Offers programs that address barriers of youth and young adults who are or have been involved in the legal system or are participating in activities that put them at risk for entering the legal system.

Provides case management services for all persons with mental illness and co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder, including those with probation violations, from the point of formal arraignment to the time of sentencing.

Southwestern Pennsylvania Re-entry Coalition was created by Mon Valley Initiative to coordinate resources for individuals whose criminal record creates barriers to self-sufficiency, through collaboration among agencies in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

SPARC brings representatives from these participating organizations together to find the best way to provide formerly incarcerated individuals with the services and resources they need to successfully re-enter society and the workforce.
SPARC currently works to:

• Identify potential career paths for people re-entering the workforce (excluding those from which individuals with criminal backgrounds are banned by law)
• Increase the number of employers willing to hire formerly incarcerated individuals through education about incentive programs
• Address policy issues through information and advocacy

Southwestern Pennsylvania Re-entry Coalition was created by Mon Valley Initiative to coordinate resources for individuals whose criminal record creates barriers to self-sufficiency, through collaboration among agencies in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

SPARC brings representatives from these participating organizations together to find the best way to provide formerly incarcerated individuals with the services and resources they need to successfully re-enter society and the workforce.
SPARC currently works to:

• Identify potential career paths for people re-entering the workforce (excluding those from which individuals with criminal backgrounds are banned by law)
• Increase the number of employers willing to hire formerly incarcerated individuals through education about incentive programs
• Address policy issues through information and advocacy

Provides opportunities and experiences which can have a positive influence on the offender. Individualized treatment using supervision, community resources and programs that will direct the offender toward a successful reintegration into the community and to aid the court in sentencing and treatment programs for the offender.

Offers job training and placement, workshops, job fairs, training and certifications, resume assistance, and other employment services.

Offers work release and alternative housing for both male and female offenders in the criminal justice system; provides cognitive behavioral-based program that emphasizes accountability and responsibility of the individual.

Helps young adults, age 18 to 24, involved in the justice system, prepare for in-demand jobs.

Provides assistance with housing, food, transportation, clothing, social services system navigation, mentoring.

Provides after school tutoring, meals, enrichment activities and field trips. TRAILS also has an eight week summer day camp.

Offers registered pre-apprenticeship program of up to 600 hours of precision manufacturing skills training, third-party industry-recognized credentials, and job placement assistance with access to hundreds of companies located in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Offers services including housing and employment assistance, case management services, trauma screening and assessment, family reunification, counseling and referral services for substance abuse treatment, mental health, and physical health, and Healthy Parenting Program classes using Triple P curriculum.

Offers reentry programs that include employment and housing search assistance for formerly-incarcerated individuals with a focus on members of the Jewish community.

Offers eight-week pre-apprenticeship program designed to help individuals build the skill necessary to obtain family-sustaining careers in the building and construction trades, manufacturing, and energy sectors. Students receive six industry-recognized certifications and life skills training.

Offers comprehensive reentry services for returning citizens. The program helps clients to identify their needs and goals, find housing, build support networks, strengthen skillsets, build resumes, access training and education, find steady employment, and build healthy family relationships

Offers bilingual Case Management and Reentry Services for individuals returning to the community following incarceration and those who are involved in the criminal justice system.

Provides assistance with applying for benefits, housing, food, and understanding documents in English. Assists individuals with complying with court orders, parole/probation. Offers Court Accompaniment (in-person support for first legal proceeding appointment). Provides referrals to Spanish-speaking therapists.

Offers twelve-week paid training program designed to support adults who have been out of the workforce or who experience barriers to employment to find and maintain stable, higher than entry-level positions in the food service industry.

Provides wraparound services for students, including case management, life skills classes, and referrals for supplemental services such as transportation and uniforms.

Provides information resources, referrals, and guidance regarding employment, housing, education, food assistance, mental health services, and clothing to reentrants to ensure successful return to the community.

