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2495 Main Street
Suite 547 Buffalo, NY 14214
www.voicebuffalo.org
Main Phone
716-842-6517
Primary Services
Education Related Fee Payment Assistance, Issue Advocacy, Job Training Expense Assistance, Legislative Advocacy, System Advocacy, Transportation Expense Assistance, Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Description
Works to bring about social justice and equity in the City of Buffalo through organized, collective action with a focus on restorative justice, restorative practices, policy reform, advocacy, community engagement, and bridge building around racial justice and equity.
Provides a committee space for people who have been formerly incarcerated or impacted by the legal system. This committee, called Street Certified, focuses on restoration, healing, advocacy, community engagement, policy reform, and bridge building.
Offers Radical Love Funds, or short term financial assistance to positively impact the lives of people impacted by incarceration and the legal system as well as those around them. This financial assistance may be for purposes including but not limited to:
- Phone or commissary funds for those who are currently incarcerated
- Bereavement support
- Stipends for specific training, license fees or educational fees, needed supplies, or a bus pass
- Emergency family support
- Emergency support upon someone's release, including temporary shelter and funds for food, clothing, bus pass, or a phone
- Other needs as decided on a case-by-case basis
Provides a committee space for people who have been formerly incarcerated or impacted by the legal system. This committee, called Street Certified, focuses on restoration, healing, advocacy, community engagement, policy reform, and bridge building.
Offers Radical Love Funds, or short term financial assistance to positively impact the lives of people impacted by incarceration and the legal system as well as those around them. This financial assistance may be for purposes including but not limited to:
- Phone or commissary funds for those who are currently incarcerated
- Bereavement support
- Stipends for specific training, license fees or educational fees, needed supplies, or a bus pass
- Emergency family support
- Emergency support upon someone's release, including temporary shelter and funds for food, clothing, bus pass, or a phone
- Other needs as decided on a case-by-case basis
Hours
Vary.
Eligibility
Must have been incarcerated and/or had a criminal legal case.
Service Area: City of Buffalo.
Service Area: City of Buffalo.
Intake Process
Contact Tyrell Ford at ford@voicebuffalo.org.
Program Fees
None.
Languages
English.
Handicap Accessible?
Yes
Date of Official Change
Jan 27, 2023
Contacts
Tyrell Ford (Primary)
ford@voicebuffalo.org
Rev. Denise Walden-Glenn
denise@voicebuffalo.org
