The WIRE (Women Involved in Reentry Efforts)
The WIRE (Women Involved in Reentry Efforts)
Women Involved in Reentry Efforts, or The Wire, is a community organization committed to supporting formerly incarcerated women. All volunteers and staff in the organization are formerly incarcerated women who have broken the cycle of recidivism in their lives and wish to support others who face the same barriers as they return to the community. […]
Voices For A Second Chance
Voices for a Second Chance is a community based organization that offers holistic services to support formerly incarcerated individuals. Volunteers and staff make assistance available to all 11,000 individuals who are processed through the Washington, DC correctional system. They serve both currently and formerly incarcerated individuals, beginning support prior to release to ensure that individuals […]
DC Project Connect
DC Project Connect offers intervention services for individuals in crisis and their loved ones, as well as reintegration support. Their mission is to intervene with those affected by incarceration, offering assistance at all stages in the justice system and providing targeted support for individuals returning to the community after incarceration. As a nonprofit organization, DC […]
Criminal Justice Clinic, Washington College of Law
The Criminal Justice Clinic housed at Washington College of Law offers vital legal services to individuals in the greater Maryland area. Participants at the Criminal Justice Clinic develop essential skills in theory and practice related to advocacy in the criminal and juvenile justice systems, including crossover skills that can apply to many sectors of law. […]
Georgetown Law Criminal Defense & Prisoner Advocacy Clinic
The Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic housed at Georgetown Law School offers concrete opportunities for law students to work with clients. The program is predicated on the idea that students learn best through praxis, so all students have the opportunity to earn intensive experience with indigent criminal defense and prisoner advocacy. Students represent clients […]
East Arkansas Youth Services, Inc.
East Arkansas Youth Services, Inc., or EAYS, provides positive alternatives to institutionalization for children involved or at risk of becoming involved with the juvenile justice system. This mission of this community-based nonprofit organization is to provide comprehensive, therapeutic, educational and advocacy services to youth and their families. Nonresidential services are offered to at-risk and delinquent […]
Ouachita Children, Youth, and Family Services
Ouachita Children, Youth, and Family Services is a nonprofit organization offering crisis support services throughout Arkansas. Since their foundation in 1910 as the Interstate Orphan’s Home they have worked to serve youth and families in crisis by providing advocacy, safety, and skill building activities that empower them to achieve lifelong success. Youth are referred to […]
Phoenix Youth and Family Services
Phoenix Youth and Family Services offers safe pathways and strong supports for young people in the Arkansas Delta. For over 25 years, Phoenix has worked to navigate historic and systemic inequities in resources, power and opportunity. In addition to their commitment to helping young people, they assist and collaborate with families, local school districts, law […]
Southwest Arkansas Counseling and Mental Health Center
Southwest Arkansas Counseling and Mental Health Center, Inc. provides mental health and juvenile support services to Arkansas residents of the Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and Sevier counties. Their mission is to prevent, treat, and cure mental illnesses and related disorders. Services are provided to individuals with mental health and substance abuse disorders and […]
University of Arkansas Little Rock Reentry Initiative Program
The University of Arkansas Little Rock Reentry Initiative Program works to aid incarcerated individuals toward successful reintegration into society once their sentences are completed. This joint effort by volunteers from UA Little Rock and the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) began at the Arkansas Department of Corrections Varner Unit in 2003 as a Varner Unit […]