As Director of the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prison (NJ-STEP) administrative team overseeing the delivery of NJ-STEP’s B.A. Program in Justice Studies, Chris Agans is acutely aware of how housing plays a critical role in successful re-entry for students. In fact, supportive housing can make the difference between graduating and giving up. It's why he calls F.O.R.T.E. House not only a "crucial space," but a sacred one. 

Read more of our conversation, including how today's students are becoming tomorrow's leaders in social justice, on our monthly blog. 

On January 27th, Tia Ryans testified before the Law and Public Safety Committee of the New Jersey Legislature in support of the Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program bill (A4663). This important bill should be part of New Jersey's move toward healing, teaching and transforming lives through our criminal justice system. This kind of investment in our youth is particularly critical. Read our full statement.  You can also view the zoom recording of that Comittee meeting here (beginning at about 18:00; Tia's testimony begins at about 1:12:40).