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Your Reentry Operating System
Your past is part of your story.It doesn’t have to write what comes next.
Atlas Redeemed helps people with criminal records find the jobs, housing, benefits, legal resources, education, transportation, and support they need to move forward.
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Start with what you need
Everything you need to move forward.
Eight places to start. Pick the one that is loudest right now — the rest will still be here.
Example plan
Your Atlas Plan
One ordered list instead of twelve open tabs — what to do, in what order, and what each step takes. The steps below are an example; answer the questions and the plan rebuilds around what you tell us.
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Example profile — Elmira, New York · felony record · no vehicle right now · looking for work and affordable housing
Example planTick a step to see how it feels. Nothing you tick here is kept. On the plan page itself, the steps you mark stay in this browser — no account involved.
01Get identification
In ProgressA state ID or driver's licence unlocks almost everything else — a job, an apartment, a bank account, benefits. Start with whichever document you already have and work backward from there.
3 linked resourcesmultiple visits02Contact your local workforce center
ReadyAmerican Job Centers run funded training and can set up the Federal Bonding Program and the Work Opportunity Tax Credit with an employer on your behalf. Ask for the reentry specialist.
3 linked resources1 hour03Apply to record-friendly employers
ReadyStart with roles that don't require a licence, don't require your own vehicle, and sit on a bus route. Three good applications beat thirty scattered ones.
6 example openingshalf a day04Review housing resources
ReadyLook at transitional and reentry housing alongside private rentals. Programs built for reentry screen differently than management companies do.
4 linked resourceshalf a day05Set up transportation assistance
Not startedReduced-fare cards and work-trip passes exist specifically for people starting a new job. Apply before your first day, not after.
2 linked resources1 hour
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Location-aware finder
What’s available near you?
A ZIP code or a city name is all we need. We never ask for your address.
How we work
Built on four commitments.
These are constraints on the product, not a mission statement.
No judgment
You are never asked to explain or justify your record here. We ask what you need next, not what happened.
No dead ends
When something is genuinely restricted, we say so plainly, point at the authority that decides it, and show you what is open instead.
No one excluded
Felonies, misdemeanors, probation, parole, and registration requirements are all supported. Registry and supervision resources sit alongside everything else, not behind a warning.
Private by default
Everything usable anonymously stays usable anonymously. No account is required to search the directory, read anything here, or answer the plan questions.
What we never ask you for
We do not ask for conviction details, registry details, case numbers, officer names, or your home address. A ZIP code or city is the most we will ever ask for, and only so we can show you what is actually nearby.
You don’t need it all figured out. You need the next step.
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