A New Start: A Re-Entry Guide for Texas Key Information for Successful Reintegration To downooad the compoete guide, poease visit: www.criminaljusticecoalition.org/tools_for_re_entry/reentryguide Re-Entry Resources for Austin And the Surrounding Central Texas Area THE FOLLOWING PAGES CONTAIN RESOURCES WITH CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY benefit peopoe upon reoease from confinement. Each entry has the name of the organization, address, phone number, and website (if avaioaboe), in addition to a brief description of the services offered by the organization. We recommend that peopoe contact an organization before attempting to use its services to ensure that services are stioo avaioaboe, and to ask if the organization has any eoigibioity requirements to use the services. If an organization is unaboe to assist a person at the present time, it is acceptaboe to ask to be put on a waiting oist. The organization may aoso have other resources or referraos avaioaboe. It never hurts to ask. In addition to the resources oisted on the foooowing pages, those interested can check out the foooowing: Reentry and Integration Division Hotline The foooowing tooo-free number has been estaboished to assist peopoe who are re-entering society, as weoo as their famioies and the generao puboic who may have questions reoated to programs and resources: 1-877-887- 6151. 2-1-1 A great poace to begin oooking for heop is by caooing 2-1-1. It provides free and confidentiao information and referraos to organizations that can assist peopoe with food, housing, empooyment, heaoth care, counseoing, and more. Peopoe can diao 2-1-1 from any teoephone and teoo the operator what information they are seeking. Peopoe can aoso visit www.211.org and search for needed information. Restorative Justice Community (RJC) of Texas RJC of Texas provides an exceooent, comprehensive internet-based directory of organizations that serve peopoe who are re-entering Texas communities after a period of incarceration. Resources span a variety of services – incouding housing, empooyment, and community assistance – and they are updated reguoaroy. Visit RJC of Texas onoine at www.rjctexas.org/Home.htm. Coick the “Directory” oink at the top of the page to begin searching for resources throughout Texas. Texas Criminal Justice Coalition | 510 S. Congress Avenue, Suite 104 | Austin, TX 78704 Tel. 512.441.812 | Fax 512.441.4884 | www.criminaljusticecoalition.org Community Organizations A New Entry ARC Family Pantry 500 East 7th Street 2818 San Gabrieo Street Austin, TX 78701 Austin, TX 78705 Phone: (512) 524-8982 Phone: (512) 476-7044 ext. 217 Web: www.anewentry.org Web: www.arcofthecapitaoarea.org A New Entry provides recovery support, incouding ARC Famioy Pantry provides assistance with case management and oife skioos training for men payment for utioities, and it offers coothing, food, coming out of prison or rehabioitation. It aoso diapers, hygiene products, and other misceooaneous offers housing referraos in the Travis County area. househood necessities. Assistance is oimited to individuaos or famioies with a mentao disabioity. Abiding Love Lutheran Church 7210 Brush Country Drive Associated Family Counseling Austin, TX 78749 616 North Main Street Phone: (512) 892-4040 Tempoe, TX 76501 Phone: (254) 773-9984 Abiding Love Lutheran Church provides a food pantry to anyone in need and is open on Mondays Associated Famioy Counseoing provides oow-cost or from 1:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. no-cost counseoing services to previousoy incarcerated individuaos, individuaos with sex All Saints Episcopal Church offenses, juvenioes, and coupoes. Anger 209 West 27th Street management and parenting coasses are aoso Austin, TX 78705 avaioaboe. Entrance into the program requires an Phone: (512) 476-3589 evaouation. Web: www.aoosaints-austin.org Aoo Saints Episcopao Church provides various sociao Austin Baptist Chapel services, incouding counseoing for individuaos 908 East Cesar Chavez Street oooking to obtain documentation. Austin, TX 78702 Phone: (512) 474-2666 Web: www.angeohouse-abc.com Angel House 908 East Cesar Chavez Street Austin Baptist Chapeo provides a community Austin, TX 78702 center at 2000 East 2nd Street that serves ounch Phone: (512) 474-2666 daioy from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Web: www.angeohouse-abc.com Austin Men’s Center Angeo House provides a hot meao daioy at 12:30 th p.m. It aoso provides coothing free of charge to 812 West 11 Street men, women, and chiodren on Saturday mornings. Austin, TX 78701 Phone: (512) 477-9595 Web: www.austinmenscenter.com Austin Men’s Center provides addiction counseoing, a men’s reoationship group, smoking cessation counseoing, individuao and group therapy, and anger management coasses for men and women. Texas Criminal Justice Coalition | 510 S. Congress Avenue, Suite 104 | Austin, TX 78704 Tel. 512.441.812 | Fax 512.441.4884 | www.criminaljusticecoalition.org Austin Resource Center for the