ViaPath Reintegration Resources
Email: https://www.addictionresource.net/contact-us/
Phone: 844-640-0175
Contact: https://www.addictionresource.net/contact-us/
Website: https://www.addictionresource.net
Description: Addiction Resource provides relevant information related to addiction and addiction treatment. They help individuals and their families who struggle with addiction, substance use disorders, and mental health disorders by providing up-to-date, accurate, and evidence-based information, connecting individuals with treatment providers, and facilitating initial assessments.
Category: Health
Website: https://www.alcoholhelp.com/treatment/
Description: Alcohol Help provides information about the implications of alcohol use, how to reduce the harm caused by alcohol, and how to seek treatment. Discussing the different types of treatment available, Alcohol Help seeks to help individuals find the most successful path to sobriety.
Category: Alcohol misuse
Email: communications@aapd.com
Phone: 202-521-4316
Website: https://www.aapd.com
Description: The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is a convener, connector, and catalyst for change, increasing the political and economic power of people with disabilities. As a national cross-disability rights organization, AAPD advocates for full civil rights for the over 60 million Americans with disabilities by promoting equal opportunity, economic power, independent living, and political participation.
Category: Employment, Health, Housing, Legal
Email: https://www.americanbar.org/about_the_aba/contact/
Phone: 800-285-2221
Website: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_services/flh-home/flh-free-legal-help/
Description: The American Bar Association’s (ABA’s) mission is to serve equally their members, their profession, and the public by defending liberty and delivering justice as the national representative of the legal profession. The ABA has a number of different programs that offer free legal assistance.
Category: Legal Assistance
Website: https://ceoworks.org/
Description: The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to returning citizens. Believing that everyone deserves a second chance, CEO provides jobs until returning citizens locate permanent employment.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Life Skills
Email:
Phone: 877-696-6775
Website: https://www.hhs.gov/programs/social-services/index.html
Description: The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) oversees programs and services that improve the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. It offers social services including financial assistance, childcare, and services, as well as self-sufficiency programs across the country that are getting low-income and hard-to-serve families and individuals to work.
Category: Employment & Income, Health, Life Skills
Email: info@edwinsrestaurant.org
Phone: 216-921-3333
Website: https://edwinsrestaurant.org/
Description: EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute based in Cleveland that provides formerly incarcerated adults with a foundation in culinary arts and the hospitality industry, as well as the support network necessary for long-term success. Students and graduates have access to several support services at the nearby EDWINS Second Chance Life Skills Center. Employment assistance, free housing, legal services, basic medical care, clothing, job coaching, literacy programs, and more are available.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Housing, Legal Assistance, Life Skills
Email: askearn@cornell.edu
Phone:
Website: https://askearn.org/state-vocational-rehabilitation-agencies/
Description: Every state has a vocational rehabilitation agency that is designed to help individuals with disabilities meet their employment goals. Vocational rehabilitation agencies assist individuals with disabilities to prepare for, obtain, maintain, or regain employment.
Category: Employment & Income
Email: https://everymanawarrior.com/get-involved/contact.html
Phone: 402-420-0300
Website: https://everymanawarrior.com
Description: Every Man a Warrior, Inc. seeks to develop leaders by laying the foundation for life transformation and spiritual multiplication. The organization’s resources and training videos focus on applying God’s truth into one’s daily life—offering solutions to battles that men fight every day.
Category: Life Skills
Email: https://www.bop.gov/contact/
Phone: 202-307-3198
Website: https://www.bop.gov/resources/former_inmate_resources.jsp
Description: The Federal Bureau of Prisons provides resources for former inmates as they reenter the community.
Category: Education, Employment & Income
Email: info@giveanhour.org
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Website: https://giveanhour.org/
Description: Give an Hour is a national network of professionals who volunteer their time to provide free and confidential mental health care to all populations, increasing the likelihood that those in need receive the support and care they deserve.
Category: Health
Email: https://www.glaad.org/form/contact-glaad
Phone:
Website: www.glaad.org
Description: GLAAD tackles LGBTQ issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live the life they love.
Category: Legal, Life Skills
Email: Contactus@Goodwill.org
Phone:
Website: https://www.goodwill.org/
Description: Goodwill works to enhance people’s dignity and quality of life by strengthening their communities, eliminating their barriers to opportunity, and helping them to reach their full potential through learning and the power of work. Goodwill helps hundreds of thousands of people train for careers and get the supportive services they need to be successful, such as English language training, additional education, and access to transportation and child care.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Life Skills
Email: www.help.org/contact/
Phone: 877-600-3767
Website: www.help.org
Description: The majority of people who need treatment for substance abuse disorders do not seek it due to barriers, including the significant cost. At Help.org, a group of medical professionals have put together drug and alcohol rehabilitation resources and support at no cost. The guides offered on Help.org provide comprehensive information on topics such as care options, financial support, and free resources that are available across the country for those needing treatment for substance abuse disorders.
