The Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership

WHO WE ARE
  • Since 2011, LARRP has been building a locally rooted reentry movement to advance positive change for millions of formerly incarcerated and convicted Angelinos, and building public will for greater equity in the criminal justice system.
  • LARRP’s members include over 500 reentry service providers, along with thousands of advocates, researchers, directly impacted people, and government partners.
  • LARRP’s Steering Committee is comprised of leading reentry service providers and justice reformers, with an Executive Director that is the CEO of Los Angeles Mission and a Chair who is the CEO of Amity Foundation, and with other Steering Committee members in leadership positions with HOPICS and Chrysalis, among others.
  • LARRP holds monthly General Meetings which are attended by over 100 people and distributes a monthly newsletter to over 3500 people with an open rate above 50%.
OUR MISSION

LARRP supports the development and implementation of a comprehensive, culturally competent, and effective community reentry system by providing a strong community voice in public policy and funding decisions; by serving as a convener of reentry service providers, advocates, and other stakeholders; and by building capacity among stakeholders to meet the needs of system participants.

OUR HISTORY
  • In 2011 as California lawmakers rushed to pass AB109 (Public Safety Realignment), in order to comply with the US Supreme Court mandate to reduce the massively overcrowded state prisons, reentry service providers and advocates in LA County gathered to create an intentional and coordinated reentry sector in LA County in preparation for the influx of thousands of formerly incarcerated people expected to come home to their LA communities under AB109.
  • Through partnering with the public agencies that serve the reentry community, LARRP has helped to improve implementation of many new policies and to increase funding for the reentry sector.
  • LARRP continues to implement statewide justice reform to ensure they serve the community, ie:
    • Prop 36 (2012) – Developed a Three Strikes Project to house and support lifers exiting incarceration.
    • Prop 47 (2014) and Prop 64 (2016) – Organized over 50 free record change clinics since 2014
  • LARRP also advocates and partners at the County and City level to ensure programs and reforms are benefiting the reentry community, ie:
    • Successfully advocated to eliminate the ban on people on Probation and Parole from Section 8 rental assistance in the County of Los Angeles.
    • Eliminated the discrimination against people with records built into all County contracts, securing a ‘Community Health Worker’ role for formerly incarcerated people.
    • Partnered with the County to create ODR (Office of Diversion and Reentry)
  • As COVID shut down life in 2020, LARRP partnered with national organizations and funders to deliver thousands of privately funded stimulus checks to people in reentry across LA County.
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