment programs operate under evidence-based principles. BI’s programs include regular reporting to the center, cognitive behavioral treatment, life skills training, and ongoing alcohol and drug testing. Staff uses an evidence-based assessment tool to determine risk and needs and objectively identify the appropriate level of supervision and treatment. In addition, the center offers access to valuable community resources that can help break down barriers to successful community reintegration. These community resources include food and housing, health services, education, employment, proper identification, legal support, family classes, wellness, substance abuse. After completing the program, offenders are required to periodically return for Aftercare. BI’s reentry programs can be customized for variety of populations. BI has more than 30 day reporting centers across the U.S.

This program strives to prepare New York and New Jersey communities for the reentry of people released from incarceration. This effort is based on the realization that although great works are done to prepare those being released, less effort is made to address the concerns and challenges faced by those communities receiving these individuals.