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0About Our Mission Directors and Staff Our Supporters Get Involved Career Opportunities Internships Volunteering Get in Touch Take Action Resources Programs Projects Events News Donate Open MenuAbout Our Mission Directors and Staff Our Supporters Get Involved Career Opportunities Internships Volunteering Get in Touch Take Action Resources Programs Projects Events News Donate Open MenuFolder: About Back Our Mission Directors and Staff Our Supporters Folder: Get Involved Back Career Opportunities Internships Volunteering Get in Touch Take Action Resources Programs Projects Events News Donate Serving the needs of the Inland Region since 2009 transitional housing | reentry services | policy advocacy | civic engagement Programs Projects STAY connected with us! Sign up to receive emails about upcoming events, resources, opportunities for action, job openings, and more. Email Address Sign Up Thank you! A Holistic Approach to ReentryFor over a decade, we’ve helped people in the Inland Empire and greater Los Angeles area transition to independent lives after experiencing homelessness and/or incarceration, serving over 1,400 individuals and families. Our caring staff and volunteers are here to help through these difficult times. We know that there is life after homelessness and/or incarceration because most of us have experienced it ourselves. Upholding the rights of individuals and families impacted by the criminal justice system is a priority to us. Learn more about the Family Reunification, Equity, & Empowerment (FREE) Project, Riverside All Of Us or None, and Participatory Defense of the Inland Empire here . WE KNOW WHAT KEEPS US SAFE Justice Initiatives At Starting Over, we are familiar with your journey, having walked it ourselves. We use our lived experience and expertise to support you through our supportive housing, harm reduction, and employment development programs. Learn more about our programs What Starting Over, Inc. Participants are Saying Resources Featured Apr 15, 2024 Worker’s Rights Apr 15, 2024 Learn about worker’s rights in California, including retaliation, sick leave, how to file a complaint, & more Apr 15, 2024 Mar 1, 2024 Opioid Overdose Prevention And Harm Reduction Mar 1, 2024 Harm Reduction and treatment resources in Riverside to prevent opioid overdoses Mar 1, 2024 Jan 31, 2024 Prosecutor Initiated Resentencing (PIR) Dashboard Jan 31, 2024 This dashboard was created to provide publicly available information about the implementation of California’s Prosecutor Initiated Resentencing Pilot Program in Riverside County. This project was completed with support from the Microsoft Justice Reform Initiative. Jan 31, 2024 Dec 15, 2023 Know Your Rights: Brady Violations Dec 15, 2023 Brady violations occur when prosecutors fail to provide a defendant or criminal defense attorneys with any favorable evidence to a defendant’s case. This comprehensive guide that explores Brady violations was developed in 2023 by SOi intern Alex Wise. Dec 15, 2023 LATEST NEWS Featured Mar 25, 2024 California jails are holding thousands fewer people, but far more are dying in them Mar 25, 2024 Some of California’s deadliest jails are in Riverside County, where 45 people have died since Jan. 1, 2021 […] Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged almost five years ago that the state would take a stronger hand to prevent deaths in the 57 jail systems run by California county sheriffs. In every year since, more people have died in California jails than when Newsom made that pledge — hitting a high of 215 in 2022. Tulare, San Diego, Kern, Riverside and San Bernardino counties’ jails set records.” Read more at CalMatters. Mar 25, 2024 Mar 17, 2024 Why Riverside County must dismantle the coroner-sheriff relationship Mar 17, 2024 Distrust, significant risk of bias, and lack of transparency are growing issues within the combined sheriff/coroner’s office. Read an opinion piece by Starting Over, Inc. director Vonya Quarles on the need to separate the Riverside County sheriff and coroner’s offices. Mar 17, 2024 Jan 30, 2024 With a Power-Building Approach to Housing in California, a Pooled Fund Evolves and Expands Jan 30, 2024 Starting Over, Inc., is an example of how the fund is ensuring that organizations from across the state both receive support and help guide the fund’s work. The organization provides transitional housing and reentry services for formerly incarcerated individuals in Riverside County, which is part of the Inland Empire region. It also engages in advocacy and civic engagement.” Jan 30, 2024 Dec 5, 2023 Riverside County to study separating coroner from Sheriff’s Department Dec 5, 2023 On December 5th, after hearing from impacted community (including Lisa Matus, whose son died in Riverside custody, and Vonya Quarles, director of Starting Over), the Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to conduct a study on separating the Sheriff and Coroner’s office. Separating these offices is a long-awaited step toward closure and accountability for the families of community members who died in custody. Dec 5, 2023 The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California unveils a massive mural that in the tradition of public artworks depicts figures in the fight for civil liberties and civil rights in Southern California, including Starting Over, Inc. co-founder and Executive Director Vonya Quarles Office 6355 Riverside Ave Suite 100, Riverside, CA 92506 (951) 898-0862 office@startingoverinc.org Fax: (951) 530-8728 Support our work Subscribe Sign up with your email address to receive news, updates, actions, and opportunities from Starting Over, Inc. Email Address Sign Up Subscribers may opt out at any time. Thank...