Provides referrals to local health and human services agencies, such as soup kitchens, health clinics, shelters, and residential treatment programs. Call 211 or visit the website for more information.
Connecting FDAP clients, their loved ones and their advocates with services and resources for life beyond the appeal
Note: This list was created to augment the direct representation provided by our attorneys. We have tried to cover a broad range of issues and geographic locations. However, the landscape of California organizations and service providers is constantly changing. FDAP cannot guarantee that this list is exhaustive or fully up-to-date. An organization’s inclusion in this list is for information only and does not necessarily represent our endorsement of the services provided.
Advocates for families involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Aims to support family reunification through mentorship, referrals, parenting classes, and case management.
A New Way of Life Reentry Project
Helps women in reentry obtain identification, public benefits, housing, job training, and criminal record expungements. Supports women with substance abuse issues and helps mothers reconnect with their children upon release.
Provides civil legal support to people living with AIDS in areas such as bankruptcy, employment, family law, housing, immigration, and public benefits.
Provides job training and placement.
Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC)
Offers in-prison programming and reentry services, including counseling, housing assistance, and career coaching. Runs the Ride Home Program, through which formerly incarcerated mentors provide released prisoners free transportation from carceral facilities to approved transitional housing programs.
Nonprofit community health center serving people living with HIV who are uninsured, on Medi-Cal, Alameda Alliance, Blue Cross, Medi-Care, and Health Pac. Services include case management services, transgender health care, emergency financial assistance, and transportation assistance to and from medical visits.
Provides low-income Bay Area residents with free civil legal assistance in areas such as consumer protection and debt, healthcare, public benefits, domestic violence, family law, immigration, veteran support, and reentry. Hosts drop-in legal clinics each week.
Bay Area Legal Incubator (BALI)
Community of individual attorneys that provide sliding scale or flat fee legal services to people of modest means. Practice areas include family law, elder law, bankruptcy, labor, landlord-tenant, and immigration.
Benicia Community Resource Center
Provides basic necessities on an emergency basis that are not covered by other programs. Connects residents with essential services, referrals, and direct assistance.
Special thanks to Root & Rebound and Prison Activist Resource Center, whose resource guides served in part as source material.
FDAP also wishes to thank and acknowledge the vision and dedication of Rashida Harmon, former associate staff attorney for FDAP, who devoted untold hours to bring this resource to fruition.