Community Partners
CI's home is at The Fortune Society, a non-profit social service and advocacy organization, founded in 1967, whose mission is to support successful reentry from prison and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities.
The Osborne Association offers opportunities for individuals who have been in conflict with the law to transform their lives through innovative, effective, and replicable programs that serve the community by reducing crime and its human and economic costs.
Exodus Transitional Community is a fellowship of formerly incarcerated individuals that helps people coming out of prison build stable lives and fully reintegrate into society.
College and Community Fellowship is a reentry higher education program open to women in New York City.
The mission of Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services is to increase the understanding and use of community sanctions that are fair, affordable and consistent with public safety.
The Center for Employment Opportunities is dedicated to providing immediate, effective and comprehensive employment services to men and women with recent criminal convictions.
Women's Prison Association is a service and advocacy organization committed to helping women with criminal justice histories realize new possibilities for themselves and their families.
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison seeks to help persons who are incarcerated prepare themselves for more constructive and meaningful lives now and upon re-entering society by providing opportunities to experience the positive effects of learning at the college level.
Bard Prison Initiative offers college inside three long-term, maximum-security prisons and two transitional medium-security prisons in New York.
Citizens Against Recidivism works to achieve the restoration of all the rights and attributes of citizenship among people in prison or jail and those who have been released.
College Partners
The CUNY Black Male Initiative is intended to increase, encourage and support the inclusion and educational success of under-represented groups in higher education, in particular black males.
The CUNY COPE program provides information and support services to CUNY students in degree programs who are receiving public assistance.
The mission of FUTURE NOW at Bronx Community College is to provide participants with educational and vocational development and empowerment.
The mission of the Hostos Community College Academic Learning Center to provide students with the opportunity to improve and excel academically in all subject areas.
The College Transition Initiative and the CUNY Start Program are designed for those whose CUNY assessment scores indicate a need for remedial math and reading/writing before starting credit courses.
The CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies has served as a degree route for many returning students interested in designing their own degrees. The program offers a comprehensive transfer evaluation and individualized faculty and staff support.
City, State and Federal Partners
The Bureau of Justice Assistance supports innovative programs that strengthen the nation's criminal justice system and reentry organizations.
The NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services is a multi-function criminal justice support agency with a variety of responsibilities, including the administration of federal and state criminal justice funds.
The Higher Education Services Corporation is New York State's student financial aid agency, helping people pay for college by providing more grant and scholarship award money than any other state in the nation.
The Mayor's Office of Adult Education works to improve the quality of life of New Yorkers by promoting a state-of-the-art adult education system.
Center for Economic Opportunity works with New York City agencies to design and implement evidence-based initiatives aimed at poverty reduction.
The NYC Justice Corps brings together model practices from workforce development, reentry and service learning programs.
Foundation Partners
A belief that every life has equal value is at the core of the work of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The mission of the Sunshine Lady Foundation is to invest in organizations and programs dedicated to providing opportunities for the advancement of education, well being and new life choices for disadvantaged people.
Network Partners
The National Youth Employment Coalition is a national membership network that improves the effectiveness of organizations that seek to help youth become productive citizens.
Research Partners
The Center for Institutional and Social Change at Columbia Law School facilitates innovation and collaboration among researchers, practitioners and change leaders striving to reduce structural inequality and advance full participation, primarily in the arenas of educational, employment, and justice arenas. The Center recently released a study on CI: Building Pathways of Possibility from Criminal Justice to College: College Initiative as a Catalyst Linking Individual and Systemic Change
