The Johnson-Shaw Foundation
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Overcoming adversity & preventing recidivism
What We Do
At The Johnson-Shaw Foundation, we want to serve the men, women, and children that are affected by incarceration and the barriers during reentry to the community. The barriers that The Johnson-Shaw Foundation would like to resolve includes, but is not limited to:
- Access to bus passes, birth certificates, and proper identification
- Providing rental, utility assistance, furnishings and household items
Directions to union trades programs, education, and meaningful employment
- Provide seasonal needs and supplemental attention to children of those incarcerated
- Now taking applications for the Reentry Bridge to Success: Trades Apprenticeship Readiness Program
Johnson-Shaw Foundation promoting ‘Bridge to Success’ union trade curriculum
When Jeffrey Johnson left jail in 2015 after several brushes with the legal system, he was looking for purpose as he charted a new path in his life. He found it while living in a halfway house in Braddock when he visited a local career center and a case worker...
Our Mission
“Empowering socioeconomically disadvantaged people transform their lives and positively impact their communities”
Become a Volunteer. Get Involved.
If you are interested in how you can make an impact on those who were recently incarcerated and their families, please contact The Johnson-Shaw Foundation and we can assess how you would like to help with our initiatives at the time.
Johnson-Shaw Foundation looks to help people re-enter society after prison
While in and out of jail for nearly a quarter-century, Jeffrey Johnson said he never felt like he could find the right support to help with addiction issues that kept cycling him through the justice system. The Bentleyville native played football at Washington &...
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“Empowering socioeconomically disadvantaged people transform their lives and positively impact their communities”