Jubilee Home is an organization that believes to be human is to be endowed with dignity and value. Every person is more than their worst moment. We work with justice-involved persons in the Durham community to create a place that bridges the gap between incarceration and full independence.  

However, under current systems, individuals are denied access to many of the social services that could help them transition back to their communities. This means that even after someone has served the time deemed appropriate by the courts for their crime, they are still socially guilty for life and lose access to affordable housing, food assistance, and more. These circumstances, paired with the difficulty of finding worthwhile employment with a criminal record, means that many individuals who want to rejoin their communities in a meaningful way cannot make the transition. Jubilee Home works to remove barriers by providing housing, meals, and wrap-around support services.

But Jubilee Home does not work only for the benefit of formerly incarcerated individuals. We also work to connect the community to its residents so that we can all benefit from the gifts of one another. The whole Durham community is fuller and more diverse when justice involved folks are able to return and put their varied experiences to work within their neighborhoods.

Our goals as an organization balance the real social and psychological needs of residents with our conviction that everyone has something to contribute.  Ours is an assets-based approach that recognizes each resident as unique and valuable, and collaborates with them to discover their wants and needs.