Those who are Ex-Offenders
All information displayed has been gathered from each program's website.
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans
- Cornerstone Builders is a re-entry program for formerly incarcerated men and women based on rehabilitation through service. Our Re-Entry 72 program provides support services to persons within the first 72 hours of release from local correctional facilities.
Community Service Center
- "Someone to Watch Over Me" provides the children of recently released and incarcerated offenders with opportunities to enhance their life experiences. This program is the perfect opportunity for children of recently released and incarcerated parents to communicate about the disempowering experience of incarceration and separation, as well as the chance to enjoy fun activities. Working with the faith based community, local non profit organizations and local universities, this project encompasses not only the child, but also the caregiver and /or parent /guardian.
- Many of the people we work with are coming out of prison, where they have been provided with three meals and a bed. Now, that they are free, having nothing except the clothes on their back, they need our support. Some are unable to read or write, and some have a hard time learning. Domestic violence victims, who were also in a very controlled environment, find it very difficult to re-start.
Goodwill Industries of Southeast LA
- LifeLaunch is a program for young adults 18-24 who have been involved with the criminal justice system. This program not only provides basic job training, but it prepares young adults with the academic competencies and credentials needed in the 21st century labor market.
Ex-Offender Re-entry Program: training, case management, mentoring, and employment services; men and women in work release programs, recovery houses and residential release centers. Goodwill's Re-Integration Program (G.R.I.P.) offers skills training and enrollment to eligible participants who were released from the Louisiana Department Correction, Federal Prison System or City/Parish prison within the last 7 years.
- We provide ex-offenders with comprehensive transitional assistance to work on life skills, develop resumes, become employable, and grow spiritually so they can re-join society at a reduced rate of relapse.
- In December 2016, we also launched a Financial Services Program that provides micro-grants and zero-interest loans to people recently released from prison. This program assists recipients with furthering their education, attaining certification, going to driving school, accessing transportation, setting up secured lines of credit to build credit history, and acquiring tools and materials for their small businesses.
The First 72+
Residents in our transitional house live rent-free for 3-6 months. Residents are provided meals and clothing, and easy access to our office (right next door) where they receive case management, peer mentorship, legal services, and even support with starting small businesses! Upon completion of the program all clients/residents are considered alumni, and like the founders, are expected to remain involved and to "pay it forward."
In our case management program our team of peer mentors assist clients with achieving self-sufficiency. Our mentors are all formerly incarcerated, many are still "on paper" (parole/probation), and they have all personally navigated the many barriers someone faces when they come home. Now they assist others with this same journey.
When someone is released from prison they often come home to numerous outstanding legal issues that impede their ability to rejoin the workforce. In our Reentry Legal Services Clinic we provide representation to assist client's with getting their driver's license reinstated, resolving municipal attachments that pre-date their incarceration, resolving child support debt, and addressing probation/parole holds.
In partnership with Rising Foundations we support a small business incubator program. Because discrimination against people with felony convictions by employers is largely legal and unregulated, in this unique workforce development program we foster self-sufficiency through self-employment and small business development enabling our clients to bypass discrimination by employers. The small business incubator empowers formerly incarcerated people to develop small businesses to (at first) supplement their income while they continue working low-wage jobs, with an overall goal for these businesses to grow to provide full time employment for themselves, and eventually other formerly incarcerated people.
Total Community Action
- STAND: Stepping Toward a New Direction - help line to work with partner agencies that will locate resources and help you develop skills that can improve your independence in preparing for a job and education; for high-risk individuals and ex-offenders - 504-267-4298.
- Community-Based Reintegration: Community Reintegration Program (CBR) was YEP's first program, established in 2004, and is a critical component of our mentorship offerings. Young people in YEP's Community Reintegration program receive intensive, individualized mentoring and supportive services while they are making the difficult transition home from non-secure and secure state operated juvenile justice facilities.
Community-Based Mentoring: The Community-Based Mentoring (CBM) program reaches youth early on in their lives in order to prevent later involvement in the juvenile justice system. The program aims to enroll young men between the ages 8-10 year old who are not court-involved, but are at-risk for justice system involvement and may be exhibiting pre-delinquent behavior. These youth participants are paired with a Youth Advocate where they receive supportive services as well as intensive mentoring though the time of their high school graduation.
Community-Based Intervention: Community-Based Intervention (CBI), one of YEP's newest case management programs, was established in 2016. CBI supports young people who have been engaged in the juvenile justice system and who are under the supervision of the Office of Juvenile Justice. YEP ensures that youth participants establish meaningful connections with caring adults and receive individualized case management services - in order to maintain community connections and avoid moving into "out-of-home" placements.