COMING HOME: A Step-by-Step NYC Reentry Guide for Justice-Involved Individuals Returning After Long Incarceration

Coming Home is a step-by-step reentry guide written for justice-involved individuals returning to New York City after long-term incarceration—especially those released after decades behind the wall. If you were incarcerated in the early 1990s or earlier, the world you are returning to is not the same. Everything is digital. Systems expect you to know processes you were never taught. One missing document can stop your progress entirely. This book exists to close that gap. Written in clear, direct, non-academic language, Coming Home walks readers through the real steps of reentry—one system at a time—without shame, judgment, or unrealistic expectations. Inside, readers will learn how to: Secure identification, including birth certificates, NYC ID, and state ID Reconnect Social Security records after long incarceration Apply for SNAP (EBT) and eat without shame Access medical care, mental health services, and Medicaid Navigate NYC shelters and housing systems Stay compliant on parole or probation without self-sabotage Find employment using minimal-disclosure, employer-safe strategies Learn basic technology skills from scratch Understand emotional reentry, trauma, and institutionalization Rebuild family relationships while setting healthy boundaries Know when and how to ask for help This guide does not assume prior knowledge. It does not rush healing. And it does not blame people for systems that were not built for them. Coming Home is written by Malkia Walker, a community advocate with over 20 years of experience supporting justice-involved individuals through reentry, housing instability, and system navigation—particularly within the NYC shelter system. This book is for returning citizens, their families, and the professionals who support them—including case managers, reentry programs, shelters, and parole officers. Coming home is not the end of the journey. It is the beginning of rebuilding—with dignity, clarity, and support.
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Author/Artist:WALKER, MALKIA
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