Hudson Link empowers currently and formerly incarcerated people through college education, reentry support, and grass-roots advocacy--transforming lives, families, and entire communities.
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Hudson Link partners with colleges to provide in-facility degree programs, while also offering case management, essential supplies, and reentry support for students and alumni. Its New Beginnings initiative engages alumni in building transitional housing for returning citizens, and its strategic advocacy work empowers those impacted to lead change in their communities.
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In collaboration with accredited institutions of higher learning, Hudson Link’s college program is the core of our work. Each one of these sites has a Hudson Link Academic Coordinator to administer the college program inside the facility to ensure student success and move students through the program to a degree.
Hudson Link provides support for students and alumni to support their successful transition to their communities post-incarceration. Our team offers comprehensive case management services for students throughout New York state and beyond, provides supplies including digital technology, apparel, and essential toiletries, and works to ensure opportunities for continued education, degree completion, life skills training, and community building. The Hudson Link Transitional Services team prides itself on centering the voices of alumni as we build out additional services, and partners with reentry and community organizations to provide a steady stream of supportive services.
With our New Beginnings initiative, Hudson Link is leading the way by utilizing the efforts of our released alumni to construct transitional housing intended to improve outcomes for other returning citizens. Our people rebuild local homes – while rebuilding their lives.
Our Strategic Initiatives work helps Hudson Link achieve our goals of ensuring people who are currently and formerly incarcerated have better access to quality higher education and opportunities. In order to accomplish this, we partake in advocacy, organizing, and special programming. We engage our alumni and students in this work, as we believe they should be empowered to use their own voices for the changes they want to see in their communities.
As one of the only non-profits in the U.S. founded and staffed by formerly incarcerated people, Hudson Link has established a strong relationship with the NY State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. This connection allows our college degree programs to reach more incarcerated students statewide. We partner with seven colleges to offer Associate degrees in Liberal Arts and Sciences and Bachelor degrees in Behavioral Science and Organizational Management across five New York State correctional facilities.
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