New Jersey Reentry Corporation

New Jersey Reentry Corporation Serving the Reentry community with healthcare, legal services, benefits, job training & careers. https://linktr.ee/njreentry
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On this day 90 years ago, Joe Louis faced a German boxer in a bout that highlighted the contradictions of Black emancipa...
06/19/2026

On this day 90 years ago, Joe Louis faced a German boxer in a bout that highlighted the contradictions of Black emancipation in America, Vann R. Newkirk II writes. Prior to a later rematch bout, President Franklin D. Roosevelt invited Louis to the White House, where he reportedly (https://www.nytimes.com/1948/11/10/archives/life-story-of-joe-louis-sees-roosevelt.html) squeezed Joe Louis’ boxer’s bicep and remarked, “We need muscles like yours to beat Germany.”

At Veterans Outreach Services, New Jersey Reentry Corporation (NJRC), we are committed to supporting veterans with the r...
06/19/2026

At Veterans Outreach Services, New Jersey Reentry Corporation (NJRC), we are committed to supporting veterans with the resources, guidance, and community they deserve.

Our Veteran Outreach Services provide assistance with:
• VA benefits and claims support
• Housing and employment resources
• Behavioral health and wellness services
• Food assistance and basic needs
• Peer support and community connection

If you or a veteran you know could benefit from these services, we encourage you to reach out and connect with our team.

Together, we can ensure no veteran stands alone.

Thank you for your service!

For veteran services, Contact Sharon 201.252.7641

NJRC wishes our community a meaningful Juneteenth, honoring freedom, resilience, dignity, and the promise of Second Chan...
06/19/2026

NJRC wishes our community a meaningful Juneteenth, honoring freedom, resilience, dignity, and the promise of Second Chances.

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and enforced the freedom of persons still enslaved, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. That history reminds us that freedom declared must become freedom lived.

"The thought of being only a creature of the present and the past troubled me, and I longed to have a future—a future with hope in it. To be shut up entirely to the past and present is to the soul whose life and happiness is unceasing progress—what the prison is to the body—a blight and a mildew, a hell of horrors." - Frederick Douglass

For the reentry and recovery communities, Juneteenth carries a profound meaning. Freedom is not only release from bo***ge, incarceration, addiction, or hardship. Freedom is also the opportunity to rebuild one’s life with treatment, housing, employment, education, stability, and a community committed to new beginnings.

At NJRC, Second Chances mean helping each person understand their freedom, reclaim their dignity, and gain the skills necessary to succeed.

NJRC is grateful to the Sherrill Administration for its steadfast commitment to reentry, recovery, Second Chances, and the freedom and dignity of every New Jerseyan.

06/18/2026

Juneteenth is about freedom.

For the reentry community, freedom also means the skills and support needed to begin again.

NJRC is grateful to Governor Mikie Sherrill, Lieutenant Governor Dr. Dale Caldwell, our partners, and, most importantly, to the young men and women who believe in Second Chances, who want to build something new, and who remind us that all things are possible.

We wish our community a meaningful Juneteenth, honoring freedom, resilience, opportunity, and new beginnings.

It was a pleasure to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the ACLU of New Jersey and to be with the indefatigable New Jerse...
06/18/2026

It was a pleasure to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the ACLU of New Jersey and to be with the indefatigable New Jersey Office of the Public Defender Jennifer Sellitti, who works tirelessly on behalf of her clients and the Office of the Public Defender.

I was also grateful to be with Larry Lustberg, Alex Shalom, and James Comer. I was honored to offer support to Larry, Alex, and the ACLU-NJ to assist in securing James’s release after he had served more than 25 years of an egregious 75-year sentence imposed when he was only 17. Today, James is living a productive and purposeful life, and he has a beautiful voice for gospel singing. James' journey is a powerful testament to redemption, grace, and the promise of Second Chances.

NJRC is stringently focused on supporting our reentry participants: persons returning from incarceration, individuals in...
06/18/2026

NJRC is stringently focused on supporting our reentry participants: persons returning from incarceration, individuals in addiction treatment and recovery, and veterans.

H.R. 1 / Public Law 119-21 creates new Medicaid and SNAP requirements that may affect access to healthcare and food assistance. NJRC’s responsibility is to ensure that our clients understand these requirements, are screened for every applicable exemption or exception, and receive the documentation support necessary to protect critical benefits.

For participants returning from jail or prison, NJRC will document release dates, facility information, and reentry status.

