City of Boston Mayor's Office of Returning Citizens

Mayor Michelle Wu, the Mayor's Office of Human Services (OHS), and the Office of Returning Citizens (ORC) are pleased to announce applications are now being accepted for the FY2025 Returning Citizen Housing Support Grant! This year, we aim to empower organizations with a proven track record of housing assistance for formerly incarcerated Boston residents. Eligible programs will include those that focus on initiatives that directly address homelessness and general housing needs for formerly incarcerated individuals. View the full description, including eligibility and and program requirements, and submit your application by DECEMBER 12, 2024: https://lnkd.in/eMYs9XeF

Only 10 more days until the Returning Citizen Career Fair, and we're excited to share just a handful of the employers joining us on November 14 at the Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library! Thank you Boston Water & Sewer Commission, City of Boston Parks & Recreation, City of Boston Transportation, APEX Rooftop Bar & Lounge and Noire Cannabis Experience, North Suffolk Community Services, Victory Programs, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, and Boston Medical Center (BMC) for joining us — and we look forward to sharing more featured employers soon! ALL employers present at the Career Fair will have CORI-friendly opportunities for returning citizens, and we're grateful for their collaboration and support in uplifting our community!

We're #hiring a new Employment Specialist in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to advising returning citizens for career development, job readiness, and employment opportunities, the Employment Specialist will develop and maintain partnerships with networks of employment and job readiness providers; create grants, Request For Proposals (RFP), Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)/Memorandum Of Agreements (MOA) for opportunities; and advise the Executive Director and Director of Programming & Strategic Initiatives on matters affecting returning citizens in the workforce. Check out the job listing and apply: https://lnkd.in/eFqshNi5

We had a great time connecting with community members and partners yesterday at the Mayor's Office of Black Male Advancement's Project Opportunity Resource Fair! Thank you to everyone who visited the ORC table and our long-time community partner BMA for having us!

We're #hiring a new Director of Reentry Case Management Services in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to managing their own caseload to connect them with supportive services, the Director of Reentry Case Management Services supervises our reentry case management team, conducts assessments of our case management influences and outcomes, and further develops our referral network — check out our listing to read more and apply:

The ORC is hosting drop-in sessions to help our community prepare for our upcoming Returning Citizen Career Fair! Visit the Office of Returning Citizens (30 Dimock St, Second Floor, Roxbury, MA 02119) on October 29 and November 7 from 10:00am-2:00pm for help with: 📄 Building and printing resumes 🔍 Researching opportunities 🤝 Practicing interview skills And more!

Earlier this week our friends from CITY CHURCH BOSTON dropped off 100 "Welcome Back"-packs stocked with essential items such as clothing, toiletry items, and pre-loaded Charlie Cards for our community! We joined Pastor David W Hill and his team at Brighton Music Hall a couple weeks ago to assemble the backpacks, and we're grateful to have partners like City Church to collaborate in supporting Boston's returning citizens 🤝

Welcome to Boston, Fountain Fund!

We recently introduced TWO new Reentry Case Managers to our team, so we wanted to give them a formal introduction 👋 Divad, Ivone, and Joanna work closely with returning citizens who have registered with the ORC to provide individualized services such as insurance registration, college applications, obtaining a MassID, and more depending on an individual's unique needs. Our Reentry Case Managers were introduced, along with other exciting ORC updates, in our October newsletter — in case you missed it, click this link to check it out: https://lnkd.in/dmHKg_iD

This just in: check out the ORC's October newsletter 📰 Read about what we got up in September, meet our Reentry Case Managers, and more from us and our community! 🔗: https://lnkd.in/eU7px4Jh