SERVICES THAT BUILD LIVESOur participants' complex and overlapping needs are met through a one-stop shop model of service provision at From Prison to Promise. Our re-entry services provide a safe space that helps build trust, provides resilience and opens the doors to a unique healing journey.
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OUR SERVICES
Our Employment Services program is designed to equip formerly incarcerated jobseekers with skills necessary to obtain employment and thrive in the workplace. We offer a variety of services to help motivated job seekers begin their careers and advance professionally. These services include job readiness workshops, sector-based skills trainings, Culinary Arts, Job Development, and Transportation, as well as job placement assistance and retention services. We also offer sponsorship for Business Incubation for those who wish to start or grow their own businesses.
With the help of our partners at A Better Day Than Yesterday Initiative, we offer Family Reunification Services to meet the unique needs of formerly incarcerated parents. These services include:
BUILD-A-MOM/DAD WORKSHOP
These will help to strengthen family bonds and help formerly incarcerated parents to communicate effectively with their children. The Program also seeks to improve the child's behavior in school and help the parent become more productive in their family and community.
We’re committed to enhancing children’s development through programs that encourage fathers and mothers to become personally involved with their children and relate to their co-parents.
OPERATION FREEDOM PACKAGE
Returning citizens who register for Operation Freedom Package have access to workshops facilitated by experts in the fields of:
BUILD-A-MOM/DAD WORKSHOP
These will help to strengthen family bonds and help formerly incarcerated parents to communicate effectively with their children. The Program also seeks to improve the child's behavior in school and help the parent become more productive in their family and community.
We’re committed to enhancing children’s development through programs that encourage fathers and mothers to become personally involved with their children and relate to their co-parents.
OPERATION FREEDOM PACKAGE
Returning citizens who register for Operation Freedom Package have access to workshops facilitated by experts in the fields of:
- Financial Literacy
- Health Care Education
- Healthy living
- Cell Phone/ Smart Phone Training
Our Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) classes reduces the prison and jail population, saves taxpayers millions of dollars, and helps hundreds of men and women annually learn how to lead law-abiding, productive lives. We achieve this through pre-entry education. Participants completing the program successfully receive credit which could reduce/eliminate possible jail time. Group sessions are currently offered remotely, while individual counseling sessions are offered both remotely and in-person.
The Benefits Access program helps participants determine if they are eligible to receive public benefits available to low-income individuals. These benefits include Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income/Social Security Disability Insurance (SSI/SSD), and other forms of public assistance. The program also connects participants with expert advice to help them with a wide range of issues, such as child support, evictions, accessing criminal records, and more. These additional services are offered to all new participants who walk through our doors. Our Benefits Access services are offered both remotely, and in-person, if needed.
REFERRALS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
We refer participants in need of financial management, advisement, and budgeting services to financial empowerment organizations in Richmond and surrounding counties.
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
We offer legal services to support participants with the challenges they face during reentry, such as issues with ID, dealing with an eviction, dealing with child support or custody issues, and appealing denial of benefits such as SSD/I, UIB and/or advice with HRA fair-hearings. We prepare expungements and restore second amendment rights.
We also direct participants in obtaining Certificates of Relief from Disabilities/Good Conduct.
VOTER REGISTRATION
Our entitlements specialists engage participants and staff to ensure that they register to vote in the upcoming local, state, and national elections. Necessary documents are collected from participants and assistance is offered to homeless individuals in determining the best address to use on their voter registration forms.
TAX PREPARATION
As a VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) site, we offer free tax preparation for eligible participants in partnership with Single Stop, USA.
REFERRALS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
We refer participants in need of financial management, advisement, and budgeting services to financial empowerment organizations in Richmond and surrounding counties.
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
We offer legal services to support participants with the challenges they face during reentry, such as issues with ID, dealing with an eviction, dealing with child support or custody issues, and appealing denial of benefits such as SSD/I, UIB and/or advice with HRA fair-hearings. We prepare expungements and restore second amendment rights.
We also direct participants in obtaining Certificates of Relief from Disabilities/Good Conduct.
VOTER REGISTRATION
Our entitlements specialists engage participants and staff to ensure that they register to vote in the upcoming local, state, and national elections. Necessary documents are collected from participants and assistance is offered to homeless individuals in determining the best address to use on their voter registration forms.
TAX PREPARATION
As a VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) site, we offer free tax preparation for eligible participants in partnership with Single Stop, USA.
NARCAN TRAINING
Learn how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose and administer the opioid overdose reversal drug NARCAN.
FORENSIC PEER SUPPORT CERTIFICATION
This training is for certification through the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health. Forensic Peer Certification can be used in conjunction with Peer Recovery in aspects of dealing with the reentry side of trauma.
REENTRY SENSITIVITY
This training is for adjacent organizations or individuals that engage with the returning citizen population. Reentry Sensitivity highlights trauma in relation to incarceration, effective person-centered language and mindful coping mechanisms to help navigate the work.
Learn how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose and administer the opioid overdose reversal drug NARCAN.
FORENSIC PEER SUPPORT CERTIFICATION
This training is for certification through the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health. Forensic Peer Certification can be used in conjunction with Peer Recovery in aspects of dealing with the reentry side of trauma.
REENTRY SENSITIVITY
This training is for adjacent organizations or individuals that engage with the returning citizen population. Reentry Sensitivity highlights trauma in relation to incarceration, effective person-centered language and mindful coping mechanisms to help navigate the work.
