Causes: Crime & Law, Rehabilitation Services for Offenders

Mission: Heart to Heart offers pathways to healing by helping people reclaim their innate capacity for compassion. Our transformative education in mindfulness and empathetic communication provides a vital toolkit of inner resources that empowers individuals, families, and communities—in particular those affected by incarceration—to break patterns of addiction, alienation, and violence and make choices that lead to thriving futures.

Target demographics: incarcerated men and women find pathways to healing

Direct beneficiaries per year: 343 people who were incarcerated or affected by incarceration

Geographic areas served: Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia

Programs: weekly workshops (inside and outside of correctional facilities) focused on developing skills in nonviolent communication, mindfulness, empathy, decision making and conflict resolution.