Offers a free one year program that empowers young adults by ensuring that they gain the skills, experiences, and support necessary to reach their full potential and thrive in professional careers and higher education. Students spend six months learning in-demand technical and professional skills before applying their skills during a six-month corporate internship. Throughout the program, students complete coursework that may be eligible for college credits and receive access to a robust offering of services and supports to promote their success.

Helps students with disabilities transition from school to work.

Programs for individuals who have been involved in the legal system. Provides education, employment, and training services.

Provides mental health CRISIS intervention and assessment

Services include mentoring and coaching on a variety of parenting issues such as the navigation of child custody, child support, visitation and parenting plans. Facilitates fatherhood workshops in both community and correctional settings.

Provides reentry support and case management services for formerly incarcerated individuals with severe mental illness.

Program offers safe, affordable housing options to those individuals who are incarcerated and expected return into the community. Individual housing options may not be otherwise available due to legal difficulties and costs.

Offers services to adults with criminal justice involvement who reside in designated high-poverty, high-crime communities in the Philadelphia area. Services include educational training (HiSET/GED); vocational training (manufacturing, construction, and hospitality); case management; financial incentives; referrals for mental health and other resources; transportation assistance; career readiness and life skills training; job finding help; and support for a year after program completion.

Offers services to young adults with criminal justice involvement who reside in designated high-poverty, high-crime communities in the Philadelphia area. Services include educational training (HiSET/GED); vocational training (manufacturing, construction, and hospitality); case management; financial incentives; referrals for mental health and other resources; transportation assistance; career readiness and life skills training; job finding help; and support for a year after program completion.

Services include:
1)Promote jobs
2)Clean and maintain a safe part of the city
3)Give opportunities to low-income residence
4)Provide Work experience
5)West Philadelphia Skills initiative a.Provide proper skills for the working world
6)Neighborhood Job pipelines a.UCD connects neighborhood jobs to neighborhood residents
7)Business Assistance

Provides housing, treatment, and supportive services for returning citizens

Offers a 4-week program to fully reintegrate individuals with criminal records into the economic and social mainstream through job training and employment opportunities, intensive case management, and peer-to-peer supportive services. Provides social-emotional coaching; cognitive behavioral therapy; financial supports for critical job readiness assets like credentialing; work uniforms; or down payments for affordable apartments; and job opportunities with partner employers.

Prepares incarcerated individuals for success through offering a series of workshops on topics including social media, applying for medical benefits, securing housing, and obtaining education and employment. Provides one-on-one mentorship for at least six months to develop a personalized goal plan. Also works with soon to be released juvenile lifers to help them transition into the community.

You will meet privately with professional staff to develop a plan that establishes your vocational goals and objectives for the year.
You will work in a safe, comfortable, well supervised and supportive workplace modeled after the factory environments of area manufacturers.
Within this setting, you will work on tasks such as: hand and machine assembly, heat sealing and shrink wrapping, drilling, gluing, sorting, packaging, labeling and occasional clerical jobs.
You will also work with professional staff to develop your social skills so that you can work cooperatively with others while on the job and in future work settings.
You will be paid for this work in keeping with the United States Department of Labor standards.
This service is licensed by Pennsylvaniaâs Department of Public Welfare/Office of Developmental Programs.

Provides services and programming for individuals involved in the justice system and those with similar barriers to employment.
- Employment assistance includes employment preparedness, resume writing, financial literacy, education/skill assessments, computer lab access, and employment placement.
- Registered pre-apprenticeship program that provides career and technical education, hands-on learning, and an employment-focused curriculum with job readiness skills.
- Workforce development program for individuals with a criminal record and mental health diagnosis and currently receiving case management services at SAM, Inc.
- Workforce development program for individuals with a criminal record and an opioid use disorder and currently receiving case management services.
- Assistance with transportation and IDs.

