A New Way of Life Reentry Project is a non profit organization that provides housing and reentry support to formerly incarcerated women and their children. A New Way of Life operates a total of four sober living homes, serving 40-50 women and children per year, and offers a wide range of support services to help facilitate a successful transition back to community life. Since its founding in 1998, A New Way of Life has helped transform the lives of over 220 women.

At the community level, A New Way Of Life organizes former prisoners and their loved ones to remove barriers to reentry, increase resources for prevention and reentry services, and reduce the reliance on incarceration. We envision a society that treats all people with dignity and respect and in which communities unite to support their members to excel.

Our Mission:
To help women and girls break the cycle of entrapment in the criminal justice system and lead healthy and satisfying lives.

Our Goals :

• To provide a clean, safe, sober-living home environment where women and their children feel welcomed and supported in their transition to becoming independent members of the community.
• To offer education, job training and skill-building opportunities for women to prepare themselves for self-sufficiency.
• To provide leadership as a community advocate for the rights of prisoners, former prisoners, and their families.

Our Values:

• We believe all people, including former prisoners, are valuable and should be treated with dignity and respect.
• We believe that prisons and punishment are not effective tools for positive change and that treatment better serves the individual and society.
• We believe everyone who is given a chance, regardless of the past, can excel with support and community intervention.
• We believe in the power of mentoring to help people achieve their dreams. By motivating, supporting, and creating opportunities for others to excel, mentors are valuable role models that build confidence and self-esteem.
• We believe in the ability to empower people by educating them about systems of societal dysfunction, thereby transforming their beliefs.