Working to keep people out of prison, in employment and in our community.
HomeBridge Ventures seeks to break the cycle of recidivism through transformative relationships, trauma-responsive job training and placement, and a supportive community for justice-involved people that leads to the opportunity to heal and to obtain gainful employment.
HEALING
• HIRING
• HOPE •
HEALING • HIRING • HOPE •
Trauma informed care to provide the healing needed to get a job, stay in employment and out of prison.
Employment in one of HomeBridge’s social enterprises or with one of our partner second chance employers to learn job skills and earn a paycheck from day one.
Training and placement for higher-skilled jobs or starting a business. A safe, supportive community that believes in their success. Preparation for a self-sufficient launch after 18 months
Who We Are
The primary mission of HomeBridge is to restore people to themselves, their families, and their communities.
HomeBridge is a welcoming, trauma-informed community that is inclusive, safe, responsive and designed to keep our members out of prison and in employment.
News & Events
Bridgeport community center deterring recidivism, promoting better lives
A community center in Bridgeport is giving previously incarcerated men and women a second chance at life. HomeBridge Ventures in Bridgeport believes in healing, hiring and hope. Its grand opening is coming up on Wednesday, but the work has already begun. Lamar McElveen, from New Haven, was in prison for seven years. Sean Toliver from Stamford says for him the "first time was 10 and the second time was 8."
HomeBridge Ventures helps ex-offenders get a fresh start
HomeBridge Ventures in Bridgeport has a hands-on approach when it comes to helping people coming home from prison find their way back into their community.
Tyrone Counts, 32, said the nonprofit runs a music program, as well as assists people with criminal convictions with getting everyday routines back. He said he’s making every moment count. "Something I say to myself every morning [is] I got 24 hours to be great. I'm going to use every second,” said Counts.
David Stubbs, the founder of HomeBridge, said the organization provides several services including job training, mental health support and housing assistance. "What we look to do here is to create a safe space where people can come, where they are seen, where they are cherished,” said Stubbs. Counts also said HomeBridge has given him and other members of the organization a clear path forward.
"It lets us, as a group of men, know that somebody cares, somebody's concerned, somebody's here to talk to us,” said Counts.
"There's a lot of people that grew up in the system, but when they get out in the real world, they're clueless,” said Kai Duncan.
HomeBridge Director Ali Mujahid said their programs help people figure out what specific issues they’re facing to find solutions that will work for each individual.
An Evening with Father Greg Boyle, SJ.
Father Greg, SJ is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the largest and most successful reentry and gang intervention program in the world. Father Boyle shared how Homeboy has done it and how HomeBridge is doing it locally, centering dignity, hope, and opportunity.
Father Greg Boyle, SJ., Full Talk at Fairfield University QuickCenter for the Arts