Prison Education Resources
www.PrisonEducation.com, PrisonEducation.com contains the Prison Education Blog and the electronic edition of the Education Behind Bars Newsletter. It is managed by Christopher Zoukis; the author of the upcoming Sunbury Press title "Education Behind Bars
Colleges/Places to Study
www.cuny.edu,
City
University of
New York
www.bard.edu
Bard
College,
Annandale on Hudson, N Y
Financial Aid/Scholarships
Upstate New York Financial Aid Center. www.genesee.edu/about/foundation/funds.cfm
FastWeb, the Internet's leading scholarship search service, helps students make the decisions that shape their lives: choosing a college, paying for college, and finding jobs and internships. fastweb.org
Social Service Organizations
www.commonground.org, Common Ground’s mission is to help prevent homelessness.
www.correctionalassociation.org, The Correctional Association of
New York. Site supplies a range of articles and assistance.
www.csh.org, Corporation for Supportive Housing’s core values are: integrity, respect, persistence, and making a difference. We set as a central priority creating opportunities for tenants to live with dignity in accordance with their own interests, and we work hard to open the doors of supportive housing to people who face the greatest challenges. We believe that individuals can transform their lives and should be offered the chance to do so. We believe that homelessness can be prevented and ended.
www.essnyc.org/public.html, Episcopal Social Services
www.fortunesociety.org, Staffed primarily by former prisoners, The Fortune Society is a not-for-profit community-based organization dedicated to educating the public about prisons, criminal justice issues, and the root causes of crime. We also help former prisoners and at-risk youth break the cycle of crime and incarceration through a broad range of services.
www.jjay.cuny.edu/centersinstitutes/pri.asp, Prisoner Reentry Institutewww.vera.org, The Vera Institute of Justice works closely with leaders in government and civil society to improve the services people rely on for safety and justice. Vera develops innovative, affordable programs that often grow into self-sustaining organizations, studies social problems and current responses, and provides practical advice and assistance to government officials in
New York and around the world.
Articles
www.educationupdate.com/archives/2005/June/html/SPOT-EBB-Inmates.html
www.citylimits.org/content/articles/weeklyView.cfm?articlenumber=1930
www.npr.org/news/specials/housingfirst/whoneeds/ex-offenders.html
General Information
www.curenational.org/new/index.html, A resource page from the Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants
www.mdrc.org, In 1974, MDRC was founded as the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, known mainly as MDRC. MDRC is also studying public school reforms, employment programs for ex-prisoners and people with disabilities, and programs to help low-income people succeed in college.
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij, National Institute for Justice, Washington. D.C.
Legal Assistance
www.lac.org/about.html, The
Legal
Action
Center is the only non-profit law and policy organization in the
United States whose sole mission is to fight discrimination against people with histories of addiction, HIV/AIDS, or criminal records, and to advocate for sound public policies in these areas.
Employment
www.ceoworks.org.The Center for Employment Opportunities provides job readiness and placement services to men and women returning from prison to
New York City and others under community supervision. Our signature work experience program - the Neighborhood Work Project (NWP) - provides immediate, paid, short-term employment and serves as an "employment lab," preparing participants with the essential skills to rejoin the workforce and restart their lives. Within 2-3 months, 60% of training graduates are placed in permanent jobs.
www.cssny.org/index.html, Community Service Society. The mission of the Community Service Society is to identify problems which create a permanent poverty class in
New York City, and to advocate the systemic changes required to eliminate such problems. CSS will focus on enabling, empowering and promoting opportunities for poor families and individuals to develop their full potential, to contribute to society, and to realize social, economic and political opportunities.
hirenetwork.org, The goal of the National H.I.R.E. Network is to increase the number and quality of job opportunities available to people with criminal records by changing public policies, employment practices and public opinion. The National H.I.R.E. Network also provides training and technical assistance to agencies working to improve the employment prospects for people with criminal records.
www.wpaonline.org, Women’s Prison Association is the nation's oldest service and advocacy organization committed to helping women with criminal justice histories see new possibilities for themselves and their families.
