Imagine. . .
Today is the day that you are released from incarceration. You have served your time and you are ready for freedom. The bus drops you off at Anchorage Jail. All that you have are the clothes that you were arrested in. You hardly recognize the surrounding city. You long to return to your community, to find a job, to secure housing, and to mend relationships. Where do you begin?
In 2013, Partners opened a walk-in reentry center providing same-day assistance to formerly incarcerated people. This participant based program includes -but is not limited to- transitional housing, transportation, employment services, case management, support groups, and other community connections to provide wrap-around services to participants.
Reentry participants receive aid and are held accountable for their progress towards becoming productive citizens.
“The help I have received from Partners is not quantifiable. They have provided me with a hand up, not a handout.””
Doors are Open . . .
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday:
8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Thursday:
8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Friday:
8:30 am to 2 pm
We are able to provide closely coordinated assistance and support thanks to a legislatively designated grant managed by the Department of Health and Human Services. A Homeless Assistance Program grant from Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) is also used in collaboration with the Alaska Department of Corrections and other agencies to provide housing. This way, those lacking resources on the day that they are released from prison are able to walk into safe and sober housing.