WPA offers
a range of services aimed at helping
women who are at any stage of contact
with the criminal justice system weather
crises, achieve stability,
and meet longer-term goals on the way
to becoming full participants in community
life. While women who come to WPA are
frequently referred to us because of
their criminal involvement, they usually
request help not only with criminal justice
issues, but also with developing a livelihood,
finding housing, meeting health and general
well-being needs, and renewing and improving
family relationships.
WPA’s direct service network is
organized in three broad areas:
Within
these program areas, WPA offers Alternatives
to Incarceration, Family Reunification
Assistance and Family Support Services,
Reentry Case Management, Targeted Assistance
and Support, and Jail- and Prison-Based
Education and Pre-Release Services.
WPA operates from four community sites:
Hopper Home and Sarah Powell Huntington
House, both located on Manhattan’s
Lower East Side; the Reentry Services
Center in downtown Brooklyn; and the
Brooklyn Community Office in East New
York, Brooklyn. Incarcerated women can
connect with staff who work at WPA’s
jail-based offices at Rikers Island’s
Rose M. Singer Center and at Taconic,
Bedford Hills, and Bayview Correctional
Facilities.
WPA staff members will help a woman
assess her strengths and needs while
guiding her as she thinks about her goals
and how she can reach them. Development
of each woman’s service plan includes
an assessment of immediate needs and
her history and goals related to livelihood,
housing, health and well-being, family
reunification, and criminal justice compliance.
As described in the linked program descriptions,
clients who work with WPA can elect to
take advantage of limited or comprehensive
assistance.
