OACRA
OACRA provides free, searchable directories of reentry services—housing, employment, treatment, community service, and financial help—across all 50 states and Washington, DC, for individuals navigating probation, parole, and supervised release. The platform also offers a public evidence register of justice-service vendors and contracts, plus procurement and policy intelligence for professionals and institutions. It has attracted 93,000 unique visitors through Q3 2026 and maintains 255 public service directories.
- Government Technology
- Data & Analytics
- Software Only
- Artificial Intelligence
Funding
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Product
Problem
Individuals returning from incarceration and those under community supervision often struggle to find reliable, up-to-date information about reentry services such as housing, employment, treatment, and financial assistance. This information is fragmented across local agencies, state programs, and provider websites, making it difficult for individuals and referral professionals to identify available resources quickly. Additionally, organizations lack structured, verifiable data on justice-service vendors and government contracts, complicating market research and procurement decisions.
Solution
OACRA provides a national, state-specific service discovery platform that organizes public reentry resources into searchable directories across five service areas: housing, employment, treatment, community service, and financial help. The platform covers all 50 states and Washington, DC, with 255 public service directories and has attracted 93,000 unique visitors in 2026 through Q3. Beyond the public directories, OACRA operates a public evidence register of justice-services and technology vendors, containing 391 source-backed records across 138 organizations and 13 service categories. The platform also offers a news and intelligence layer tracking funding, procurement, and policy developments across the justice ecosystem, plus structured data licensing, API access, and sponsored placement options for organizations that need recurring, automated, or embedded use of its taxonomy and directories.
Target Audience
Primary users are individuals under community supervision or returning from incarceration, as well as referral professionals such as probation and parole officers, case managers, and reentry coordinators. Secondary customers include government agencies, institutions, employers, and technology vendors seeking structured data, licensing arrangements, or sponsored visibility in justice-related markets.
Features
- Searchable directories across all 50 states and Washington, DC, covering housing, employment, treatment, community service, and financial help for reentry support
- Structured evidence register with 391 source-backed records on justice-service vendors, public-sector contracts, and technology deployments across 13 service categories
- State-specific employment pages that organize employer, workforce, staffing, and training routes for justice-involved job seekers, with detailed screening and restriction guidance
- Procurement lifecycle reporting that tracks federal and state justice funding opportunities, awards, and contract stages such as presolicitations, open RFPs, and sources sought notices
- Sponsored visibility options that allow providers to appear prominently within relevant service pipelines, clearly labeled as paid promotional placements
- Licensing terms for organizations seeking recurring, structured, commercial, automated, embedded, API, database, white-label, or machine-use access