PROGRAMS & SERVICES
SUPPORT FOR THE WHOLE JOURNEY.
Housing. Employment. Recovery. Family. Education. Health. Opportunity.
Jus Tus helps justice-impacted people navigate the barriers of reentry and build the skills, stability, and support needed for what comes next.
THE JUS TUS APPROACH
ONE PERSON. MANY BARRIERS. ONE PATH FORWARD.
A person coming home may need an identification card, a job, housing, treatment, transportation, healthcare, family support, legal guidance, or simply someone who understands what reentry feels like.
Jus Tus starts with the person.
Through trauma-informed case management, mentorship, practical assistance, curriculum, and trusted partner referrals, participants are connected with support based on their immediate needs and long-term goals.
REENTRY & SYSTEM NAVIGATION
START WITH WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FIRST.
Coming home can mean navigating several systems at once.
Jus Tus helps participants identify immediate priorities and connect with resources that support successful reintegration.
SUPPORT MAY INCLUDE
SNAP / CalFresh benefits
General Relief
Identification cards
Social Security cards
Transportation assistance
Education resources
Case management
Referrals to community-based services
EMPLOYMENT & OPPORTUNITY
A JOB CAN OPEN THE NEXT DOOR.
Jus Tus helps participants prepare for employment, strengthen workplace readiness, and build pathways toward greater economic independence.
For those interested in creating their own opportunities, Jus Tus also introduces entrepreneurship, business development, financial literacy, digital skills, and practical uses of AI in the workplace.
SUPPORT MAY INCLUDE
Resume development
Job applications
Interview preparation
Mock interviews
Workplace-readiness skills
Professional clothing
Employer connections
Vocational training referrals
Industry certification referrals
Entrepreneurship exposure
Financial literacy
Digital and AI skills
REENTRY AI & DIGITAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Daily AI and digital skills to support life skills, workforce readiness, and entrepreneurship.
STABILITY
IT IS HARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT A PLACE TO LAND.
Safe housing and basic necessities can determine whether someone has the stability to focus on everything else.
Jus Tus helps participants explore available housing resources while also addressing immediate needs that can stand in the way of progress.
SUPPORT MAY INCLUDE
Transitional housing resources
Interim and supportive housing referrals
Shelter connections
Rental-assistance resources
Affordable housing navigation
Housing applications and documentation
Food
Everyday clothing
Professional clothing
Hygiene supplies
Communication resources
Other immediate necessities
HEALTH & WELLNESS
HEALING IS PART OF MOVING FORWARD.
Reentry can come with trauma, grief, stress, addiction, family conflict, and other emotional challenges.
Jus Tus provides practical wellness and recovery support and connects participants with qualified behavioral-health, treatment, and healthcare providers when professional care is needed.
SUPPORT MAY INCLUDE
Trauma-informed support
Anger-management resources
Coping and stress-management tools
Recovery education
Relapse-prevention support
Trigger identification
Family support
Primary and preventative healthcare navigation
Dental and specialty-care connections
Medication-support resources
Referrals for therapy and psychiatric care
Referrals for outpatient or residential substance-use treatment
Referrals for detoxification and medication-assisted treatment
SKILLS FOR WHAT COMES NEXT
THE NEXT CHALLENGE SHOULD NOT SEND YOU BACK TO THE START.
Jus Tus works with participants on the everyday skills that make long-term progress possible.
The goal is not simply to solve one problem. It is to help people build practical tools they can use in work, relationships, family life, recovery, and whatever comes next.
SUPPORT MAY INCLUDE
Decision-making
Communication
Conflict resolution
Anger management
Healthy relationships
Parenting
Financial literacy
Time management
Personal responsibility
Goal setting
Workplace behavior
Healthy coping skills
GED and high-school completion referrals
Community-college connections
Vocational and trade-school referrals
Apprenticeship and certification pathways
Computer literacy
Digital and AI skills
“I WANT TO GIVE THEM THE SKILL SETS TO DEAL WITH ANYTHING THAT COMES UP IN THEIR LIFE.”
— Rabin Woods, Founder & CEO
REMOVE THE BARRIERS
SERVING YOUR TIME SHOULD NOT MEAN SERVING IT FOREVER.
A criminal record can create barriers long after someone returns home.
Jus Tus helps participants identify legal and family-related issues affecting reentry and connects them with qualified providers and community resources.
SUPPORT MAY INCLUDE
Expungement and record-clearing referrals
Post-conviction legal-service referrals
Driver’s license issues
Outstanding tickets and fines
Occupational-licensing barriers
Housing-related legal concerns
Immigration-related referrals
Child custody and visitation resources
Parenting education
Family reunification support
Healthy-relationship resources
Domestic-violence education
DCFS-related navigation and referrals
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT & PREVENTION
CHANGE THE PATH BEFORE THE SYSTEM BECOMES THE PATH.
Jus Tus works with justice- and system-impacted youth and transitional-age young adults ages 16–24 to create positive alternatives, practical skills, and pathways toward education, employment, and opportunity.
SUPPORT MAY INCLUDE
Mentorship
Life skills
Educational support
Career exploration
Workforce preparation
Paid internship pathways
Entrepreneurship exposure
Positive activities
Behavioral-health connections
Family resources
P.U.R.I.T.Y.
Promoting Unity and Righteousness in Today’s Youth
DROP THE GUNS. PICK UP THE MIC.
P.U.R.I.T.Y. is a youth-focused Jus Tus initiative centered on violence prevention, positive expression, small-group conversation, and helping young people see alternatives before violence or incarceration becomes the defining path.
LIVED EXPERIENCE MATTERS
SOMETIMES THE PERSON WHO GETS IT IS THE PERSON WHO HAS LIVED IT.
There is value in being supported by someone who understands what it means to come home and start again.
Jus Tus connects participants with mentors and people with lived experience who can provide guidance, accountability, encouragement, practical support, and connection to resources.
EARLY REENTRY INTERVENTION
WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER RELEASE CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING.
Straight Gate is Rabin Woods’ concept for meeting people at one of the most vulnerable points in the reentry journey: immediately after release.
The idea is simple—connect people with a holistic, supportive environment before instability, harmful surroundings, or old patterns have the chance to take control again.
Meet people where they are.
Address what they need now.
Help build what they need next.
HOW IT WORKS
START WITH THE PERSON.
STEP 01
CONNECT
A participant, family member, referral partner, or community organization reaches out to Jus Tus.
STEP 02
UNDERSTAND
Jus Tus works to understand the participant’s immediate barriers, priorities, and long-term goals.
STEP 03
BUILD A PATH
The participant is connected with appropriate Jus Tus support, curriculum, case management, mentorship, practical assistance, and trusted partner referrals.
STEP 04
KEEP MOVING
Support is designed to help participants build stability, skills, accountability, opportunity, and the capacity to handle future challenges.
START HERE
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE NEXT STEP ALONE.
Whether you are coming home, trying to rebuild, helping someone navigate reentry, or looking for a way to create opportunity in the community, Jus Tus wants to connect.