Project Overview
The Hope Reentry Project will create a holistic community-of-care campus that seeks to break the barriers to reentry that many men and women face as they get back on their feet. Our strategy is to deploy this “program-and-place” model in African-American churches, community buildings, warehouses, and other underutilized spaces,transforming them to provide onsite access to job training, advanced education, social services, a well-designed place to live, and a spiritual home for 40 formerly incarcerated men.
Project Details
Project: Adaptive Reuse (35,000 square feet)
Location: Oakland, CA
Status: Concept in development
Spaces for: Reentry
Project & Program Partners: Building Opportunities for Self Sufficiency (BOSS)
DJDS Team: Shelley Davis Roberts, Kacper Bigosinski, Kyle Rawlins, Deanna Van Buren
A trauma-informed approach to reentry housing
Customized Mobile Refuge Rooms have also been designed to maximize beds, provide workforce development opportunities through their fabrication, and provide a private comfortable space to rest and work.