Provides services and programming for individuals involved in the justice system.
- Provides referrals and information for community resources
- Assists with securing basic needs, transportation, and IDs.
- Reentry programs for any individual with a criminal record

Offers a residential program for adults who are transitioning from a state correctional institution back into society. Provides supervision and assistance in a home-like environment.

Provides individualized wraparound services to justice-involved women to help them with meet basic needs, find employment, and access stable housing. Provides comprehensive case management services.

Provides a workforce development program for adults experiencing a variety of barriers to employment while providing cost effective outsourced labor solutions to customers, including packaging, assembly, kitting, shrink-wrapping, and mailing.

Provides a workforce development program for adults experiencing a variety of barriers to employment while providing cost effective outsourced labor solutions to customers, including packaging, assembly, kitting, shrink-wrapping, and mailing.

Provides reentry services to all justice-involved individuals paroled from the Chester County Prison and other local institutions. Services vary but usually includes help with housing, treatment, transportation, and employment.

Provides reentry case managment. Assists with securing IDs, accessing behavioral health services, locating safe and sober housing options, and finding employment, Also provides parenting skills training.

Offers a re-entry program that provides participants with opportunities to engage in employment or education, maintain longterm employment, sustaina stable residence, and successfully address any substance use or mental health issues.

Provides human and social services relating to an individual’s basic needs and addresses the barriers to succeeding upon reentering the community following their release from jail.

Supervises all adult offenders ordered by the Court of Common Pleas with probation and/or parole.

Provides outpatient trauma-informed mental health and dual-diagnosis treatment.

Provides comprehensive services to assist Pennsylvanians with disabilities prepare for, obtain and maintain employment. Services available include skills assessment, training, counseling, placement assistance, evaluation for assistive technology and ongoing support services.

The Hiram G. Andrews Center offers post-secondary education at the Commonwealth Technical Institute, and also provides career opportunities and independent living skills.

The Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing provides information, referral and advocacy to adults and children who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as their employers, relatives and friends. An online database of qualified sign language interpreters is available.

Offers a range of drug and alcohol use rehabilitation and treatment programs including intensive outpatient services, partial hospitalization programs, medical assisted treatment (MAT), medically monitored residential detox, outpatient services, counseling, telemedicine, and recovery support groups. Also offers programs that address the specific needs of first responders, military veterans, and healthcare professionals.

Offers a range of drug and alcohol use rehabilitation and treatment programs including intensive outpatient services, partial hospitalization programs, medical assisted treatment (MAT), medically monitored residential detox, outpatient services, counseling, telemedicine, and recovery support groups. Also offers programs that address the specific needs of first responders, military veterans, and healthcare professionals.

Offers a range of drug and alcohol use rehabilitation and treatment programs including intensive outpatient services, partial hospitalization programs, medical assisted treatment (MAT), medically monitored residential detox, outpatient services, counseling, telemedicine, and recovery support groups. Also offers programs that address the specific needs of first responders, military veterans, and healthcare professionals.

Provides reentry supportive services for families impacted by the criminal justice system. Offers services that include housing assistance, mentoring, case management, referral services, food, clothing, educational support, employment assistance, photo identification cards, driver's licenses, and bus passes for employment.

Provides reentry supportive services for families impacted by the criminal justice system. Offers services that include housing assistance, mentoring, case management, referral services, food, clothing, educational support, employment assistance, photo identification cards, driver's licenses, and bus passes for employment.

Connects reentering citizens to a wide range of services and supports provided by city government agencies and community-based partner organizations. Provides assistance accessing food, clothing, official identification, behavioral health services, public benefits, family services, parenting skills training, educational opportunities, job training, financial counseling, expungement and pardon services, and more.

Offers comprehensive prison services and reentry programming providing health linkages, supportive services, education, and advocacy for individuals, families, and communities impacted by mass incarceration. Services include case management, employment services, work-readiness and job retention initiatives, computer literacy, peer mentoring, expungement clinics, anger management program, parenting classes, and more.

