Services for individuals, families and other groups.
Alameda County Reentry Resource Directory
The Alameda County Reentry Resource Directory is the most comprehensive and current guide to services and supports for formerly incarcerated people in the East Bay. Read more »
California Courts Self-Help Center
The California Courts Self-Help Center offers a listing of Family Law Facilitators in California and a resource guide to “The Basics of Child Support for Incarcerated Parents.”
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Visitor Info
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation website is intended to assist the general public in locating, contacting, visiting, and corresponding with inmates and juveniles who are in a CDCR prison or juvenile facility.
California Department of Public Health
The California Department of Public Health is dedicated to optimizing the health and well-being of the people in California. Read more »
Center Point, Inc.
Center Point provides comprehensive social, educational, vocational, medical, psychological, housing, and rehabilitation services to combat social problems such as substance abuse, poverty, unemployment, and homelessness. Read more »
Family Service Agency of San Francisco
Family Service Agency of San Francisco works to strengthen families by providing caring, effective, and innovative social services, with special emphasis on the needs of low-income families, children, the elderly, and disabled people, thus improving the quality of life for all San Franciscans.
HHS Document cites Centerforce
Supporting Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers (US Dept of Health and Human Services, April 2010). Twelve programs around the country were funded beginning in FY 2007 under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners (MFS-IP) grant program. Research Brief #5, Parenting From Prison: Innovative Programs to Support Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers, describes the grantees’ challenge of finding curricula addressing the specific needs of incarcerated fathers. Many programs adapted parenting courses not specific to this population, and four grantees developed and implemented original curricula.
Reentry Council of the City & County of San Francisco
The purpose of the Reentry Council of the City & County of San Francisco is to coordinate local efforts to support adults exiting San Francisco County Jail, San Francisco juvenile justice out-of-home placements, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities, and the United States Federal Bureau of Prison facilities.
The San Francisco Reentry Council produces a resource entitled: Getting Out & Staying Out: A Guide to San Francisco Resources for People Leaving Jails and Prisons.
Click here to go to the reentry council website, and look for the guide on their resource page.
San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (SFCIPP)
The San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership (SFCIPP) is a coalition of social service providers, representatives of government bodies, advocates and others who work with or are concerned about children of incarcerated parents and their families. Read more »