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Sources of Information for Reentry

Dedicated organizations, such as The Osborne Association, The Fortune Society, and Hour Children are important partners in any re-entry journey – they have the understanding and the contacts to help you move forward.  Many start their work on the inside in hopes that you will be motivated to continue with them when you are released.

Guides to re-entry services are published by a number of organizations and can be state and county specific. A list of guides for counties throughout New York, as well as several national resources, is available from the Reentry Resource Center: New York.  One of the most comprehensive re-entry guides, the New York Public Library’s Connections Guide, is updated annually and produced in both English and Spanish.

Linked here are two overviews of legal barriers facing those with criminal records. One is New York State specific “Collateral Consequences of Conviction: A Reminder of Some Possible Civil Penalties” (2011). The other reviews barriers by state provided by the Legal Action Center, “After Prison: Roadblocks to Re-Entry” (2009).

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ACCES-VR: Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation

Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR) offers access to a full range of employment and independent living services that may be needed by persons with disab
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This agency is located in: White Plains

Exodus Transitional Community, Inc.

Exodus is a grassroots organization “built on the notion that individuals released from prison cannot successfully re-enter mainstream society without resources to support their transition.̶
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This agency is located in: Manhattan | Poughkeepsie

Fortune Society

The Fortune Society’s mission is to support successful reentry from prison and promote alternatives to incarceration.
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This agency is located in: Long Island City

Hour Children

Hour Children provides practical, comprehensive services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their families. Community-based programs include: transitional and permanent supportive hou
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Legal Action Center

Legal Action Center provides free legal services to ex-offenders, recovering alcoholics and substance users. It will help you obtain your rap sheet (arrest and conviction record) and provide informa
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This agency is located in: Manhattan

National HIRE Network

Established by the Legal Action Center in 2001, the National Helping Individuals with criminal records Re-enter through Employment (H.I.R.E.) Network is both a national clearinghouse for informati
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New York State Reentry Task Forces

New York State has twenty three county-based Reentry Task Forces.  Each works to coordinate and manage services provided to individuals to ensure effective reentry into the community. The task force
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Re-Entry Plus - Family Services of Westchester

Re-Entry Plus is a voluntary program provided throughout Westchester County at no charge to 20 men ages 18 and older. These men are currently on parole in New York State or were involved in the Ne
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Reentry Resource Center: New York

The New York State-based support network and information clearinghouse on prison, reentry, and the consequences of criminal proceedings.  This is essentially a library of documents and links designe
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This agency is located in: County-wide

Lionheart Foundation

Lionheart provides emotional literacy education focused on the development of emotional, social and behavioral skills, to significantly alter the life course of incarcerated adults, highly at-risk you
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The Next Door Project

CSS estimates that nearly 30 percent of official New York State criminal records contain at least one error. Fixing these errors—and getting a complete understanding of the corrected criminal record
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Osborne Association

Located in the Bronx (as well as Brooklyn and Newburgh).  Offers educational and vocational programs, as well family and individual wellness programs and advocacy. Individuals from southern Westchest
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Papillon Foundation

Papillon is a non-profit providing links to web-based resources (particularly specific forms) for the expungement and sealing of criminal records throughout the United States.  We also provide links
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This agency is located in: Out of area

Westchester Independent Living Center (WILC)

WILC is a not-for-profit, community-based resource, advocacy, and training center dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with disabilities. Illustrative programs are listed below. Go to
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This agency is located in: Carmel | White Plains | Yonkers
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