Forms
General Form Helper
Know what you need to put on paper? Gather the details here and make a draft you can check.
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Free planning tools to help you prepare, review, download, and print.
Forms
Grievance Helper
Write down what happened and what you’re asking to have fixed. Check your facility’s rules before filing.
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Grievance Appeal Helper
Explain what you’re appealing and why. Keep the earlier response handy as you work.
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Public Records Request Builder
Say which records you need and who you’re asking for them. Build a request you can review before sending.
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General Letter Builder
Get your thoughts into a letter, one question at a time.
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Email Builder
Work out what you need to say before you hit send.
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Support Letter Builder
Put the help you can actually offer into your own words. You don’t have to promise more than you can do.
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Parole Packet Builder
Bring your parole materials together so you can see what’s ready and what still needs work.
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Release Plan Builder
Where will you go when you get out? Start building a plan for the days ahead.
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Build My Team
Who’s in your corner? Write down who’ll help and what each person agreed to do.
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Employment Plan Builder
Think through the work you want and what you need to get started.
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Résumé Builder
You have experience worth putting on paper. Start with what you know how to do.
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Job Application Helper
Gather the details a job application asks for so you’re not hunting for them halfway through.
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Housing Application Helper
Get your housing application information together and note anything you still need to ask.
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Housing Packet Builder
Keep your housing paperwork together so you can see what you have and what’s missing.
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Landlord Letter Builder
Write to a landlord about what you need and what you want them to know.
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Employer Letter Builder
Put your question or request to an employer into a clear letter.
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ID / Document Planner
Figure out which documents you have, which you need, and where to ask for them.
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Birth Certificate Request Helper
Get ready to request your birth certificate. Check the issuing office’s requirements before sending it.
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Visitation Application Helper
Gather your visiting application details, then check them against the facility’s current rules.
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Visit Planner
Plan the trip and check the visiting rules before you leave. Leave room for how you might feel afterward.
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Release Pickup Planner
Work out the pickup details together. Mark anything you still need the facility to confirm.
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Transportation Plan Builder
Figure out how you’ll get there and back, including what you’ll do if the ride falls through.
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Interstate Compact Prep Helper
Get your questions and information ready for a possible supervision transfer. This draft does not approve a move.
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Reentry Checklist Generator
Make a checklist for coming home that fits what you actually need.
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First 24 Hours Builder
You don’t have to solve everything on day one. Work out what you’ll need in the first 24 hours.
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First 7 Days Builder
Put the first week on paper so the important things don’t get lost in the rush.
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30 / 60 / 90 Day Reentry Plan
Give yourself a plan for the next few months, with room to adjust as things change.
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Budget Builder
Put what’s coming in beside what needs paying. Start with the numbers you know.
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Benefits Prep Helper
Get ready to ask about benefits and find out what paperwork the program needs.
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Appointment Prep Builder
Write down your questions before the appointment so you don’t have to remember them all in the room.
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Call Prep Helper
Know what you want to ask before the call, and leave space to write down the answer.
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Case Manager Meeting Prep
Bring your questions to the meeting and keep track of what you agree to do next.
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Parole Hearing Prep Helper
Put your thoughts and questions in order before the hearing. Practice saying what you mean.
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Court Day Planner
Plan for court day, from getting there to the questions you need answered.
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Timeline Builder
Put events in order and mark the dates you still need to confirm.
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Incident Documentation Helper
Write down what happened while it’s fresh. Keep what you saw separate from what someone told you.
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Communication Log
Keep track of who you spoke with, what they said, and what still needs an answer.
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Property / Document Inventory
Make a record of your belongings and documents so you know what you have and where it is.
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Resource Plan Builder
Turn “I need help with this” into people to contact and questions to ask.
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Emergency / Backup Plan Builder
Plans fall through. Write down who you can call and what else might work.
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Health-Care Request Helper
Prepare a sick-call request, follow-up, or co-pay-credit question using your facility’s current instructions.
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Private Records Release Helper
Prepare the details for an authorization to share private records, including health information.
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Family Emergency Helper
Plan how to get urgent family news to someone inside. Ask staff about the next steps.
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Victim / Survivor Support Helper
Prepare questions for victim notification enrollment or organize a victim impact statement in your own words.
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Clemency Packet Helper
Get the current clemency instructions. Make a list of the forms, records and letters you need.
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Special-Needs Parole Helper
Get ready to ask staff about a special-needs parole review. List the records and care arrangements they ask for.
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