Provides comprehensive clinical legal advocacy and other support to women in and out of prison. Services include, therapy, psycho pharmacology, emergency assistance, groups, parenting classes, and relapse prevention. Intakes are done on Monday
434 Mass Ave. Suite 503 Boston MA, 02118
888-246-4302 OR 617-5360058
Twelve- unit life skills curriculum for youth ages 12 to 18, focused on prevention or intervention. Upon graduation the court involved youth have their criminal records cleared.
Salvation Army. 1500 Washington St. Boston MA, 02118
617-318-6900
This online Directory is a compilation of services available to ex-offenders returning to or living in communities in Greater Boston. The Directory presents important information for ex-offenders, corrections practitioners and policymakers, as well as those with an interest in accessing services for ex-offenders, including their families and friends, volunteers and other service providers.
A Resource for the Re-entry Population of Greater Worcester
Advocates Community Justice programs support men and women whose involvement in the criminal justice system is rooted in behavioral health problems, such as addiction, mental health conditions, or trauma. Our programs address these underlying causes by connecting participants to appropriate treatment, housing, vocational opportunities and social services, so that they can lead healthy and productive lives in the community.
Dismas is Family. You feel welcome whenever you enter any of our homes. Since 1988, Dismas House has been welcoming former prisoners back to greater Worcester. In our homes, Dismas House, the Dismas Family Farm, and the Father John Brooks House, former prisoners are engaged in the hard work of rebuilding lives, and rekindling hope for themselves and their families. Families, volunteer Board members, live-in international students, and church volunteers help create the family atmosphere by breaking bread with residents and spending time with them. Our dedicated staff - many former prisoners themselves - provide key educational, recovery, and reentry tools to our residents.
TIP program is an intensive alternative to sentencing program for those charged with violent crimes that are combined with substance abuse. It is a 30 week program and participants are referred by the courts.
675 East 4th St. South Boston MA, 02127
617-269-2933
Prisoners' Legal Services promotes the safe, humane and lawful treatment of Massachusetts prisoners through civil rights litigation, administrative advocacy, client counseling, and outreach to policy makers and the public.
Our mission is to assist returning-citizens to become contributing members of their families and communities by encouraging responsibility, leadership and social awareness.
Life Skills Training
Reentry Counseling
Family Reintegration
Job Placement Support
Mentoring
InnerCity Weightlifting reduces youth violence by connecting proven-risk young people with new networks and opportunities, including meaningful career tracks in and beyond personal fitness. We use the gym to replace segregation and isolation with economic mobility and social inclusion, disrupting the system that leads to urban street violence.
Trains personal trainers pays 20 to 60 per hour. Works with very high risk clients.
If you're a felon looking for a job in Boston, Massachusetts we can help. Our list of felon friendly employers will help you become employed again.
Through our Serving Ourselves Career Center, program participants work as part of our shelter custodial staff or at our commercial kitchen.
Other offered services:
Paid job training in janitorial or food service
Weekly case management
Life Skills classes
Housing pathway support or integrated housing and employment programming
Financial literacy workshops
Open computer lab access
Education access
The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and
Girls is committed to abolishing incarceration of women and girls. We are
abolitionists. Prison reform is not an option.
Partakers works every day to reduce prison recidivism through essential educational opportunities and empowering mentorship relationships.
Social Justice Services' programs are committed to providing a path to satisfying, responsible and productive citizenship for youth and adults.
Re-entry Residential Programs include: Coolidge House, Brooke House, Hampshire House, McGarth House, New Bedford Reentry Center, and Western Mass Reentry Center
Reflecting its strong roots in helping ex-offenders re-integrate into society, Gavin Foundation works with the Massachusetts Parole Board to provide re-entry services for men and women leaving prisons and jails and on parole in the Boston and Greater Boston area. Begun in 2010, the Re-Entry program makes full use of Gavin Foundation’s strong and extensive community affiliations and offers substance abuse screening, assessment, referrals and treatment for approximately 500 individuals each year.
To serve and protect the citizens of Suffolk County.
The F8 Foundation offers a multifaceted approach that provides help for male and female returning citizens (formerly incarcerated, in transition, or in recovery) to acclimate back into society. We help with job searches, resume writing, license issues, CORI issues, vocational and academic training, and housing (transitional housing, sober housing, halfway housing and shelters). We assist with EBT issues, MA Health, DFS, DMH, and any other obstacles that our clients need to overcome.
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Our office supports those who return to Boston after being released from state, federal, and county facilities each year.
Roca’s mission is to be a relentless force in disrupting incarceration, poverty, and racism by engaging the young adults, police, and systems at the center of urban violence in relationships to address trauma, find hope, and drive change.
Provides effective educational, recreational, and cultural programing for young women who are involved in the juvenile justice system.
257 Roxbury st. Roxbury MA, 02119
617-708-1380
Roxbury District Court
85 Warren Street Roxbury, MA 02119
617-427-7000 x 434
12 week self empowerment and psycho-educational group for female offenders. MEets on Tuesdays from 5:30pm-7:30pm with no cost. Participation may qualify as community service hours.
Since 1934, VOAMASS has provided critical services to the residents of Massachusetts. Guided by our mission to uplift society’s most vulnerable, we adapt to meet the needs of the times. From pioneering early residential treatment programs in the 1960s to leading today in providing diversion services for justice-involved individuals who have a mental health diagnosis, VOAMASS delivers integrated, compassionate, and effective care that changes lives.
The Homeless Services Bureau of the Boston Public Health Commission operates the Wyman Re-entry Center, a 90-day residential substance abuse recovery program for men involved in the court system. The Wyman Re-entry Center provides services twenty-four hours a day, seven days per week.
Services offered include:
•Substance abuse counseling
•Case management
•Criminal/legal advocacy
Eligibility:
•Homeless
•Male
•Seeking a safe and sober environment upon release from court or incarceration
•Actively working on finding a job or job training
•18 years of age or older
•Participation in the educational and/or support groups offered
•Established commitment to sobriety
Referrals can come from state or county correctional facilities, drug courts, shelter, parole offices, or agencies providing services to homeless ex-offenders.
For more information, please call (617) 534-6187
We are social workers at Harvard Law School in the legal clinics. We have created these lists to assist our students in their advocacy with their clients.
