Disability Rights Washington
Disability Rights Washington
Disability Rights Washington is a nonprofit organization that protects the rights of individuals with disabilities across the state. The organization is a member organization of the National Disability Rights Network and is the designated Protection and Advocacy agency for Washington state. Disability Rights Washington has offices in Seattle, Spokane, and Olympia. The organization can be […]
Leslie’s Place
Leslie’s Place provides a home and support for women who are re-adjusting to society. They help transform the lives of formerly incarcerated females every day. Leslie’s Place has provided a safe home, clothing, training, counseling and support for nearly 500 women. While 60% of previously incarcerated in Illinois are re-incarcerated in the first year after […]
New Directions
New Directions is a faith-based organization with a vision of empowering individuals to change their lives for the better even after being released from prison, parole or probation. The organization has a New Directions Treatment Center, an agency of educators and health care professionals with a mission to provide needed human services to adults, youth, […]
Life Skills Reentry Program at Roosevelt University
The Life Skills Reentry Program at Roosevelt University provides reentry services to individuals released from IDOC facilities who are returning to Cook County and collar counties. The Department of Human and Community Renewal (DHCR) operates the Life Skills Reentry Program, providing case management, job readiness training, referrals for reentry services, and continuing education. Since its […]
Target Area
Target Area is in the business of changing and shaping lives. The work they do as a nonprofit organization aims to provide a holistic approach to solving some of our society’s biggest challenges. They ensure that those most affected by the issues are at the center of their work and are empowered to create positive, […]
Iowa Workforce Development’s Returning Citizens Initiative
Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) is a state agency committed to providing employment services for individual job seekers through their IowaWORKS partnership. In partnership with the Iowa Department of Corrections, IWD has implemented the Returning Citizens Initiative in four Iowa correctional facilities located in Mitchellville, Newton, Mount Pleasant and Rockwell City. The Reentry Workforce Advisors are […]
The Church of the Damascus Road
The Church of the Damascus Road provides opportunities for justice-impacted people to read story books to their children, grandchildren, nephews, and nieces. In addition, they offer Reentry Reintegration services to incarcerated persons who have “burned their bridges” with family and friends and find they have no place to go and no one to help them […]
The Beacon
The Beacon aims to create an environment that empowers women in crisis to achieve positive long-term change.They operate as a client-centered community living environment that supports adult women in central Iowa who have experienced trauma and systemic inequity. Unfortunately, these social determinants of health often serve as the precursor for substance use and subsequent involvement […]
Unity Point Health’s Jail Diversion Program
The Unity Point Health’s Jail Diversion Program was developed to assist justice-impacted people with mental health issues, both in jail and in the community. The program aims to prevent or minimize the number of mentally ill individuals in jail by providing supportive services during incarceration, followed by community-based treatment upon release. The Jail Diversion team […]
St. Vincent De Paul – Immersion
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) in Des Moines is a nonprofit charitable organization providing a unique style of personal assistance with food, clothing, educational and job training and other services to people facing economic, emotional or spiritual crises. Nationally, nearly one-third of the individuals they serve are returning citizens or are directly […]