10/13/2026
A job is not the reward. It’s the proof.
In the four years after release from federal prison, about two in three people were jobless at any given point. One in three never found work at all.
That is not a story about willingness. People come home ready. What stops them is everything that has to be true before an application can even be filed — an ID, an address, a phone, a way to be paid.
So we build toward work. Rise & Thrive, our workforce accelerator, has run since 2023 inside everything else we do: housing, enhanced care management, vital documents, family reunification. One continuum, one roof, no handoff to fall through.
And the housing doesn’t end when the job starts. A single adult needs $28.92 an hour to live in LA County without subsidy. Almost no first job after release pays that. A program that hands out a certificate and opens the door is setting up the next fall.
Warm the Streets 2026 is how this starts — on the street, with a care package and a name. Corporate partnerships are open now. Ask us what a sponsorship actually builds.
Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics via Prison Policy Initiative; MIT Living Wage Calculator.
