Additional Resources

Coming Home Directory - A comprehensive collection of resources for those returning to the Greater Boston area.  

Project Place - A Boston based organization that works with formerly incarcerated individuals and helps them develop skills and access resources to build a better future.  

Office of Returning Citizens - A collection of Boston-based resources and service providers organized by the City of Boston.  They also offer in person assistance such as, housing, jobs, healthcare, and education, at their Seaport District office.  

Boston Release Network - Boston Release Network provides assistance from the day of release up to six (6) months from the date of release.  The programs offered through BRN help ensure that these individuals can maintain their commitments within and to the legal system and navigate programs to assist their transition back into society. 

InnerCity Weightlifting - A Boston based organization that partners with participants through case management and careers in and beyond personal training. 

Removery INK-intiative -  Removery INK-intiative's program provides safe and free tattoo removal on the hands, neck, and face to formerly incarcerated individuals who wish to remove hate symbols or racist tattoos.  They have locations in Burlington and Boston as well as across the country.  

Transformational Prison Project - A Boston based Restorative Justice Program that offers workshops, trainings, and community presentations on Restorative Justice and its benefits.  TPP offers a fellowship to formerly incarcerated individuals that provides job training, technology training, and related employment resources.  

Roca - 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.  Roca has five sites throughout Massachusetts including Chelsea, Boston, Lynn, Springfield, and Holyoke. 

Justice 4 Housing - Justice 4 Housing (J4H) is a grassroots organization that provides housing and family reunification for Justice-Impacted Individuals (JIIs) through policy, advocacy and service.  Some of their programs include: Stable Housing & Reintegration Program (SHARP), Hands on Defense (HOD), and the Far From Home Report.  

Casa Esperanza - Casa Esperanza empowers individuals and families to recover from addiction, trauma, mental illness and other chronic medical conditions; overcome homelessness; and achieve health and wellness.  They work with formerly incarcerated individuals and primarily individuals in the Latine community.

Partakers Empowerment Program - Although Partakers is located in Newton, MA, the Partakers Empowerment Program is a 12-week ONLINE class that can be done remotely from anywhere.  Their program provides a robust and immersive program for re-entry.  Students are provided with new laptops and are engaged in virtual workshops on technology, civic re-engagement, health and wellness, professionalism, financial literacy, and education.  Each workshop is taught by Brandeis instructors, graduate students, and community partners. Throughout the program, students are supported by members of the Partakers’ Mentoring community who meet with their Mentees via Zoom. 

New Beginnings Reentry - New Beginnings Reentry is based in Dorchester, MA.  They offer many programs such as art and music therapies, restorative justice, cooking classes, and more.  

Coming Home Directory - A comprehensive collection of resources for those returning to the Worcester area.  

Dismas House - Dismas programs provide transitional housing and services to ex-offenders in the Worcester area.

Advocates - Advocates is an organization with nine offices in Massachusetts, including offices in Framingham and  Marlboro.  They provide a comprehensive menu of services from substance abuse recovery, mental health treatment, and community justice programs for returning citizens.  

Project Smile - Project Smile's "Suits & Smiles" program provides interview and work attire for men in the greater Boston, Worcester, and Framingham areas.  

OpenSky - OpenSky Community Services is a Worcester based program that offers a comprehensive selection of services, including services specifically for formerly incarcerated.  

Supporting Transitions and Reentry (STAR) - STAR makes connections to mental health, substance use, educational and vocational training supports are critical and are provided.  Referrals to the program will come from the courts, probation, parole, the District Attorney’s office, as well as from the law enforcement community. 

ThriveMA - a community based response to adults transitioning from incarceration.  This program is for those living in Lowell or Lawrence.

UTEC - A program for justice involved individuals ages 25 and younger in the Lowell area.  

All Inclusive Support Services (AISS) - AISS assists all Springfield community members, including formerly incarcerated people, in all aspects of their lives as they transition from incarceration into the Springfield community.  AISS provides adult education classes, housing assistance, employment trainings and placement, mental health referrals, and more.  

Bard Microcollege - Bard Prison Initiative offers a tuition free education to women at their Holyoke, MA satellite campus.    

Roca - 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.  Roca has five sites throughout Massachusetts including Chelsea, Boston, Lynn, Springfield, and Holyoke.  

Second Street - Second Street's mission is to provide a central point of access where formerly incarcerated people of Berkshire County connect with the tools, programs, and support, to encourage a successful reentry into a more welcoming community with dignity and sustainable opportunities to thrive. 

Suit Up Springfield - The Suit Up Springfield organization is focused on providing the young men of Springfield area professional attire. Their goal is to help each individual find a suit that will give them the confidence, knowledge, and tools to help them become a successful member of our community.