WNY Reentry Resources

Rebuilding and restoring lives through services and supports

Need Help? Dial 2-1-1 or 1-888-696-9211

Rebuilding and restoring lives through services and supports

Need Help? Dial 2-1-1 or 1-888-696-9211

Rebuilding and restoring lives through services and supports

Need Help? Dial 2-1-1 or 1-888-696-9211

Rebuilding and restoring lives through services and supports

Need Help? Dial 2-1-1 or 1-888-696-9211

Services and Supports

Our goal is to strengthen support services that will assist individuals with prior experience in the criminal justice system succeed and become integral members of our thriving greater Buffalo region.

Employment

Employment and training services including job counseling, testing and assessment, resume preparation assistance, interview training, job matching and referrals.

Substance Abuse

Referrals and information for individuals and families facing substance abuse.

Food/Nutrition

Food programs and services including food banks, food pantries, or other food assistance

Legal

Ex-offender legal assistance, labor and employment law, family law, landlord/tenant assistance, benefits law and more.

Housing

Ex-offender legal assistance, labor and employment law, family law, landlord/tenant assistance, benefits law and more.

Mental Health

Confidential resources to help you or a loved one connect with a skilled, trained mental health professional

How to Guides

From gettting an ID or birth certificate to obtaining health insurance and prescriptions to navigating child visitation, our how to guides walk you through the process.

Service Link Stop

Connecting individuals to a comprehensive set of services paving their way toward a brighter future aligned with their goals.

120 West Eagle, Buffalo NY
716-858-1757
Hours: M-F, 9-3
Extended Hours: Tu-Th, 3-6

Emergency 24/7 Hotline Numbers

Emergency Food or Housing: 211 or 888-696-9211
Suicide Prevention: 988

Western New York
Cattaraugus County OGH Crisis Hotline: 1-800-339-5209
Crisis Services (Chautauqua County): 1-800-724-0461
Crisis Services (Genesee, Orleans & Wyoming County): 585-283-5200
Crisis Services (Erie County): 716-834-3131
Crisis Services Niagara County: 716-285-3515
Buffalo & Erie County Addiction Hotline: 716-831-7007
Spectrum CARES Team: 716-882-4357

National
Opiod Addiction & Abuse: 888-987-1784
SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

Featured News

May 06, 2022

Governor Hochul Signs Legislation to Provide Addiction and Mental Health Services Training for First Responders

Legislation Provides Addiction and Mental Health Services Training, Including Crisis Intervention Team Training, Mental Health First Aid, Implicit Bias Training and Naloxone Training READ MORE >

Feb 08, 2023

We Need Treatment Instead of Jail

The Treatment Not Jail Act, proposed in Albany, can start to change how individuals are cycled through our criminal courts, never getting the help they needed, only a short-term jail sentence and a criminal conviction that would make it harder for them to get a job, housing, or any kind of meaningful stability. READ MORE >

May 19, 2022

Incarcerated people face barriers to reentry post prison. How one initiative aims to help.

Leaving incarceration doesn’t necessarily mean a return to normal life, with barriers, both officially sanctioned and systemic, preventing access to basic needs like housing or restricting job opportunities, even if it has been years since the formerly incarcerated have been released. READ MORE >

Dec 17, 2020

CRJ to open Buffalo reentry center in early 2020

Community Resources for Justice will open a 42-bed community-based residential reentry program in Buffalo early next year, expanding its services for individuals transitioning from incarceration to the community into Western New York. READ MORE >

Apr 17, 2019

Erie County ReEntry Resource Center to be established to strengthen reentry services

Advisory coordinating committee calls for hub on W. Eagle Street in Buffalo to improve coordination of services, decrease further involvement in criminal justice system. READ MORE >

Oct 28, 2019

New Erie County reentry initiative aims to ease transition from jail

A new reentry program called Project Blue is a first-of-its-kind partnership to help formerly incarcerated individuals in Erie County transition back into society. READ MORE >

Apr 12, 2021

‘A Resource for Change’: The Role of Peer Recovery Support Specialists in Reentry Programs

Staff from the Erie County (NY) Jails Co-occurring Enhancement Reentry Initiative—a partnership between the Erie County Sheriff’s Office and BestSelf Behavioral Health that is supported by Second Chance Act funding—discuss the unique ways that peer recovery support specialists can enhance reentry programs. READ MORE >

Apr 13, 2023

Erie County eyes Buffalo Grand Hotel for modernized jail

Erie County plans to create a new jail that brings the holding center and correctional facility under one roof in the City of Buffalo. READ MORE >

Mar 21, 2023

How Do People Released From Prison Find Housing?

Thousands of people released from prison in New York go directly to homeless shelters. Among all releases to community supervision in New York state during 2021, about 23 percent went directly to shelters, according to the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision; another 8 percent were “undomiciled,” or went to places like halfway houses. READ MORE >

Apr 17, 2023

Expanding Medicaid Coverage to the Incarcerated and Those Recently Released

A group of House members introduced? a bill? to provide Medicaid coverage to people in the last 30 days of their sentence in prison or jail. The Medicaid Reentry Act would give states a powerful tool to reduce the drug overdose deaths ravaging the country.? READ MORE >

Apr 25, 2022

New York set to pass ‘Clean Slate’ bill which could help millions seal old criminal convictions

The Clean Slate Act would automatically seal convictions for crimes other than sexual offenses if the person has no subsequent arrests. For felonies, that step would be taken seven years after sentencing or release from incarceration if it lasted longer than a year. READ MORE >

Community Calendar

27April

FeedMore WNY Mobile Food Pantry Distribution

9:00am-11:00am | 133 W Main Street, Sherman NY

Through our Mobile Food Pantry Program, we deliver fresh, perishable food items such as produce and dairy products directly to those in need throughout Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara counties. Many dates and locations available.

25April

Curbside Care, Health & Harm Reduction Services, Screenings & Supplies

11am-5pm | 158 Pearl St, Buffalo (Rath Building, Eastside)

25April

Service Link Stop Extended Hours

9am-6pm | 120 West Eagle, Buffalo NY 14202

Call 716-858-1SLS (1757) or visit our web page for more information.