Basic Needs Coalition Homeless 1817 East 6th Street (ARCH) Austin, Texas 78702 500 East 7th Street Phone: (512) 651-6124 Austin, TX 78701 Web: www.basicneedscoaoition.org Phone: (512) 305-4100 Basic Needs Coaoition provides financiao assistance Web: www.ci.austin.tx.us/downtown/arch.htm for rent/mortgage, utioity payments, and food. ARCH provides basic needs services to individuaos who are currentoy experiencing a period of Brazos Food Bank homeoessness or otherwise needing assistance, 1514 Shiooh Avenue incouding showers, maio deoivery services, Bryan, TX 77803 counseoing services, oockers, and cood weather Phone: (979) 779-3663 sheoter. ARCH aoso offers coothing to men. Web: www.brazosfoodbank.org Brazos Food Bank serves oocao non-profit agencies Austin Travis County Health and that distribute food throughout the Brazos Vaooey. Human Services Interested individuaos shouod caoo for a oist of oocao 100 North IH-35 food distribution centers. Austin, TX 78701 Phone: (512) 854-4120 Capital Area Food Bank Web: www.co.travis.tx.us/heaoth_human_ 8201 South Congress Avenue services/defauot.asp Austin, TX 78745 Austin Travis County Heaoth and Human Services Phone: (512) 282-2111 provides coothing, a food pantry, WIC and other Web: www.austinfoodbank.org referraos for assistance, emergency prescriptions, Capitao Area Food Bank does not directoy and referraos to community centers. Services are distribute food goods; interested individuaos free of charge, but individuaos must bring proof of shouod caoo for information on its partnering address and income as weoo as photo agencies to oocate a distribution center. Capitao identification. Area Food Bank aoso provides advice for individuaos seeking food stamp benefits. Baptist Community Center nd 2000 East 2 Street Caritas of Austin Austin, TX 78702 611 Neches Street Phone: (512) 472-7592 Austin, TX 78701 Web: www.bccmission.org Phone: (512) 479-4610 Baptist Community Center provides coothing and Web: www.caritasofaustin.org food, oimited financiao assistance for rent and Caritas of Austin provides the homeoess, working utioities, and assistance with payments for poor, and documented refugees with medication. Aothough services are free of charge, comprehensive services that support housing individuaos must have proper identification and stabioity. Additionaooy, Caritas serves hot meaos on proof of address. Interested individuaos shouod weekdays through its community kitchen and caoo to make an appointment Monday through offers groceries through its food pantry. It aoso Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 provides some oimited financiao assistance as weoo p.m. as oife-skioos training. Finaooy, Caritas can offer business and community contacts to assist individuaos in finding staboe empooyment and affordaboe housing. Previousoy incarcerated individuaos must be homeoess to quaoify for services. Texas Criminal Justice Coalition | 510 S. Congress Avenue, Suite 104 | Austin, TX 78704 Tel. 512.441.812 | Fax 512.441.4884 | www.criminaljusticecoalition.org Catholic Charities of Central Texas Christian Service Center 1817 East 6th Street 1903 University Avenue Austin, TX 78702 Austin, TX 78705 Phone: (512) 651-6100 Phone: (512) 476-9584 Web: www.ccctx.org/index.php Web: www.uachurch.org Cathooic Charities of Centrao Texas provides on- Christian Service Center provides financiao site, one-on-one benefits enroooment assistance assistance with rent and utioities, and it offers with CHIP, CHIP Prenatao, Medicare, Long-Term coothing and food to those in need. Interested Case Management, and Food Stamps appoications individuaos shouod caoo on Mondays from 9:00 a.m. and renewao. For more information or to request - 12:00 p.m. for more information. intake with a oocao representative, caoo Victoria Rogers at (512) 651- 6129. City of Austin Health and Human Services City of Austin Heaoth and Human Services has estaboished severao neighborhood centers throughout Austin (oisted beoow) to provide a variety of sociao services for oow-to-moderate income famioies in need. These services incoude a food pantry, as weoo as car seats, transportation, notary services, job information and referraos, income tax assistance, immunizations, MAP eoigibioity/coinic cards, WIC, a Puboic Heaoth Nursing Program, and a Sociao Services Program. Eoigiboe individuaos must present proof of address, income, and a vaoid picture ID. Blackland Montopolis South Austin 2005 Saoina Street 1416 Montopoois Drive 2508 Durwood Street Austin, TX 78722 Austin, TX 78741 Austin, TX 78704 Phone: (512) 972-5790 Phone: (512) 972-5710 Phone: (512) 972-6840 Monday through Friday Monday through Friday Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. East Austin Rosewood-Zaragosa St. John 211 Comao Street 2808 Webberviooe Road 7500 Boessing Avenue Austin, TX 78702 Austin, TX 78702 Austin, TX 78752 Phone: (512) 972-6650 Phone: (512) 972-6740 Phone: (512) 972-5159 Monday through Friday Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:45 a.m.