About Dismas

Dismas is Family. You feel welcome whenever you enter any of our homes. Since 1988, Dismas House has been welcoming former prisoners back to greater Worcester. In our three homes, Dismas House, the Almost Home Program, and Father John Brooks House, former prisoners are engaged in the hard work of rebuilding lives, and rekindling hope for themselves and their families. Families with kids, volunteer Board members, live-in international students, and church groups help create the family atmosphere by breaking bread with residents and spending the holidays with them. Our dedicated staff - many former prisoners themselves - provide key educational, recovery, and reentry tools to our residents. And Dismas House works – in 2007, The Eisenhower Foundation cited Dismas House of Massachusetts as one of the top seven prisoner reentry programs in the United States. Dismas House residents give back to the community – cleaning up parks, helping weekly at Many Hands Organic Farms, volunteering at the Blackstone Canalfest and building community gardens. Why not become the newest member of the family?

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Dismas staff address Worcester panhandling issue
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Dismas House Secures Funding for Banis Park!
Pictured, Mullen Sawyer, Oak Hill CDC, Dave McMahon from Dismas, Home Depot, Councilor Paul Clancy, City Manager Mike O'Brien, Councilor Gary Rosen, Senator mike Moore, Councilor Kate Toomey, Rob antonello from parks Department, and councilor Rick rushton.

Father Michael McFarland, President of Holy Cross, prepares Dismas Project Sprout.
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Dismas Co-Director interview about prisoner reentry
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Dismas Project Sprout
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Dismas House of Massachusetts is being held up as a model prisoner re-entry program for communities nationwide to imitate.
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