Overview
To change the narrative around system-impacted people, our programs empower individuals with lived experiences to lead, organize, and share their stories as credible messengers for transformative change.
Our programs shift the narrative around system-impacted people by empowering individuals with lived experience to step into leadership, organize in their communities, and use their voices as credible messengers to drive transformative change.
For individuals within 18 months of release
Stable housing is the cornerstone of successful reentry. Our HARC (Housing Assistance for Returning Citizens) program supports system-impacted individuals during the critical first 18 months after release, when vulnerability is highest. By providing a stable foundation, HARC reduces the risk of recidivism, gang involvement, and violence while fostering long-term stability, independence, and safer communities for all.
What we offer:
● Rental Support: Participants receive up to a $1,000 per month for three months to support rent, transitional living, or temporary housing cost.
● Housing Navigation: We help participants secure affordable housing and we guide them through the applications and lease process.
● Stabilization Services: Our services include financial coaching and budgeting guidance to ensure participants can sustain safe, stable housing.
Goal: Provide safety, stability, and guidance to help individuals rebuild their lives after incarceration and reduce the risk of recidivism.
Are you just returning to society?
Navigating Life is a peer-led reentry program that supports system-impacted adults and young adults during their first year after release. By providing mentorship, individualized safety planning, and stabilization support, the program reduces the risk of recidivism and exposure to violence while helping participants build safer, more independent lives.
Key Areas of Support:
Job Readiness: Participants receive support with resumes, interview preparation, job search strategies, and connections to partner employers committed to second-chance hiring.
Peer support Groups:
Our peer support groups are led by individuals with lived experience. They provide a safe space for our participants to build skills in anger management, reentry success, emotional intelligence, and adapting to life after incarceration.
Wellness & Belonging: Wellness of mind, body, and spirit is crucial to successful reentry. Our program offers activities like yoga, hiking, and museum visits to support mental health, build confidence, and foster positive, affirming experiences.
Financial Aid: We help cover basic necessities during the first six months of reentry, easing pressures and providing support for food, hygiene, clothing, and transportation.
Facility Based Programs
The Reentry Blueprint is a transformative, in-facility curriculum for people returning to society after incarceration. This 12- to 16-week program helps participants map out their reentry step-by-step—addressing both external needs and internal healing—so they are better prepared to navigate challenges, avoid returning to crime, and reduce the risk of violence in their communities.
Key Components:
● Real Life Mentorship: The course is led by instructors who are formerly incarcerated and have successfully reentered society.
●Skill-Building Activities: Participants complete practical tasks each week — from creating a résumé to preparing a housing application and building a support network plan.
● Restorative Justice Practices: Includes exercises in self-reflection, accountability, and healing — preparing participants to reenter their communities with empathy and purpose.
● Focus Areas: Employment preparation, parole readiness, housing navigation, healthy relationships, and relapse prevention.
Outcomes: Graduates leave with a personal reentry plan, critical documents started, and the mindset required to thrive—not just survive.
Correspondence-Based | Available in facilities without in-person programming
Healing Through the Mail allows transformation to begin even when in-person classes aren’t available. This self-paced program gives incarcerated individuals a chance for growth, reflection, accountability, and rehabilitation, empowering them to build resilience, make positive choices, and prepare for life after incarceration.
Program Features:
● 6–12 week self-guided classes sent via U.S. Mail
● Personalized feedback is written by our team for every participant
● A certificate of completion is awarded at the end of each course Course
Options:
● Anger Management
● Domestic Violence
● Criminal & Addictive Thinking
● Empathy & Emotional Intelligence
● Victim Awareness
● Relapse Prevention
This program provides structure, healing for those on lockdown, in ad-seg, or facilities with program waitlists.
Interrupting the pipeline. Empowering healthy futures.
Our Prevention program is built on a simple truth: the most effective way to reduce incarceration and community violence is to prevent them before they occur. This initiative supports system-impacted individuals and at-risk youth in under-resourced communities by providing mentorship, guidance, and restorative justice–based support. Through individualized attention, skill-building, and conflict resolution, the program works to interrupt cycles of crime, foster accountability, and create pathways to safety, stability, and long-term opportunity for participants and their communities.
Our offices are open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 9AM-4PM.
Location: The ROW DTLA, 777 S Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021, 2nd Floor 2096
To access any of our services, you must first register and complete our orientation program. Once orientation is completed, you'll be added to our service list and matched with all the programs you qualify for.
Orientation is the first step to getting the support you need.
At this time, we only serve California state parolees with a valid CDCR number.
We’re currently unable to offer services to individuals on federal parole.
We do not provide emergency or rapid reentry housing at this time.
To qualify for rental assistance:
You must first attend orientation, then be placed on our rental assistance waiting list.
Once on the list, you will be invited to a rental assistance orientation.
Funds are distributed first-come, first-served based on availability.
We recommend starting this process as early as possible to secure a spot.
All financial aid is coordinated through our orientation and intake process. Please make sure you complete orientation to find out what you may be eligible for. Our financial assistance is first come first serve.
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