Provides intensive community support services to teens and young adults recently released from the juvenile justice services center or from secure detention. This is a voluntary program component that includes court advocacy, skill-building, and case management.

Provides case management and wraparound support to at risk young adults and ex-offenders. Services include personalized assessment, educational support, job readiness training, job finding assistance, mentoring, and more.

Offers support and assistance to formerly incarcerated women with obtaining access to programs and services that will help to improve their quality of life, including referrals for employment, housing, substance abuse counseling, family reunification, and appropriate health care information.

Provides pre-release mentoring services. Arranges workshops that educate incarcerated women about child custody issues, employment, housing, and health care. Aims to restore a sense of hope and dignity, and empower clients to make positive and responsible life choices.

Provides reentry and individual/family services, including outpatient substance use disorder treatment, mentoring, anger management intervention, cognitive behavioral treatment, employment training, parenting skills classes, and transitional housing.

Veterans and covered persons receive priority of service for Federally funded activities. The Local Veterans Employment Representative works with area employers to identify qualified veterans for their positions.

Provides a reentry organization support and meetings to advocate and coordinate services for ex-offenders (barriers to employment for returning citizens, resume and job application assistance).

Meetings are held at:
Careelink
100 North Cameron Street
, Harrisburg, PA 17104.

Provides reentrants with traffic control training, state and federal certifications, wages, and benefits. Offers additional services through partnerships for housing, substance use disorder counseling, and community involvement.

Dedicated to assisting post-incarcerated residents with their successful reintegration back into the community.

Provides reentry services that include housing, mentoring (groups, families, one-on-one), family reunification, case management, housing for battered women and children, referrals, and services for at-risk youth. Also provides an annual scholarship to local seniors through the Julian Mallory Scholarship Fund.

Assists people with a criminal background in starting their own business. Provides entrepreneurship education through in-person and online courses.

Offers a one year program
. Provides residential housing with a Christian focus through prayer, worship, spiritual counseling
and, basic life skills training.

Provides justice-involved people with education and prevention programming, mentorship, treatment services, and advocacy resulting in enhanced relational skills and reintegration within the community. Volunteers assist with fundraising events and/or grant writing.

Providing career services, placement, and reentry services. After enrollment program details, including participant responsibilities, are reviewed as well as any barriers the participant has that need to be addressed such as securing identification (photo ID, driver's license, birth certificate, social security card., etc.). While the participant is still incarcerated (pre-release), job readiness services are provided along with career exploration and discussions of education and occupational skills training opportunities. Post-release we continue to coordinate education, training, and employment activities while also encouraging participants in their continuation with any, court ordered or voluntary, mental health services and/or drug and alcohol treatment. We also continue to provide supportive services such as bus passes, work clothing, etc. From the date of initial enrollment, we are in contact with participants for about two or more years.

Provides services and resources to help women successfully transition from prison, rehabilitation or shelter back to the community.

Offers small business support to people reentering society. Support includes meeting space, computer lab, and equipment use. Offers technical assistance including website creation, help creating business and marketing plans, and help with grant writing.

Offers an advocate for laws and programs that benefit formerly incarcerated individuals.

Seeks to assist those who have been incarcerated to make a successful transition back into society.

The Chester County Veterans' Affairs Office provides assistance in applying for county, state and federal veteranâs benefits. Veterans Services provides a wide range of benefits, resources and assistance.

County benefits include:

• Burial Allowance
• Burial Plots
• Headstones and Installation Allowances
• Flags and Emblem Markers
• Safeguard DD-214

For more information visit Armstrong County Veterans Affairs Office

State benefits include:

• Blind Veterans Pension
• Emergency Assistance
• Educational Gratuity
• Paralyzed Veterans Pension
• Real Property Tax Exemption
• State Veterans Home System
• Widow's Real Property Tax Exemption

For more information visit Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

Federal benefits i

Offers a series of classes designed to provide instructions on basic computer skills, Microsoft programs, money management programs, and basic internet knowledge.

