What we do

Seven programs, one community.

Each program meets community members at a different point of the reentry and healing journey — from immediate stabilization to long-term restorative practice.

Housing Support

Help with the most immediate need at reentry: a place to live. Rooted connects community members leaving incarceration with stable housing — through direct support and through partnerships with landlords willing to look beyond a record.

Immediate Needs Support

Concrete support for the day-after-release essentials: food, clothing, ID, transit, a phone. The things that should be guaranteed but rarely are.

Peer/Mental Support

Peer support and mental health navigation from people who have been where you are. Trauma-informed, lived-experience-based, BIPOC-led.

Legal/Court Advocacy

Court accompaniment and advocacy for community members navigating ongoing legal obligations after incarceration — probation, parole, hearings, and new matters that arise during reentry.

Legal Financial Obligations (LFO) Relief Program

Help reducing or eliminating the fines, fees, and court debt that follow community members for years after their criminal case. Washington's recent LFO reforms create new pathways; we walk alongside people using them.

Adult Community Circles

Indigenous-rooted circle practice for adults healing from the impact of incarceration. Held regularly, facilitated by community members trained in restorative practice.

Youth Community Circles

Circle practice for young people impacted by the criminal legal system — directly, or through a family member who's incarcerated.