My Nonprofit Reviews

MichaelC54
Review for Transition Professionals, Hackensack, NJ, USA
My name is Mike Campbell and I was first
introduced to Transitional Professionals @An info summit @Southwoods State Prison, May 2023., There were several reintegration service providers there with info brochures & business cards.. I gathered a copy and went back to my cell and began writing letters seeking assistance & professional guidance.. Out of "ALL" the letters I mailed out Ms.Berry from Transitional Professionals were one of the two responses I received back...
Ms.Berry unbeknownst to me at the time had got in touch with the prison social worker and arranged a prescheduled phone interview for an intake/assessment convo with me... The questions of Ms.Berry were very professionally formatted but didn't come off as automated., I sensed that she cared that I and others like myself reintegrate back into society with all the necessary tools and access to resources, that without, can most certainly deflate a newly released felons ego & confidence..
Luckily for me I wrote my letter to the right organization... Ms.Berry (Transitional Professionals) has been here for me / with me since my July 2024 prison release... Periodic phone calls from Ms.Berry's desk about my overall wellbeing... While I was in a shelter located in whole other county besides Bergen, Ms.Berry was making referral calls in head of me, so when I was arriving at these shelters, they knew who I was when I got there... Once I got placed here in a temporary transitional housing program in Hudson county, I called on Ms.Berry again to express my gratitude & Thank her, I again had another dilemma; I need some interview clothes and asked if she was familiar with any organizations in Hudson county that she can refer me to., Literary the very next day Ms.Berry called couldn't find anything for me within her resource rolladex in Hudson.. "But" informed me there is a
donation closet there @Transition Professionals.. She toke dwn my sizes and while I was still on the phone, picked out 2 pair of dress slacks & button shirts and drove them to me from Hackensack,NJ to Jersey City,NJ., well off her beated path, I'm sure...
I am a proud & honorable recipient of Transition Professionals services.. They care.. Their collaborative efforts with other organizations, in county / out county, WORKS.....
Saying Thank you to Ms.Berry is such an understatement... Saying Thank you just doesn't say enough for me..
I will show my appreciation & gratitude thru my continued Successful journey...
Sincerely Grateful,
Michael Campbell