June 19,
2020
Dear JPC Friend,
You are an
important member of our JPC family! We
appreciate your support, patience and participation. Summer is finally here. Our office is partially open and all of our
re-entry support services are continuing. Most meetings continue to take place over the
phone. There are a limited number of
face to face appointments that are available.
You may call the office, 325-7727 to request a phone appointment or a face
to face visit.
JPC
is using the NYS Re-opening Template to take every precaution to open safely. We are following all the health and safety
guidelines established by NYS State and the Monroe County Health Department for
re-opening a business.
If
you have an appointment for an office visit please do the following. When you arrive, call 325-7727, we accompany
you into the office. You are required
to: wear a mask (we have masks if you do not have one), complete a COVID 19
questionnaire, use hand sanitizer and practice social distancing.
Staff
are assisting with:
·
Food, shelter, housing
referrals to homeless women and men and their families. Information, support and referrals
“over-the-phone”. Information about free
food distributions and food pantries is available.
·
Increasing
employability services: rap sheets and rap sheet review, collection of multiple
documents needed to go with applications for certificates of
rehabilitation. We will help prepare your application for
certificate of rehabilitation or refer you to LawNY for sealing.
·
Mentoring
opportunities are available, meet over the phone with the JPC Mentor
Coordinator to become a trained volunteer mentor. There is a critical need for mentors to “walk
with” women and men while they are incarcerated in the Monroe County Jail and
as they return to our community. If you have
questions, call 325-7727 and ask for Sue.
·
Encouragement and
support for mothers exiting the Monroe County Jail thru weekly video conference
support group, help with housing and reunification with children and family.
Look to the website, www.rocjpc.org
for regular updates.
Susan K. Porter