Category: Health
Email: https://iris.custhelp.va.gov/app/ask
Phone: 877-424-3838
Website: https://www.va.gov/homeless/
Description: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers several programs to help veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. It is estimated that more than 200,000 veterans may be homeless on any given night, and that veterans are considered at risk because of poverty, lack of support from family and friends, and precarious living conditions in overcrowded or substandard housing.
Category: Housing
Email: harley@honestjobs.co
Phone: 614-954-0034
Website: https://www.honestjobs.co/
Description: Honest Jobs is the nation’s largest second-chance employment platform. Honest Jobs allows users to create a profile, see which jobs are most attainable, curate job openings based on background and skills, and connect with pre-vetted employers. Many people with a criminal background find it difficult to obtain a job, but Honest Jobs works with proven employers who are ready to hire returning citizens and provide a second chance at life.
Category: Employment
Email: https://www.hrw.org/contact-us
Phone: 212-290-4700
Website: https://www.hrw.org/united-states-prison-resources-state
Description: Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world. They provide a state-by-state list of resources for incarcerated and returning citizens.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Health, Housing, Legal Assistance, Life Skills
Website: https://www.impactjustice.org
Description: Impact Justice harnesses innovation, research, and policy ideas toward the goals of preventing more people from becoming involved in the justice system, improving conditions for those that are currently incarcerated, and helping returning citizens successfully rejoin their communities.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Health, Housing, Life Skills
Email: http://jerichocircle.org/contact-us/
Phone: (617) 576-1066
Website: www.jerichocircle.org
Description: The Jericho Circle Project creates and facilitates men’s circles in prisons to support personal change and the discovery of deeper truth. These circles help incarcerated men develop tools to come to terms with their inner struggles and bring down the walls that separate them from their loved ones, communities, and themselves. Through Jericho Circles, men learn how to identify and express their feelings, communicate clearly, address conflicts in their lives, hold themselves accountable, and identify new personal directions.
Category: Health, Life Skills
Website: https://lighthouse9consulting.com
Description: Lighthouse 9 Consulting’s mission is to balance the scales of recovery and assist an underserved population. By providing services that range from providing recovery development curriculum to transcript review to family consulting, Lighthouse 9 Consulting assists individuals in their recovery and return to society.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Life Skills, Other
Email: https://www.mhanational.org/get-involved/contact-us
Phone: 800-969-6642
Website: https://www.mhanational.org/
Description: Mental Health America (MHA) is the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and promoting the overall mental health of all Americans. MHA’s work is driven by its commitment to promote mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including prevention services for all; early identification and intervention for those at risk; integrated care, services, and supports for those who need it; with recovery as the goal.
Category: Health
Email: https://www.nami.org/home
Phone: 800-950-6264
Website: https://www.nami.org/contact-us
Description: The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI works to educate, advocate, listen, and lead to improve the lives of people with mental illness and their loved ones.
Category: Health
Email: ncte@transequality.org
Phone: (202) 642-4542
Website: www.transequality.org
Description: The National Center for Transgender Equality advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation’s capital and throughout the country, NCTE works to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice.
Category: Legal, Life Skills
Email: https://ncadv.org/contact-us
Phone: 303-839-1852
Website: https://www.ncadv.org/
Description: The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s (NCADV’s) mission is to lead, mobilize, and raise voices to support efforts that demand a change of conditions that lead to domestic violence such as patriarchy, privilege, racism, sexism, and classism. The organization is dedicated to supporting survivors and advocates and holding offenders accountable.
Category: Legal, Life Skills
Email: info@nationalreentryresourcecenter.org
Phone: 877-332-1719
Website: https://nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/
Description: The National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) is funded and administered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and is the nation’s primary resource of information and guidance in reintegration. The NRRC delivers training and technical assistance, advances the knowledge base of the reintegration field, facilitates peer networks and information exchange, promotes what works in reintegration, and provides information for people returning to communities and their families.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Health, Housing, Legal Assistance, Life Skills
Website: https://www.paceindy.org
Description: Public Advocates in Community Reentry (PACE) assists individuals in the State of Indiana affected by incarceration with specialized one-to-one coaching on topics such as finances, employment, income, mental health, and recovery. They also provide food, clothing for job interviews, rental assistance, employment opportunities, and more.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Financial, Health, Housing, Life Skills
Email: https://ptla.org/legal-services-links
Phone: 207-774-4753
Website: https://ptla.org/
Description: Pine Tree Legal Assistance is a Maine-based organization whose mission is to ensure that state and federal laws affecting poor people are upheld, while also addressing the systemic barriers to justice faced by those with low incomes. They provide a database of free legal resources available nationwide.
