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RESOURCES

Our resource library offers direct access to organizations that provides services to support justice-impacted individuals and families. The Organization listed provides services dedicated to supporting and promoting stability, direction, education, healing, and empowerment

Identification Documents

Birth Certificates
OBTAIN A REPLACEMENT SOCIAL SECURITY CARD.
License, permit, non-driver ID

Legal Assistance

LEGAL HELP. PRO BONO ATTORNEYS TO HELP APPLY FOR Certificates of Relief from Civil Disabilities and Certificates of Good Conduct Project.
If you or a loved one has been arrested in NYC, call 1-833-3-GOODCALL (1-833-346-6322) for free legal support 24/7
NEW YORK STATE FEDERAL BONDING PROGRAM IT IS A UNIQUE TOOL TO HELP A ‚HIGH RISK JOB APPLICANT GET AND KEEP A JOB. THE PROGRAM ISSUES FIDELITY BONDS, AND IS SPONSORED BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
You are eligible for a Certificate of Relief from Disabilities if you have been convicted of any number of misdemeanors and no more than one felony; two or more felony convictions in the same court on the same day are counted as one felony for determining your eligibility. The term disability refers to laws that disqualify people from holding certain jobs or other rights because of their conviction.
The Innocence Project exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustices.

Financial Assistance

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL COVERAGE HUMAN RESOURCES HELP THOSE IN NEED WITH CASH /SNAP BENEFITS AND MEDICAID ASSISTANCE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
LOW COST OR FREE HEALTH COVERAGE
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) issues electronic benefits that can be used like cash to purchase food. SNAP helps low-income working people, senior citizens, the disabled and others feed their families

HOUSING ASSISTANCE

HOUSING / SHELTERS DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES FOR SINGLE ADULTS
HOUSING / SHELTERS DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES FOR FAMILIES
THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY (NYCHA) PROVIDES DECENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A SAFE AND SECURE LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE FIVE BOROUGHS.
Family Re-entry program is designed to reunite individuals leaving prison and/or jail with their families who live in NYCHA public housing and to provide them with re-entry services
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THE DOE FUND PROVIDES SINGLE ROOMS AND SINGLE APARTMENT UNITS THROUGHOUT NYC
PRIMARY HEALTH /MENTAL /BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOUSING WORKS

Education Opportunities

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PROVIDES FREE BASIC TRAINING TO INCREASE BASIC SKILLS.
New York State selected the General Educational Development Test (GED® Test) to replace the Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC™ Test) as the primary pathway to a New York State High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma, effective January 2022.
The CUNY Adult Literacy ( HSE / ESL ) Program has been a cornerstone of CUNY’s Division of Adult and Continuing Education for more than thirty years.
CCF works with justice-involved women through community support, access to higher education, and eliminating systemic opportunity barriers
Justice Through Code Providing life-changing access to career track technology jobs for the formerly incarcerated
As a champion of institutional, structural, and personal transformation, the John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity (the Institute) opens doors and eliminates barriers to success for people who have been involved in the criminal legal system. We create access to higher education and pathways to satisfying careers. We advocate for the right to housing, employment, healthcare, and other human rights too often denied people with criminal convictions

Reentry Services

WPA empowers women to redefine their lives in the face of injustice and incarceration. Together, we forge pathways toward freedom, safety, and independence.
Osborne works directly with people affected by the criminal justice system and advocates for policies and practices that promote dignity, justice, and liberation.
BUILDING PEOPLE, NOT PRISONS.
HOUSING //WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT OUTPATIENT TREATMENT
Works with struggling New Yorkers to help them take a Chances and change their futures.
Exponents provide Client Centered Drug Treatment and Prison Re-entry Services. Our inclusive environment welcomes people of every race, gender, age, and sexual orientation. The diversity of our participants also includes people at varying stages of recovery.

Start your own business

Here you can form a corporation, LLC, or other registered business entities by filing your organizational documents with the state and irs.

LGBTQ+

The most comprehensive directory of LGBTQ+ organizations and programs in New York City.
It is our belief that all LGBTQ+ young people deserve a space to grow, learn, and flourish.
NCLR is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education.
Since 1983 The Center has been supporting, fostering and celebrating the LGBT community of New York City.
Trans Lifeline connects trans people to the community support and resources we need to survive and thrive.
Direct Services Program we provide support for LGBTQIA+ and HIV+ immigrants in detention centers in the US. Services

Mental Health

A not-for-profit organization providing more than 80,000 New Yorkers with primary and behavioral healthcare, dental, nutrition, wellness, and needed support services.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an integrated health care system providing exceptional medical care to our local and global communities.
We believe that great healthcare should be accessible to everyone! Housing Works Community Healthcare has built a network of providers committed to making sure your healing happens close to home. We strive to meet you where you already are, serve the neighborhoods you already live in, and support your access to routine care – so that great health is always a benefit and never a burden. Explore our services. We offer primary care, sexual health, substance use support, behavioral health and more.

PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS

Children of Promise, NYC reimagines a just society that values the purpose of every child impacted by mass incarceration and removes barriers to create opportunities for children to thrive and achieve their human potential.
UPNEXT is a workforce development and fatherhood engagement initiative of the Midtown Community Court.
Hour Children supports women and their families during and after incarceration and equips them with the tools to build their futures. We do this by providing housing, childcare, job training, and mental health services.
We help children in poverty to succeed and thrive. We do this by providing comprehensive supports to children, youth, and their families in targeted high-needs New York City neighborhoods.

ADVOCATES

The Women’s Community Justice Association (WCJA) is a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of women and gender expansive New Yorkers affected by mass incarceration.
Pacifica Radio in New York City Progressive & Independent News, Arts & Music
The Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP Campaign is a grassroots advocacy organization created and led by formerly incarcerated people and family members of people in prison
For 175 years, CANY has been the only independent organization in New York with authority under state law to monitor prisons and report our findings to the legislature and the broader public
Our mission is to build youth power in marginalized communities throughout the nation and encourage legislative advocacy to prevent gun.

Professional Apparel

DRESS FOR SUCCESS (geared to women) provides each client with professional attire to secure employment, also physically equipping the client with apparel and accessories, the programs furnish women with a confidence
Through our faith community partners, our spiritual mentors are trained to offer high quality and classical tools for an examined life through our monthly retreat programming in correctional facilities
Provides suiting and job retention services for men
The National Resources Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated is the oldest and largest organization in the U.S. focused on children and families of the incarcerated and programs that serve them.
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