Tennessee Higher Education Initiative (THEI)
Tennessee Higher Education Initiative (THEI)
Tennessee Higher Education Initiative, or THEI, is a nonprofit community based organization that brings degree-bearing college programs to prisons in Tennessee. THEI’s mission is to disrupt systems of harm, create opportunities for self-sufficiency and success through education, support, and advocacy with and for justice impacted individuals. The organization partners with Nashville State Community College (NSCC) […]
Unheard Voices Outreach
Unheard Voices Outreach, or UVO, is a nonprofit organization that assists incarcerated Tennesseans to transition back into the community successfully. UVO imagines a second chance culture where people released from jail or prison are empowered to live full and free. Their work is focused on preparing and organizing incarcerated people and their families for parole […]
No Exceptions Prison Collective
No Exceptions Prison Collective is a grassroots organization in Nashville, TN, dedicated to ending carceral slavery by advocacy. The organization is led by individuals directly impacted by carceral slavery, including incarcerated people and those outside. No Exceptions focuses on three primary areas for advocacy and organizing: sentencing reform, internal conditions and abolition of all private […]
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, or LAS, is a nonprofit law firm that offers free legal aid to low-income people. The mission of LAS is to advance, defend, and enforce the legal rights of low-income and vulnerable people to secure the basic necessities of life for them. They have eight offices […]
Tarrant County Reentry Coalition
Tarrant County Reentry Coalition is a community collaborative that supports adults returning home from jail and prison in Tarrant County. They are located in Fort Worth, Texas, but their local-level alliance includes over 35 organizations, with a mission to end the cycle of incarceration. The coalition’s purpose is to offer access to various resources placed […]
Christian Service Center Fresh Start Program
The Christian Service Center is a faith-based organization that provides basic essentials to low-income in the community. Their Fresh Start Program offers Work for Shelter assistance to people transitioning back into society from incarceration or exiting recovery programs. Through these programs, individuals are offered a one-time, weekly rent payment at a local shelter or halfway […]
Fort Worth Presbyterian Church’s Reformed Prison Ministry
Reformed Prison Ministry (RPM) is a faith-based ministry of Fort Worth Presbyterian Church. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, Reformed Prison Ministry disciples incarcerated believers and non-believers inside correctional facilitates, leads Sunday School service, and helps mediate the return of incarcerated people to society and their families upon release. Presbyterian Church of America (PCA) works through […]
Cindy Bishop Ministries
Cindy Bishop Ministries is a faith-based nonprofit that provides residential facilities for men and women recently released from prison. They have two men’s facilities for people experiencing homelessness and formerly incarcerated individuals. In addition, the ministry has a women’s facility for domestic violence survivors and those displaced through life’s circumstances. Cindy Bishop Ministries provides support […]
Sharing Hope Ministry, Inc.
Sharing Hope Ministry is a faith-based organization with a mission to assist at-risk and incarcerated women to change their stories by sharing hope through Christ’s love. Services include: bible studies covering spiritual, emotional, behavioral and recovery issues, jail ministry within Amarillo’s county jails every week, prayer correspondence and transitional housing. Their Patsy’s Place project is […]
The H.O.W. Center
The H.O.W. Center is a nonprofit addiction treatment center in Beaumont, Texas. It provides a safe and structured living environment for individuals recovering from addiction while they gain the skills they need to live independently and successfully. They serve men completing treatment for an addiction, men being released from incarceration, men living on the streets, […]