The JustUS Coordinating Council™ (JCC) is a national collective of systems-impacted individuals, allied organizations, and partners across all 50 states, including D.C., that informs decision-making at the federal, state, and local policy levels. The JCC is the connective tissue that demands change through creating a united purpose for a united voice to establish a united power.
Financial Justice
Building the Table: The Cost of Conviction
Written in collaboration with Americans for Financial Reform and the Hip Hop Caucus, this paper focuses on financial system access—opening bank accounts, using digital platforms, securing credit, and building wealth. It illustrates how reentry must be understood not only through the lens of criminal punishment but also through systemic financial exclusion. The co-production of harm by legal systems (policing, bail, sentencing) and financial systems (predatory lending, debt surveillance, credit scoring) uniquely impacts Black and Brown communities by criminalizing poverty and enforcing exclusion from economic life.
Health Equity
Building the Table: A Right to Quality and Continuous Health Care for People Incarcerated and Returning from Incarceration
Lack of access to quality, culturally appropriate, and trauma-informed health, mental health, and behavioral care, in addition to the impact of social determinants of health, exacerbates the disparities faced by individuals with low-incomes and people of color. These challenges manifest in more severe and extensive health care struggles for people of color compared to their white counterparts. In turn, incarceration itself is a major social determinant of health.
Economic Mobility
Building the Table: Advancing a Sustained Federal Commitment to Ensure Economic Justice for Systems-Impacted Individuals
It’s time for a new vision of economic opportunity and justice where all systems-impacted individuals can thrive. And systems-impacted people must be at the center of creating and driving the necessary policies to move the nation in this transformative direction. This work is the foundation of the JustUs Coordinating Council™ (JCC), an inaugural policy and advocacy table composed of directly impacted leaders across the nation.
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