About Us
Our Mission
To educate and create public awareness about recidivism so that programs for previously incarcerated persons who return home can succeed. To report on sentencing, parole, probation and prison reforms and how they affect recidivism. To update information regarding legislative efforts towards those reforms and effects. To report on success of programs both pre-release and post- incarceration that correlate highly to reduction of recidivism. To report on effects of prison conditions as they relate to those efforts. To report about successful re-entry programs. Fiscal issues that prohibit success. Community support. Public safety. Myths. Collateral damage to families. Employment. And, to interact with and support groups who are actively involved with facilitating such programs.
We believe an informed public will encourage legislators to balance public safety with smart fiscal responsibility.
info@returninghomefoundation.org
Returning Home Foundation is a non-profit organization which is funded solely by tax-deductible donations of people under Section 501(c)(3) of the US Internal Revenue Code. All donations are 100% tax deductible. Tax ID 20-812335
RE-ENTRY PLANNER AND GUIDE
The Re-Entry Planner and Guide is available inside all classrooms of the Orange County jails. The 8 page workbook is designed to be used one-on-one to introduce the importance of thinking about returning home to those who are still in custody. It includes some of the best ideas from other re-entry data with verbiage at the top of each page to guide volunteers to encourage the inmates to write their own personal plans - hopefully many months before going home.
Persons providing in-custody services can contact Returning Home Foundation for additional quantities.
We will be very happy to present a very short introduction on its use. Booklets are great for family pre-release preparation as well.
Let us know if need us to send you booklets. Shipping is free
Re-Entry Booklet Pages. english
Re-Entry Booklet Pages. spanish
VOTING RIGHTS FOR PERSONS WITH A PRIOR FELONY CONVICTION
Eligibility:
You can register to vote and vote if you are:
- A United States citizen and a resident of California,
- 18 years old or older on Election Day,
- Not currently serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony, and
- Not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court (for more information, please see Voting Rights: Persons Subject to Conservatorship).
Persons with a prior felony conviction who can register to vote:
- In local detention facility:
- serving a misdemeanor sentence (a misdemeanor never affects your right to vote)
- Because jail time is a condition of probation (misdemeanor or felony)
- Serving a felony jail sentence
- Awaiting trial
- On parole
- On probation
- On mandatory supervision
- On post-release community supervision
- On federal supervised release
- A person with a juvenile wardship adjudication
Persons with a current felony conviction who cannot register and vote:
Currently serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony in:
- State prison
- Federal prison
- A local detention facility*
NOTE: Once you have finished serving your term, your right to vote is restored; however, you must register online at RegisterToVote.ca.gov or by filling out a paper voter registration card.
*California Penal Code section 2910 allows the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to make agreements with local governments to house felons in local detention facilities. A person serving a state prison sentence who is housed in a local detention facility under these circumstances is not allowed to register and vote. Additionally, a person in a local detention facility who is awaiting transfer to a state or federal prison following a felony conviction is not allowed to register and vote.
Questions
If you are unsure of what type of sentence you are serving, ask staff at your correctional facility.
How to Register to Vote
Please use this tool to determine your eligibility: Restore your vote
You may request a voter registration card from the Secretary of State or your county elections office. If you are in jail and you are eligible to vote, you are entitled to receive a voter registration card.
You may also apply to register to vote on the Secretary of State’s website RegisterToVote.ca.gov. Your voter registration application must be received or postmarked at least fifteen (15) days before Election Day to be eligible to vote in that election. In elections conducted by your county elections official, you can “conditionally” register and vote provisionally at your county elections office or polling location after the 15-day voter registration deadline. For more information please go to the Secretary of State’s webpage on same day voter registration and voting (https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg/) or contact your county elections official.
Voter registration cards and voting materials are available in English, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese. Voter registration cards are, available at most public libraries and government offices. See the attached list for state and local elections office contact information.
Vote by Mail
If you are already registered to vote at your current home address, you may request a vote-by-mail ballot application by contacting your county elections office. Once you receive your vote-by-mail ballot application, you must complete and return it to your county elections office at least seven (7) days before Election Day.
If you are not registered to vote at your current home address, you may register or re-register to vote and request a vote-by-mail ballot on the Secretary of State’s website RegisterToVote.ca.gov.
Release from Custody
If you requested a vote-by-mail ballot but are released from custody before you receive your ballot, you can still vote. Just go to the polling place for your home address or any polling place in the county where you are registered and vote a provisional ballot.
If you change your name, home address, mailing address, or party preference you must complete a new voter registration card.
Resources
For more information, contact your county elections office or the California Secretary of State:
California Secretary of State
Elections Division
1500 11th Street, 5th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Email Elections Division
www.sos.ca.gov
WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CALIFORNIA SEX REGISTRY
CALIFORNIA TIERED SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION FAQS
January 1 , 2021
• Go to DOJ website: https://oag.ca.gov/sex-offender-reg/forms
SEARCH FOR: Sex Offender Tiering (SB384)
SELECT: FAQS and download them.
View video
"WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT CALIFORNIAS SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY" https:///www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKe1KizKSCl&feature=youtu.be
(WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THIS VIDEO NO LONGER AVAILABLE. jan 2024)
- go to CA Sex Offender Management Board for general info https://casomb.org/
Groups We Support. Hope you will too.
PROJECT KINSHIP
https://www.projectkinship.com
Project Kinship aims to provide services to the reentry population. Services include both direct services and capacity training for system and community agencies. Returning Home Foundation was pleased to have served with them as members of the Prop 47 Local Advisory Committee and co.
PRISON POLICY INITIATIVE
Has continued to provide research and reports on the state of our prisons and jails in America. This year Returning Home Foundation with PPI and others have been named as Stake Holders in California Public Utilities. Watch for their annual “The Whole Pie” reports.
ORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION
A private non-profit organization. We have partnered with them annually to support the Case Management for Young Adult Court Program (YAC) that enables youth to have nonviolent felony charges permanently expunged from their legal record after completing case management and education,
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATIONAL FUND
Provides research, publications and forums on public policy issuesand disseminates information and training
CASA
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Orange County
The name says it all. Returning Home Foundation has partnered to support the addition of a mentor supervisor for the next year. Our mission to reduce recidivism starts with prevention of involvement with the criminal justice system.
211OC
We believe211OC posed to be the Virtual Doorway to GetHelp in Orange County particularly with United Way at its new helm.. Carole Urie, Returning Home Foundation’s founder, was Vice Chair of this organization and RHF was one of the original supporters of the post incarceration portal at 211.
THE ALLIANCE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL SEX OFFENSE LAWS.
www. all4consolaws.org
This organization provides information to and on-going support for all Sex Registrants. They are one of our resources to provide updated information about our CA Sex Registry laws.
ACLU FOUNDATION
Like Returning Home Foundation, ACLU believes that an informed public will make good choices. We continue to support this organization in its work in Orange County.
ARC: ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION
ARC empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network, comprehensive reentry services, and opportunities to advocate for policy change.
HUB FOR INTEGRATION, RE-ENTRY AND EMPLOYMENT (H.I.R.E.)
H.I.R.E. serves as the "hub" for reentry services in Orange Country providing resources referrals and job placement assistance for system involved youth and adults.
AND OTHERS
CSPG. Study of Political Graphics
FCLCA Education Fund
Friendship Shelter
Voice of OC
Prison Fellowship
Working Wardrobes
Second Harvest
Laguna Food Pantry
OC Rescue
Marshall Project
LSPC Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Contact Information
Carole Urie
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