Community Sanction & Re-Entry Centers

Volunteers of America is a leader in providing services to re-entry populations. The organization provides a continuum of proven service models to help offenders rebuild their lives and re-enter their communities. Through services such as literacy training, housing location, and alcohol and substance comprehensive treatment, case management, offenders gain skills and are empowered to succeed. Residents secure employment, participate in education and life skills training and learn to give back to their community through community service experiences. Programs are operated through agreements with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Probation Department, as well as states and counties. Programs are operated in over 50 residential re-entry facilities located across the country.

Featured Program: Hope Hall

Turning lives around is the theme of Volunteers of America of Delaware Valley. Hope Hall, located in Camden, NJ, houses 175 male offenders preparing for parole. The program is designed to bring out the best in ex-offenders and prepare them to successfully re-enter society. Unlike other halfway houses where residents go back and forth to work or school full-time after just a short adjustment period, the men who live at Hope Hall are eased into re-entry