Uses volunteer recruits to provide mentoring services. Collaborates with other organizations that are in need of our mentoring services.

Provides a computer-based instruction program that provides the client an opportunity to complete the ten lessons of the Money Smart Training Program and receive a certificate.

Provides free clothing, household goods, linens, and some furnitures.

Provides one on one peer mentoring, job placement, ID/licensure, and birth certificate.

Provides one on one peer mentoring, job placement, ID/licensure, and birth certificate.

Assists men and women returning home from prison who need help rebuilding their lives after being released. Provides support including job readiness training, employment referrals, housing assistance referrals, alcohol and substance use treatment referrals, peer mentor support, and clothing donations.

Provides family reunification, housing assistance, mentoring, and workforce development services for individuals returning home from incarceration.

Provides re-entry services. Assists with housing, mentoring, education, and employment.

Behavioral health services available for youth, up to age 21 years, includes BSC (Behavioral Specialist Consultant), MT (Mobile Therapy), and TSS (Therapeutic Staff Support). Contracts with county mental health systems, Managed Care Organizations (MCOâs), and private insurers to provide both fee for service and case rate Medicaid services. Open to referrals from families, schools and agencies.

Behavioral health services available for youth, up to age 21 years, includes BSC (Behavioral Specialist Consultant), MT (Mobile Therapy), and TSS (Therapeutic Staff Support). Contracts with county mental health systems, Managed Care Organizations (MCOâs), and private insurers to provide both fee for service and case rate Medicaid services. Open to referrals from families, schools and agencies.

Behavioral health services available for youth, up to age 21 years, includes BSC (Behavioral Specialist Consultant), MT (Mobile Therapy), and TSS (Therapeutic Staff Support). Contracts with county mental health systems, Managed Care Organizations (MCOâs), and private insurers to provide both fee for service and case rate Medicaid services. Also operates a Family Support Program which is a intensive home visit program for at-risk youth and includes noth BSC and TSS services. Open to referrals from families, schools and agencies.

Behavioral health services available for youth, up to age 21 years, includes BSC (Behavioral Specialist Consultant), MT (Mobile Therapy), and TSS (Therapeutic Staff Support). Contracts with county mental health systems, Managed Care Organizations (MCOâs), and private insurers to provide both fee for service and case rate Medicaid services. Open to referrals from families, schools and agencies.

Provides computer instructions for basic or advanced computer skills, depending on the individual client ability and need. Each client who successfully completes the course receives a free refurbished desktop computer equipped with Microsoft Programs and Mavis Beacon.

Implements the money management and budgeting services using FDIC Money Smart Adult Education Program, as well as one-on-one budgeting based on each person's income and household expenses. FDIC is a computer-based instruction program that also enhances computer skills.

Focuses on the concept of using the acronym for MENTOR: Mentoring Ex-offenders' Need to Overcome Re-offending. Coaching/mentoring is an accountability system designed to assist our clients in their transition from incarceration to becoming responsible and productive citizens of their communities. Also collaborates with families, friends, and community services.

Offers a 6 phase treatment plan used to assist clients in their readiness and development towards recovery from a life of incarceration to a safe, successful return to society. No excuses will use evidence based practices such as victim impact, CBT, and Thinking 4 Change.

Provides transportation to and from employment and other human/social service appointments with collaborating agencies that own 12-15 passenger vans. These agencies work in partnership with 360TCI.

Collaborates with with outside partnerships to use resources that empower women to identify and build healthy relationships. Utilizes self-experience successful individuals who have life experiences in overcoming some of the barriers faced by ex-offender females.

Offers support services including case management with an assigned support coach; workshops and training regarding academic success, financial management, and life skills; tutoring by learning specialists in writing, math, and information technology courses; career development support; and mentorship. Also provides assistance with basic needs and access to health and wellness resources.

