How it Works
The Project Help provides a strong screening and matching process and offers ongoing support services to participants, including case management, training in effective communications, problem-solving, and decision-making and a monthly gift card for necessities. Hosts receive a monthly stipend, vetted housemates, training opportunities and regular coaching. We also help set clear agreements for hosts and participants, to ensure the experience is comfortable and rewarding for everyone involved.
The Project Help fills critical gaps in available services — but it also bridges social divides by radically expanding the ways we welcome people back into our communities, and by rewriting the story of what it looks like to come home from prison. It’s transformative for participants who, in addition to receiving critically needed housing, are also provided genuine opportunities to rejoin the community with the support of their hosts. In many cases, participants and hosts have forged lasting relationships that continue long after the end of the program.
With participants in Suffolk County, the Project Help has secured stable housing for more than 100 formerly incarcerated people to date. 100% of participants have left the program with stable housing of their own, and 95% have secured employment or enrolled in job training or educational programs. 0% have returned to prison.
If you’re interested in joining the program, either as a host or participant, reach out to us!
Statistics about Returning Citizens
- Housing Instability and Recidivism Risk: 80%
Research indicates that housing instability significantly increases the risk of recidivism. A study found that 80% of individuals released from prison move at least once within the first year, and those with unstable housing situations are more likely to reoffend.
- Housing Instability and Recidivism Risk: 80%
Research indicates that housing instability significantly increases the risk of recidivism. A study found that 80% of individuals released from prison move at least once within the first year, and those with unstable housing situations are more likely to reoffend.
- Housing Instability and Recidivism Risk: 80%
Research indicates that housing instability significantly increases the risk of recidivism. A study found that 80% of individuals released from prison move at least once within the first year, and those with unstable housing situations are more likely to reoffend.
How you can get involved:
Become a host
Do you live in the Boston Area and have a room to rent? Open your home to someone returning home from prison.
Refer a host
Do you know someone in the Boston Area who would be interested in renting a spare room to someone returning home from prison? Refer them to our team through our Referral Bonus Program.
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