JAC's COVID Conversion For Its ReEntry Clinics!

Special thanks to everyone who donated and/or supported our project, we have been able to provide legal services back in-doors with masks.  Each month we perform an assessment of the COVID numbers due to the fluctuating cases and deaths. Our guidelines vary due to the case severity, over the past month, cases have begin to increase again and our awareness have been heightened. 

During this period, we provided legal advice on child support/custody, traffic matters, driver’s licenses, and Transportation Worker Identification Cards to 24 formerly incarcerated people thanks to our volunteers and partners’ time, energy, and expertise. Each clinic is supported with masks, hand sanitizer and gloves. An intake worker is also now staffed to provide a COVID questionnaires to each attendee. COVID-19 require us to continue to modify how we provide services. Our new protocols can allow for social distancing, provide PPE, eliminate paperwork being passed back and forth, and create virtual solutions for those who have underlying health conditions preventing them from attending clinics in person.

We are extremely grateful for your continued support in helping us serve the community.

We are grateful for everyone who has helped JAC serve our re-entry clients during COVID-19. We have been able to provide legal services indoors with masks, outdoors and online, as needed.

Each month we perform an assessment of the COVID numbers due to the fluctuating cases and deaths. Our guidelines vary due to the case severity.

During this period, we provided legal advice on child support/custody, traffic matters, driver’s licenses, and Transportation Worker Identification Cards to 18 formerly incarcerated people thanks to our volunteers and partners’ time, energy, and expertise. Each clinic is supported with masks, hand sanitizer and gloves. An intake worker is also now staffed to provide a COVID questionnaires to each attendee. COVID-19 require us to continue to modify how we provide services. Our new protocols can allow for social distancing, provide PPE, eliminate paperwork being passed back and forth, and create virtual solutions for those who have underlying health conditions preventing them from attending clinics in person.

We are extremely grateful for your continued support in helping us serve the community.

Thank you to everyone who has helped JAC serve reentering citizens during the COVID-19 crisis! With your help, we have been able to provide direct legal services virtually, outdoors and indoors.

COVID-19 was able to provide many people with different prospective of items that were important to their productivity and economic development. We have been able to assist dozens of clients safely with their credit reports, credit discrepancies and credit counseling. Additional COVID safe clinics assisted over 3 dozen people obtain the necessary information to get bench warrants recalled and driver license reinstated. 

Increased vaccinations and PPE have allowed us to provide this service with privacy and confidentiality. Your support will help us secure adequate PPE, space to socially distance, and other adjustments necessary.

Thank you to everyone who has helped JAC at our Re-Entry Legal Clinics! Serving the community of formerly incarcerated citizens with legal barriers is the mission of our organization and we are grateful for your assistance.

As the COVID numbers continue to rise, we have been extremely blessed to host a clinic each month, assisting 16 people with their legal issues from child support, driver’s license reinstatement, consumer credit issues, TWIC card appeals, traffic ticket debts and much more.

We have moved our clinics to larger facility, due to the damages sustained from Hurricane Ida and to facilitate social distancing on a larger scale. Having the ability to meet in the larger facility, in addition to our COVID-19 protocols and modification of delivery of services, we are hopeful to continue to keep COVID at bay.  Your continued support is vital in helping us accomplish that goal.  With your support, we can allow for social distancing, provide PPE and eliminate paperwork being passed back and forth. The next ReEntry Legal Clinic is set in New Orleans on January 19^th at 5PM at Thrive NOLA.

Thanks again for your support, which is being utilizing to assist the citizens of our community! We look forward to updating you again soon.

Thank you to everyone who has helped JAC serve reentering citizens during the COVID-19 crisis! With your help, we have been able to provide direct legal services virtually, outdoors and indoors.

In July, we moved our Re-Entry Legal Clinic back indoors with temperature checks, mask requirements and provided each client with a complimentary hand sanitizer. As COVID-19 numbers in Louisiana continued to climb, our re-entry clinic in August was held indoors to citizens with negative COVID results within 48 hours or initial vaccinations received based on the City of New Orleans indoor COVID protocols.  During this period, we provided legal advice on child support/custody, traffic matters, driver’s licenses, and Transportation Worker Identification Cards to 16 formerly incarcerated people thanks to our volunteers and partners’ time, energy, and expertise. 

We held successful clinics with PPE and social distancing in June, July and August, and our next one is scheduled for September. 

As vaccinations are increasing, we are excited to be returning to monthly in-person Re-Entry legal clinics in New Orleans.  However, COVID-19 protocols require us to continue to modify how we provide services.  Your continued support is vital to helping us accomplish that goal.  With your support, we can allow for social distancing, provide PPE, eliminate paperwork being passed back and forth, and create virtual solutions for those who have underlying health conditions preventing them from attending clinics in person.  We are grateful for your ongoing support!