Offers a six-week program for formerly incarcerated and justice-involved adults providing an opportunity to gain long-term employment through life skills training and technical, job skills training. Includes $100 per week stipend, catered daily lunch, transit passes if needed, case management, wraparound services, job finding assistance, and three years of follow-up support for program graduates. Job training areas include retail (with guaranteed employment for graduates), HVAC, and CDL.

Offers outreach programs that offer paroled and released prisoners housing, job opportunity, employment training, drug and alcohol counseling, and more. Provides seniors with services.

Provides special programs and Bible studies in correctional facilities when allowed due to COVID-19 and assists inmates and reentrants find employment, housing, education, support groups, church, basic needs, etc. Reentrant or family member can contact them during incarceration, upon release or whenever their situation changes.

Offers skills training, paid work experience, and job placement opportunities to justice-involved young adults aged 18 to 24. Services include career path mentoring, job readiness training, job and/or educational placement assistance, GED prep/testing, tutoring, job skills training, access to industry-recognized certifications, paid internships, service learning projects, advice on how to discuss past justice involvement with employers, and ongoing support toward personal goals.

Offers hands-on training in the building trades, property maintenance and repair; support in achieving high school completion or equivalent; and job placement assistance. Provides monthly transportation allowance.

For individuals within the jail, Potter County Women's Center, or the LTSR and in need of re-entry planning services. Forensic Specialists are also available for meetings and aid in re-entry planning, as well as follow-ups upon discharge.

Offers transitional housing for men and women who have been recently discharged from Federal or State Department of Corrections.

Operates a supervision and treatment program designed to address criminogenic risk factors that cause a person to commit crimes. Treatment includes life skills groups, Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT), Drug & Alcohol treatment, case management groups, GED prep, and job readiness groups.

Assists clients defined as recently incarcerated and re-entrant individuals. The program helps with security deposits, rental assistance, and a hotel stay (up to 30 days).

Helps ex-offenders to develop skills for re-entry into the workforce. Also provides help getting the necessary identification documentation for employment.

Includes resource coordination, connect with attorney or P.O., medical clinic, free clothing and personal care items, special events designed for individuals impacted by the criminal legal system, obtain an ID, find work, mail sign up/ a pre-release mailing service, expungements, emergency shelter. Attorneys and prison social workers/discharge planners are welcome to apply in advance for clients with expected release dates in the next four months.

Works with people who are serving time at the Chester County Correctional Center and are returning to the Coatesville area.

Provides opportunities for re-entrants to acquire the skills and values necessary to become productive law-abiding citizens, while respecting the rights of crime victims.

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; Re-integration & re-socialization counseling
; 24-hour security & supervision
; and counseling which includes time & money management, goal planning, family counseling
. Also offers employment referrals and referral to other agencies for specialized counseling.

Offers a halfway house for adult males with a history of substance use who are coming out of prison and need a safe environment to re-integrate into society. Services for residents include counseling, twelve-step meetings, life skills and budgeting training, and assistance securing employment. Residents are also referred to educational, vocational, drug/alcohol, and rehabilitation services in the community.

Helps women assess their strengths and needs while guiding them as they think about their goals and how to reach them. Development of each woman’s service plan includes an assessment of immediate needs and her history and goals related to livelihood, housing, health and well being, family reunification, and criminal justice compliance.

Assists formerly incarcerated citizens in finding a home, church, job, housing, mentoring, and spiritual advising. Also sends letters to those incarcerated in county, state, and federal correctional institutions. Volunteer opportunities available.

Provides re-entry services to returning citizens. Includes an individual assessment for an emergency grant up to $200.

Offers reentry mentoring, support groups, and breakfast.

Provides assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other government agencies. Provides outreach concerning its program to disabled veterans and their families specifically.

Provides job search assistance to those with multiple barriers to employment, including those involved in the criminal justice system.

Empowers justice impacted individuals for success through relationships and resources. Supports the immediate and holistic needs of individuals returning to their communities from incarceration.