“I thought prison was only about keeping society safe from us. Nobody cared if we rotted away in there. Then came CHOICE. They showed me that the system does care. They lifted me up and gave me the resources to build my life back.” We met Maggie in jail and worked with her to earn…

Tara is a care coordinator at CHOICE. She spends her days helping people. It sounds simple, but it’s not. It requires a tremendous amount of compassion and good nature, all of which Tara has in excess! In this short clip, she tells us what a good day at CHOICE looks like.

Doris came to us recently because she had custody of her three grandchildren and lost everything she had in an apartment fire. They were living in a motel and needed help. We went right to work and with the help of the Westchester Department of Social Services, we were able to find her housing and…

We met Edward during one of our weekly prison workshops on job searches and interviewing. He was paroled soon after that but was afraid he had no chance at a career path because of the mistakes he had made. He continued to attend meetings of our “Ready, Set, Work” groups. With our encouragement, Edward obtained…

We met George about two years ago upon his conditional release from prison. It took us some time to gain his trust, but we finally proved to him that we were on his side when we straightened out some confusion with his probation officer and prevented him from returning to prison. After that, we were…