For individuals in addiction treatment or recovery, NJRC will preserve clinical and treatment documentation, including SUD diagnosis, counseling, MAT, residential treatment, and recovery services.

For veterans, NJRC will screen for VA healthcare enrollment, disability status, and other applicable exemptions or qualifying activities.

Through Salesforce, NJRC will maintain a rigorous, auditable compliance record for each participant, including monthly verification, qualifying activity hours, notices, deadlines, submissions, and cure-period responses.

Thank you to President Allison Hamblin and the Center for Health Care Strategies team for providing strategic oversight and thoughtful guidance to NJRC as we prepare for H.R. 1 implementation.

NJ Reentry Corporation continues to address critical gaps in basic needs that directly impact maternal and family health...
06/18/2026

NJ Reentry Corporation continues to address critical gaps in basic needs that directly impact maternal and family health. Diaper need affects nearly 1 in 2 U.S. families, with many mothers forced to choose between essentials like food, rent, and hygiene products—an ongoing barrier to stability, dignity, and early childhood development (National Diaper Bank Network).

NJRC’s Baby/Adult Diaper & Feminine Pads Distribution supports 90–110 families per event, providing essential resources including diapers (newborn–size 7; adult medium–XL), wipes, and feminine products.

-Thursday, June 18th | 11:00 AM
- Reentry Training & Employment Center
-195 Campus Drive (3rd Floor), Kearny, NJ

Registration is required. Supplies are limited and available while they last.

For more information, contact Jada Fulmore at [email protected] or text 973.910.0149.

06/17/2026

NJRC joined University Hospital for an urgent H.R. 1 Medicaid Compliance Conference focused on protecting healthcare coverage for New Jersey residents.

Under H.R. 1, as many as 330,000 New Jerseyans could lose Medicaid, while new SNAP requirements may reduce participation by approximately 47,000 people each month. Returning citizens, veterans, individuals in recovery, and people living with serious medical or behavioral health conditions face particularly significant documentation and eligibility barriers.

Our discussion emphasized the immediate need to educate Medicaid members, strengthen county eligibility operations, improve automated verification, clarify medical-frailty exemptions, and help residents document employment, education, treatment, caregiving, or volunteer service.

We are most grateful to University Hospital and to all of our honored guests, including Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Ruiz, Speaker Craig J. Coughlin, NJ Department of Human Services Commissioner Dr. Stephen Cha, Assistant Commissioner Greg Woods, Deputy Commissioner Valerie Mielkie, and co-host and sponsor, President Carole Johnson of University Hospital.

The challenge is substantial, but with the leadership of the Mikie Sherrill Administration and coordinated action, we can preserve healthcare, protect lives, and prevent hundreds of thousands of eligible New Jersey residents from losing benefits due to paperwork or administrative barriers.

NJRC is grateful to be featured in Kevin O'Toole's reflection on O'Toole Scrivo's annual Day of Service. For the third c...
06/17/2026

NJRC is grateful to be featured in Kevin O'Toole's reflection on O'Toole Scrivo's annual Day of Service. For the third consecutive year, we were honored to host the firm, with 13 employees spending the day alongside our participants and volunteers.

Together, they packaged 7,200 pounds of food from The Community FoodBank of New Jersey for distribution across NJRC sites and the communities we serve. As H.R. 1 is implemented and SNAP benefits are disrupted for eligible residents, food insecurity continues to impact families throughout New Jersey; this support makes a real difference.

Thank you to Kevin J. O'Toole, Thomas P. Scrivo, and the entire O'Toole Scrivo team for their continued commitment to service and Second Chances. As Kevin noted, strong communities are built when people refuse to let others struggle alone.

New Jersey Globe

https://newjerseyglobe.com/fr/the-otoole-chronicles-no-community-ever-thrived-on-good-intentions-alone/

Veterans, Seniors, and NJRC Clients...GREAT OPPORTUNITY!If you need to renew your driver's license, registration, Real I...
06/17/2026

Veterans, Seniors, and NJRC Clients...GREAT OPPORTUNITY!

If you need to renew your driver's license, registration, Real ID, or more, skip the long lines and take advantage of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVCNJ) Mobile Unit at our location.

The MVC Mobile Unit is coming to our Veteran Center, New Jersey Reentry Corporation in Carteret, NJ.

Appointments are required.
To schedule, please call 201-252-7641 or email [email protected]

Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Time: 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: 762 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, NJ 07008

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591 Summit Avenue, 6th Floor
Jersey City, NJ
07306

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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