pROGRAMS/Ministries

Programs

Catholic Charities and Family and Community Services,  (https.//www.fcscharities.org)  Catholic Charities Family and Community Services Administrative Offices Address: 79 N Clinton Ave. Rochester, NY 14604.  Phone: (585) 546-7220.  Catholic Charities and Family and Community Services provide wide-ranging services, including reentry support, and mental health, and immigration services.

Judicial Process Commission, (https://rocjpc.org)  200 West Avenue, Rochester, NY  14611, Phone:(585) 325-7727,  FAX: (585) 325-2165, email:  info@rocjpc.org.  Judicial Process Commission provides services to people during reentry after incarceration.  Services include support in obtaining employment, as well as housing and other reentry issues, also advice on immigration concerns.

Rochester Storybook Project – (https://rochesterstorybookproject.org)

The Rochester Storybook Project, inspired by the Northeast District Storybook Project has been operating in the Monroe County Jail in Rochester NY, beginning in 2015.  It invites inmates to choose storybooks and read them into a CD recorder.  The books and the CD recordings are then mailed to their children.  For more information including volunteering, visit the website https.//rochesterstorybookproject.org, contact via email at rochesterstorybookproject@gmail.com, or call (585) 309-6345.   The Rochester Storybook Project is operated by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Henrietta.

Northeast District Storybook Project  -- Contact Shari Peck, Northeast District Storybook Project, operates in the Ontario County Jail in Hopewell, NY, (close to Canandaigua) where they donate storybooks to the families of inmates.  Inmates choose their book, make recordings of the stories, and then the books and recordings are mailed to their children.  This program was the first one of its kind to operate in our region, beginning in 2005.  In 2015, a similar program was initiated, operating in the Monroe County Jail in Downtown Rochester (see above).  Volunteers are welcome to join.  For information, contact Shari Peck at sharipeck57@gmail.com.

Rochester Public Library  115 South Avenue Rochester, NY 14604  Phone:  (585) 428-7300,  TDD: (585) 428-8023.  The Rochester Public Library, offers wide range of assistance for information regarding all aspects of reentry services, housing, information on addiction treatment, as well as immigration counseling services. 

Southern Tier Library System (STLS)  (Southern Tier Library System · Phone: 607-962-3141 x207 ·

Email:  communitylibrarypartner@stls.org · NYS Senate District: 58 · Website: http://www.stls.org/. – Active (Publishes Service Directory for Corning, NY, and surrounding areas.)  The Southern Tier Library System makes available a published list of services in the Corning area that are particularly useful to people who have been incarcerated in the Corning area.

Spiritus Christi Prison Ministry Services – (https.//spirituschristi.org),  121 N Fitzhugh St., Rochester, NY 14614,  Office: (585) 325-1180 Fax: (585) 325-1191 Pager: (585) 755-0206  Email: office​@spirituschristi.net  Spiritus Christi Prison Ministry Services offers extensive support for people returning to the community after incarceration.  These services include counseling, as well as supervised reentry housing.  It is sponsored by the Spiritus Christi Church in Rochester. 

Step by Step of Rochester  214C Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY  14608,  Phone:  (585) 402-7212  Step by Step of Rochester, Inc. is a program of the Volunteers of America which intends to empower women who are, have been, or are at risk of being incarcerated to claim their strengths and build healthy lives for themselves and their families. Founded in 1992, Step by Step's staff and volunteers facilitate a variety of life history workshops for women in correctional facilities and agencies in Western NY and the southern tier. The workshops provide a structured environment for learning and self-reflection. By building self-awareness, self-image, and self-respect, Step by Step gives women the tools they need to rebuild their lives (and those of their families) and attain self-sufficiency.

Reentry Association of Western NY – RAWNY (www.rawny.org)  186 -188 N. Water Street Rochester, NY, 14604  Phone: (585) 851-8886  Email: rawnyinfo@rawny.org  RAWNY offers a comprehensive array of services for people who have been incarcerated in the Upstate NY area, with counseling for addictions, housing, education, employment, and mental health issues.  As they say in their promotional, they are a "one stop shopping agency" and a "must visit" for those in reentry.

Huther Doyle   360 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604   HutherDoyle.com  or Email: admin@hutherdoyle.com    Tel: 585.325.5100  Huther Doyle offers wide ranging addition counseling, methadone treatment and other rehabilitation services.

American Academy of Adolescent and Child Psychiatry. 3615 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.  Washington, D.C. 20016-3007  Phone: 202.966.7300

Fax: 202.464.0131  www.aacap.org.  If you need help with a child with serious behavior problems this is a very useful site for obtaining information, and helpful services.