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Pioneer’s residential reentry centers serve as a bridge from incarceration to life in the community. The centers assist formerly incarcerated individuals with a successful transition through an array of services focused on finding and retaining employment, reconnecting with families, overcoming a substance use disorder and...

Listen to a few of our students in the latest Roadmap to Success job-readiness training program discuss their path that led them to prison and where they are heading now. Find out how this training program and Pioneer's services have helped them.

 "...I am a convicted felon - No - that's who I was, not who I am now...

Mentally and physically my outlook on life is a lot brighter.”  Patrick

Pictured Left: Mary Loquvam, coordinator, York Community Farm
Pictured Right: Patrick

Pioneer’s City Gate Apartments provide affordable housing to homeless individuals exiting Whatcom Jail or under the supervision of the Department of Corrections (DOC...

Rachel’s story is an example of the positive impact that treatment and counseling services can have on an individual.

Most of Pioneer’s housing residents are struggling with more than just the need for affordable housing options. Rachel moved into the Pioneer Transition House from a higher-level mental health treatment facility. The Transition House is a co-ed program that houses 10...

Watch our video HERE featuring a few of our Roadmap to Success graduates speaking about their experience in the job-readiness training program. Students attend the program five days a week for approximately 110 hours total. Men and women with criminal histories who are trying to successfully transition back into their communities, and individuals in recovery...

"I am so proud of Natalie and the recovery efforts she has made since she entered Pioneer’s Tacoma housing program. It has been really rewarding watching her engage in both her recovery program and the community,” said Amanda Johnston, Pioneer Tacoma Housing program manager.

Natalie has struggled over the years with substance abuse and having a criminal record. A few years ago she...

"When I was released from prison my probation officer dropped me off at a homeless shelter in downtown Seattle. I was left alone to find a job and housing, and rebuild my life. I was dealing with a lot and the path out of my situation was not exactly easy to find." Thanh

Thanh grew up on the west coast in a family with two sisters and two brothers. When he was nine years old his...

Sometimes working with individuals who are struggling with substance abuse issues, and trying to pull their life together after incarceration, can be a real uphill challenge. Gary pushed himself to conquer that hill as he wanted to unite with his son and finally be the father that was inside of him,” said Israel Perez, former housing administrative coordinator, Pioneer Tacoma Housing.

Gary is now...

It is an honor to serve individuals who are working on turning their lives around after jail or prison. Recently one of our resident's at our housing program in Bellingham, City Gate Apartments, wrote a letter of thanks to Pioneer staff for assisting him during his time of transition.

 "I am writing this letter to express my gratitude to the City Gate staff and the opportunity for a better life. On July...

We were asked recently, “How did a man who served time in jail, and struggled with substance abuse and mental health issues, become a civic-minded college graduate that is now an employee at a major corporation working his way up to his dream job?” The answer is that he worked hard and received the services he needed upon his release to include safe and affordable housing.

Securing affordable...

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