Reentry
Coming home is a process. We walk it with you.
When a young person returns home from detention or youth corrections, the first few weeks can shape what comes next. We help connect them with school, support, and trusted people.
48.5%
of young people leaving Colorado youth corrections were back in the system within three years. That is the lowest rate on record, and it is still half.
Colorado Division of Youth Services, Annual Report, FY2022 discharges
87%
of young people newly committed to Colorado’s Division of Youth Services needed mental health treatment.
Colorado Division of Youth Services, Annual Report, FY2023-24
What reentry support can include
Practical help, in the order it is needed.
A plan for the first 90 days
Written with the young person, not about them. Where they will be, who they can call, and what happens first.
Back to school, with the credits that count
Help re-enrolling, and making sure credits earned in youth corrections are recognized, which Colorado law requires. Special education plans picked back up.
Counseling and health care
Referrals to counseling, behavioral health and substance-use support, matched to what the young person wants.
Mentors, and support for the family
A consistent adult, and help for the parents or caregivers carrying the transition at home.
Work and training
Connections to job training, first jobs and career programs.
The basics
Referrals for housing, transportation and other needs that decide whether everything else works.
The legal side of coming home
Parole hearings, school disputes and sealing a record, through our legal help.
Legal help
Some of this we do ourselves. Some of it means connecting you to a partner who does it well. We will always tell you which is which.
Your consent leads
Nothing happens without the young person.
The young person decides what to share, and who we talk to. We connect, we follow up, and we keep showing up. We do not take over.
