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Provides information for the public at large, advocates reform within the criminal justice system, provides care and aftercare for both offenders and their victims, mentors training for ex-offenders, and prison tours.

Provides psychiatric, sexual, psychological, social, educational, vocational and recreational assessments, and rehabilitation. Designed to strengthen the client's ability to cope with the stressors that accompany community living and to reduce or extinguish the desire to act out sexually in the community.

Serves youth through mentoring, group activities, community service opportunities, and access to evidence based curriculum including Aggression Replacement Training (ART) and Victim Offender/Community Awareness Impact of Crime, youth are given practical and social skills intended to help them avoid future delinquent behavior.

Assists individuals who are incarcerated or detained in prisons, jails, immigration detention centers, or other institutional settings by providing information, legal advice, advocacy, and representation of civil rights matter issues related to their conditions of confinement. Provides assistance in: A) Medical care and mental healthcare B) Freedom from retaliation and freedom from assault and sexual abuse C) Personal safety and freedom from assault and sexual abuse D) Access to the courts E) Religious accommodations and disability accommodations F) Clean, safe, and humane living conditions

Provides specialized services for individuals who have sexual behavior problems and/or who have been charged with or convicted of sexual offenses.

Hears cases which involve minors who have been charged with a criminal offense or who habitually refuse to obey reasonable and proper directions of their parents, guardians or custodians, or school authorities, or who are habitually truant. Administers the Juvenile Probation system for Allegheny County.

Provides individual counseling for 3 to 4 weeks followed by several months of group counseling for individuals who have been emotionally and/or physically abusive towards a partner.

Provides resources for persons required to register under Pennsylvania's Megan's Law including referrals to housing, employment, and mental health treatment programs.

Provides food, clothing resources, and referrals for community resources in an RV that travels around Philadelphia. Offers assistance in obtaining birth certificate and ID, legal support, referrals for healthcare services including substance use treatment. Provides narcan, vouchers, hygiene items, basic need items, bus passes, and more.

Operates under the direction and guidance of the 39th Judicial District of Pennsylvania, to provide probation services to Franklin County youth who fall within the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court under Chapter 63 of the Pennsylvania Criminal Code. Provides general probation supervision, school-based probation supervision, aftercare supervision, and victim services. Probation Officers also facilitate numerous diversion and intervention groups to address youth needs.

Providing career services, placement, and reentry services. After enrollment program details, including participant responsibilities, are reviewed as well as any barriers the participant has that need to be addressed such as securing identification (photo ID, driver's license, birth certificate, social security card., etc.). While the participant is still incarcerated (pre-release), job readiness services are provided along with career exploration and discussions of education and occupational skills training opportunities. Post-release we continue to coordinate education, training, and employment activities while also encouraging participants in their continuation with any, court ordered or voluntary, mental health services and/or drug and alcohol treatment. We also continue to provide supportive services such as bus passes, work clothing, etc. From the date of initial enrollment, we are in contact with participants for about two or more years.

Monitors juveniles awaiting adjudicatory hearings or final court dispositions. Designed to divert juvenile offenders who are in need of a highly structured, closely supervised program in lieu out-of-home placement or overcrowded detention facilities. Provides case management, daily home visits, nightly curfew calls, weekly school visits, psycho-educational workshops, advocacy, mentoring, community service, restitution payment, and monthly parent support meetings.

Provides services for youth involved with juvenile probation and children and youth services. Youth are matched to an advocate who provides counseling, case management, linkage to needed supports, academic support, etc. Services include community reintegration and truancy services as well.

Carries out court orders to supervise adjudicated juveniles age 10 to 18 years in a community setting under the principles of balanced and restorative justice.

Provides intensive community support services to teens and young adults recently released from the juvenile justice services center or from secure detention. This is a voluntary program component that includes court advocacy, skill-building, and case management.