Money Post-release: Real-world Tips to Help You Build Your Financial Life After Prison
Part 4: Child Support Payments and Debt After Prison—How to Tackle What You Owe If you’re out and trying to rebuild, debt can feel like a weight that never lets up. Court fees, restitution, child support, old bills, sometimes it [...]
Seventeen Years Lost, A New Life Gained
George N. grew up in New York, surrounded by a supportive family and what many would call an ideal childhood. Yet, amid that stability, he often felt out of place. That gnawing sense of not fitting in would follow him [...]
Money Post-release: Real-world Tips to Help You Build Your Financial Life After Prison
Part 3: How to Make a Budget When You’re Starting from Scratch The idea of budgeting, when you’re barely scraping by, might sound like a cruel joke. But this is when a budget matters most. You don’t need a fancy [...]
Money Post-release: Real-world Tips to Help You Build Your Financial Life After Prison
Part 2: Why Is Getting a Bank Account So Hard? What Do I Need to Open a Bank Account? One of the biggest surprises in life after prison is how hard it can be to open a bank account. If [...]
Money Post-release: Real-world Tips to Help You Build Your Financial Life After Prison
Introduction—What to Expect When You’re Starting Over Stepping into life after prison is a big moment. There’s no manual or no one-size-fits-all plan, but this is the start of something…
Second Chance Jobs: Where to Get Real Help and a Fresh Start
If you’ve been turned away for a job because of your record, you know how frustrating it can be. The rejection can get old fast. For most returning citizens, finding…
A Life Given Back: Frank S.’s Second Chance
Frank S. remembers his childhood as rough-edged and haunted from the beginning. Born in 1976 to a teenage mother and a barely-sixteen-year-old father, his earliest memories are marked not with cartoons and playgrounds, but with absence. His father was gone [...]
Finding Hope: Drug and Alcohol Support for Returning Citizens
Walking out of prison can be a shock. The world has changed while you were gone, and suddenly you’re supposed to catch up and keep pace with everyone who has…
From Silence to Strength: Sean J.’s Second Chance Journey
Growing up deaf in California, I faced challenges that many people never have to experience. Often, I was the only deaf person in my family, school, or community, leaving me…
