Reentry and homelessness diversion
Reentry support that starts before the gate.
A Healing Place designs reentry and homelessness diversion kits, staff training, and county resource maps that help people leave incarceration with a plan, a map, and a kit.
Everyone leaves with three things
A plan
A personal 30-day reentry and health plan, with first appointments set.
A map
Housing, clinics, pharmacies, transit, and jobs in their home county.
A kit
Documents protected, needs met, and the right contacts in hand.
Why it matters
The first weeks home decide so much of what follows.
Health coverage, housing, work, and support all hinge on the days right after release. North Carolina's Reentry 2030 plan names these gaps clearly.
people expected to leave North Carolina prisons in 2026.
people released without housing, in the state's 2025 Reentry 2030 progress report.
of people released completed digital literacy training, per the same report.
Sources: NC Department of Adult Correction, Reentry 2030 Progress Report 2025; ABC11 coverage of the January 2026 Joint Reentry Council meeting.
Services
Practical tools for the people who make reentry work.
We work alongside correctional, housing, health, and community partners, building on the systems already in place rather than beside them.
Kits
Built to pass review and built to be used.
Every kit is customized by county and season, and tested with people who have been through reentry before it goes into production.
Ready to Return Kit
A two-part kit that follows a person from the final weeks inside to the first days home.
Inside packet
- Waterproof document folder
- 30-day reentry and health plan
- Personal county resource map
- One contact card for key supports
- Overdose education card
Outside bag
- Heat or cold safety items by season
- Hygiene basics
- Phone charger and flashlight
- Transit information
- Free phone program information
Stable Steps Kit
For people leaving custody, a shelter, or a hospital without a housing plan, and for the staff who help them.
- Step-by-step housing navigation guide
- Document folder and replacement checklist
- County shelter, housing, and benefits contacts
- Weather safety and hygiene essentials
- Benefits and health coverage checklist
- Staff guide for using the kit in a conversation
Kits are only part of the support. We pair them with training and resource mapping so each kit connects a person to real services in their county.
Our approach
Designed with people, not for them.
We believe the people closest to reentry know best what helps. Every product and training we build starts there.
Co-design
Kit contents and materials are tested with advisors who have lived reentry experience, who are paid for their expertise.
Build on what exists
Our tools work alongside case managers, release materials, health plans, and Local Reentry Councils, not in competition with them.
Measure what matters
We track what partners can act on: plans completed, appointments scheduled, contacts made, and kits reaching people when they need them.
Our work · Curriculum kit
Heat-Ready Durham
A Healing Place co-developed a facilitator curriculum kit for community-led extreme heat preparedness in Durham, North Carolina.
The kit was finished seven weeks ahead of schedule, community facilitators were trained eleven weeks early, and all materials are available in English and Spanish.
The same approach of facilitator-ready materials and community trainers now shapes our reentry work.
Who we serve
Partners across the reentry system
Work with us
Let's build reentry support together.
Request a capability statement, a sample kit, or a conversation about training and resource mapping for your county or facility.