Category: Legal Assistance
Phone: 510-893-4648
Website: https://www.prisonactivist.org/
Description: Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC) provides a free directory of resources to prisoners, their friends and family members. They are often the first point of contact for people to connect with prisoners’ rights organizations, community organizations, prison literature and arts projects, family and visiting resources, health care and legal resources, parole and pre-release resources, and the prison abolition movement.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Health, Housing, Legal Assistance, Life Skills
Phone: 888-304-2478
Website: https://www.rehabspot.com
Description: Rehab Spot provides information on overcoming addiction and finding a treatment based on a person’s location, budget, and specific needs. A key focus is properly managing traumatic experiences as those affected often try to escape their pain through drug or alcohol use, which can lead to a vicious, never-ending cycle. Rehab Spot offers resources to help navigate these issues and overcome them.
Category: Health
Website: https://www.remerg.com
Description: Remerg seeks to stop recidivism by helping returning citizens navigate resources and overcome barriers to success. Remerg specifically targets returning citizens in Colorado to support success, connect people, and reduce the rate of recidivism.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Health, Housing, Legal, Life Skills, Other
Email: https://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/contactus
Phone: https://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/contactus
Website: https://www.salvationarmy.org/
Description: The Salvation Army is working to address the dehumanizing scourge of poverty and injustice and educate the public about what it means to live in poverty – and what they can do to help. The Salvation Army is an international Christian organization that began its work in Canada in 1882 and has grown to become the largest non-governmental direct provider of social services in the country.
Category: Employment & Income, Life Skills
Email: info@servicewomen.org
Phone: (202) 798-5570
Website: www.servicewomen.org
Description: The Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN) is the voice of all military women – past, present, and future. This member-driven community network advocates for the individual and collective needs of service women. They are committed to seeing that all service women receive the opportunities, protections, benefits, and respect they deserve.
Category: Education, Employment, Life Skills
Email: answerdesk@sba.gov
Phone: 800-827-5722
Website: https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/grow-your-business/women-owned-businesses
Description: The Office of Women’s Business Ownership (OWBO) helps women entrepreneurs through programs coordinated by SBA district offices. Programs include business training, counseling, federal contracts, and access to credit and capital. The OWBO oversees Women’s Business Centers (WBCs) that seek to level the playing field for women entrepreneurs who still face unique obstacles in the business world.
Category: Education, Employment, Financial
Email: https://secure.ssa.gov/emailus/
Phone: 800-772-1213
Website: https://www.ssa.gov/
Description: Social Security has provided financial protection for our nation’s people for over 80 years. With retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits, Social Security is one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in U.S. history.
Category: Employment & Income
Email: SAMHSAInfo@samhsa.hhs.gov
Phone: 877-726-4727
Website: https://www.samhsa.gov/homelessness-programs-resources
Description: SAMHSA offers programs and resources to help prevent and end homelessness among people with mental or substance use disorders. Men, women, youth, and families living with mental or substance use issues may need treatment, case management, and discharge planning in addition to financial support (e.g., employment assistance, Housing First programs, targeted rental/housing subsidies) to avoid or escape homelessness.
Category: Housing, Life Skills
Email: samhsainfo@samhsa.hhs.gov
Phone: 800-662-4357
Website: https://www.samhsa.gov/
Description: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA’s mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities.
Category: Health
Email: contact@sunshinebh.com
Phone: 844-531-0045
Website: https://www.sunshinebehavioralhealth.com/resources/telehealth-addiction-treatment-during-quarantine/
Description: Sunshine Behavioral Health offers programs to help people in their struggles with substance abuse. Their aim is to show people that sobriety is possible, that the damages of addiction can be repaired, and that there are many online recovery options available during the COVID-19 pandemic. They have put together information on how people in recovery can still receive treatment and support during quarantine and shelter-in-place orders.
Category: Health
Email: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/contact-us
Phone: 800-221-5689
Website: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program
Description: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency.
Category: Employment & Income, Health, Life Skills
Email: http://www.thelohm.org/contactus
Phone: (617) 576-1066
Website: www.jerichocircle.org
Description: The Ladies of Hope Ministries (LOHM) seeks to help disenfranchised and marginalized women and girls transition back into society through resources and access to high-quality education, entrepreneurship, spiritual empowerment, advocacy, and housing. They have two transitional Hope Houses in New York City and New Orleans in order to provide a safe housing space for women returning after incarceration.
