Promoting Alternatives

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Children & Families

WPA works with the whole family to achieve important goals. Learn more

Reentry

Partnering with women to build stable and independent lives. Learn more

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Video: 170 Years of Firsts

See how WPA has been changing the face of criminal justice reform for nearly two centuries.

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Florence Roberts Memorial Fund

alleviating day to day hardships that burden women returning to their communities from prison, and their families

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WPA News

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Women's Advocacy Project

Formerly incarcerated women advocate for rational system reform.

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Two Years of Success & Expansion at WPA
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The program that’s keeping women out of prison – and saving money
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30-Second Mural Making with McGraw Hill Financial Corporate Volunteers!
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Miss America talks #2ndChances with WPA

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JusticeHome graduate, Brenda, shares her WPA experience
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Piper Kerman’s Op-Ed in the New York Times
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Orange is the New Black’s Lea DeLaria describes her #2ndChance
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Georgia Lerner on Marissa Alexander: a call for alternatives to incarceration

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