The Doe Fund's Ready, Willing & Able program

The Doe Fund’s Ready, Willing & Able (RWA) program is a prisoner reentry program that helps newly released parolees permanently break the cycle of incarceration. In addition to the paid transitional work at the heart of the program, RWA also provides comprehensive social and educational services; safe, secure, drug-free housing (to those who would otherwise become homeless upon release); drug testing and counseling; vocational training; job prep and placement services; and lifetime graduate assistance.

Description

The Doe Fund (TDF) works to empower newly released formerly incarcerated individuals to become – and stay – productive, law-abiding citizens and parents. Through its acclaimed work-based program, Ready, Willing & Able, TDF provides new parolees with paid work and training; safe, secure, drug-free housing; job counseling and placement services; individualized case management; sobriety through mandatory drug testing and intensive relapse prevention; and lifetime graduate support. For those new parolees who already have approved housing, the innovative non-residential Ready, Willing & Able–Day (RWA-Day) program provides services to parolees while they reside in supervised housing in the community.

Individuals interested in RWA or RWA-Day can request a referral from their supervising parole or probation officers. In addition, The Doe Fund conducts information sessions and pre-release interviews for inmates at the Queensboro State Correctional Facility.