Category: Employment, Housing, Life Skills
Email: questions@lionheart.org
Phone: 781-444-6667
Website: https://lionheart.org/prison/state-by-state-listing-of-re-entry-programs-for-prisoners/
Description: The Lionheart Foundation offers a state by state listing of reintegration programs and emotional literacy programs for prisoners, at-risk youth, and teen parents.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Health, Housing, Legal Assistance, Life Skills
Email: info@thetrevorproject.org
Phone: 866-488-7386
Website: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Description: Founded in 1998, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
Category: Health, Life Skills
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Website: https://www.transitionalhousing.org/
Description: The TransitionalHousing.org website is for those who are looking for transitional housing based on their current needs. Transitional housing is temporary, lasting from two weeks to two years, and helps people break the cycle from their current situation. It is supportive housing that helps fight the homeless problem in today’s society.
Category: Housing
Email: operationladyjustice@usdoj.gov
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Website: https://reentry.ojp.gov/
Description: The Reentry Resource Center is a one-stop-shop for information and resources on reintegration policies, programs, services, supports, and other related efforts for the public and professionals.
Category: Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Legal
Email: info@CareerOneStop.org
Phone: 877-872-5627
Website: https://www.careeronestop.org/
Description: CareerOneStop provides career, training, and job search resources for a variety of audiences. This includes workers with a criminal conviction and ex-offenders—the website offers information, tips, and resources to help people with criminal convictions overcome barriers they might face.
Category: Education, Employment & Income
Email: reo.eta@dol.gov
Phone: 866-487-2365
Website: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/reentry/
Description: The Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) Program provides funding for justice-involved youth, young adults, and adults who were formerly incarcerated. It develops strategies and partnerships that facilitate the implementation of successful programs at the state and local levels that will improve the workforce outcomes for this population.
Category: Employment & Income
Email: https://iris.custhelp.va.gov/app/ask
Phone: 844-698-2311
Website: https://www.va.gov/
Description: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs serves and honors the men and women who are America’s veterans by providing world-class benefits and services—healthcare, housing, education, home loans, life insurance, and more—and to do so by adhering to the highest standards of compassion, commitment, excellence, professionalism, integrity, accountability, and stewardship.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Health, Housing, Legal Assistance, Life Skills
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Website: https://www.usa.gov/replace-vital-documents
Description: Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates. They also include ID cards, social security cards, military ID cards, passports, and more. These cards help prove who you are, where you live or work, and the benefits to which you are entitled. The USA.gov website provides links to all state agencies that can assist in these matters.
Category: Life Skills
Email: https://www.unitedway.org/find-your-united-way
Phone: 703-836-7112
Website: https://www.unitedway.org/
Description: United Way advances the common good in communities across the world with a focus on education, income and health—the building blocks for a good quality of life.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Health
Email: info@vetsjourneyhome.org
Phone: 414-979-9113
Website: www.vetsjourneyhome.org
Description: Vets Journey Home is an organization dedicated to helping veterans with emotional issues from time in military service. Vets Journey Home focuses on PTSD, MST (Military Sexual Trauma), emotional guilt, and trauma that many veterans carry with them long after their time in service. Vets Journey Home is committed to giving veterans the Welcome Home they deserve and helping them heal their hearts and bring peace to their souls.
Category: Health, Life Skills
Email: info@voa.org
Phone: 703-341-5000
Website: https://www.voa.org/
Description: Through hundreds of human service programs, including housing and healthcare, Volunteers of America touches the lives of 1.5 million people in over 400 communities in 46 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico each year. Since 1896, they have supported and empowered America’s most vulnerable groups, including veterans, at-risk youth, the frail elderly, men and women returning from prison, homeless individuals and families, people with disabilities, and those recovering from addictions. Their work touches the mind, body, heart — and ultimately the spirit — of those they serve, integrating deep compassion with highly effective programs and services.
Category: Education, Employment & Income, Health, Housing, Legal Assistance, Life Skills
Email: info@womanwithin.org
Phone: (617) 576-1066
Website: www.womanwithin.org
Description: Woman Within offers programs, such as Woman Within Circle and Woman Within Weekend, to help other women know and embrace all parts of themselves. The nonprofit communities encourage women to support each other in fully living the lives they want.
Category: Life Skills
Email: https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/contact-us
Phone: 888-997-2586
Website: www.woundedwarriorproject.org
Description: Wounded Warrior Project is one of the largest veterans’ service organizations in the United States with office locations and partners across the country. As both a national and local veteran charity, they serve veterans, caregivers, and families of veterans who incurred a physical or mental injury or illness on or after September 11, 2001.
Category: Health, Life Skills
