Transition Professionals Information

Transition Professionals is a Hackensack-based nonprofit organization supporting individuals and families impacted by the criminal justice system. Since 2014, we have provided coordinated reentry services to help people prepare for release, navigate their return to the community, and pursue their goals. Our trauma-informed, person-centered approach recognizes the effects of trauma, incarceration, and systemic barriers on people’s lives. We build relationships grounded in dignity, trust, choice, and collaboration. Each person’s strengths, priorities, and lived experience guide our work. Our programs include: • CORE: Individualized case management, advocacy, and practical support to address essential needs and promote stability. • JOBS: Career planning, job readiness, vocational training, employment connections, and ongoing support to address barriers to obtaining and maintaining employment. • NJLEAD: Reentry planning and community-based case management for eligible individuals returning from New Jersey state prisons. • HOPE: Individualized reentry and recovery support for Bergen County residents with past or present opioid use and justice involvement, including harm reduction and connections to treatment and peer recovery resources. Across our programs, we help participants access housing and shelter resources, identification documents, public benefits, physical and behavioral health care, substance use treatment, transportation, food, and clothing. We also support people in navigating court, probation, and parole requirements. Through partnerships with community organizations, correctional institutions, employers, and service providers, we coordinate care and advocate when barriers prevent access. Our work supports healing, stability, meaningful employment, and lasting community connection—while respecting each person’s right to define their own path forward.