Mentoring
You can benefit from the encouragement and support a mentor provides as you re-enter your community.
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As a returning citizen, you need help –
help getting a place to live, finding a job, getting health care, reconnecting with your family and finding other support services in the community. Having a mentor will give you the support and information you need to find helpful, reliable, up-to-date resources. |
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At Mission Behind Bars and Beyond (MB3) we help to reconnect families, provide support, and mentor returning citizens during their first year of release.
Your mentor helps by listening and by helping you to solve problems. Volunteers serve as positive role models, encouraging you and helping you to restore positive relationships with your family and community. Click here to contact MB3 about getting a Mentor. |
Vince Patton explains why and how he became a mentor. He comments on how mentors help people transitioning from incarceration as they return to their communities.
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In Louisville, Lexington and Northern Kentucky, Mission Behind Bars And Beyond (MB3) will give you individual advice and support.
Wherever you live in Kentucky, check out the help you can get at the Kentucky Department of Corrections Reentry Guide. Scroll down for more information on these services. |
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Kentucky Department of Corrections Reentry Guides
Where ever you live in Kentucky follow this link to find valuable resources to help you with your reentry. Use the pull down button: Pre-Release Community Resources to choose your area in Kentucky based on the map provided on the page. Choose the area of your release and there will be Reentry Guides available for you. For example, information about the location of employment agencies, housing resources, and local treatment providers are commonly listed for each community. Jefferson County Reentry Resource Manual The Department of Corrections resource manuals provide information about resources in the communities that serve returning offenders and other community members. This manual is specifically for Jefferson County, Kentucky. Click here or on the book cover to open this booklet. Then, use the Table of Contents on page 3 to find a listing of all resources available in Jefferson County. For more general information about Kentucky Reentry click here |
Expungement Process
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The Reily Reentry Project facilitates the expungement process and covers most, if-not-all, related fees at no expense. In exchange, participants are asked to enroll in any Louisville Urban League program that will equip them with the tools they need to be more successful as they move into more prosperous futures.
For more information about Louisville Urban League's Reilly Reentry Project click here. |
