Reentry Services

The Reentry Program was the first program offered at OAR when it opened in 1971. The program focuses on the reintegration of incarcerated adults into the community.

The program provides services yearly to an average of 700 incarcerated persons and 400 new clients in the community.

Our Reentry Program implements evidence-based practices to reach our ultimate goal: ensuring our clients have the opportunity for success. We provide both pre and post-incarceration services. We support and encourage a positive transition from incarceration back to the community.

  • If you have ever been involved in the criminal justice system in any way (arrest, pending charges, misdemeanor or felony convictions &/or pre-convictions, jail/prison sentences, community corrections, or probation/parole), then you are eligible for our services. We serve the Jefferson Area focusing on the city of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle, but including the counties of Fluvanna, Goochland, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, and Orange.

  • We facilitate “Thinking for a Change“ and “Understanding your Risk Factors” in the Men’s Reentry Program at the Albemarle, Charlottesville, & Nelson Regional Jail. We also provide information on reentry trends and reentry services to returning citizens at several nearby DOC correctional centers (Augusta, Coffeewood, Cold Springs, Deep Meadow, & Dillwyn men’s facilities; and also the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, and the Virginia Correctional Center for Women in Goochland).

  • OAR post-release reentry services helps ex-offenders overcome challenges they may face when returning home and joining their families and the community. Our goal is to help them achieve a successful reentry back into society.

    Services include Identification Services, Referrals, Transportation Assistance, Emergency Food, Emergency Clothing, GED scholarships, Employment Services, and Case Management.

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