Our Impact & Programs

2026 Highlights Lessons Learned 

 Over the past 8 years, NSNS has remained committed to building pathways toward long-term self-sufficiency and public safety by connecting participants to employment, education, behavioral health care, and community supports.

Key Outcomes Include: 

• Consistently recidivism success rate 97.5%
• 65% Employment Placement Rate
• 70% Credential & Workforce Training Attainment
• 75% Housing Stabilization
• 90% Partnership Network Efforts
• Increased civic participation and community engagement
• Reduced recidivism through coordinated reentry support
• Expansion of family stabilization and restorative justice programming.

Community Engagement

NSNS actively engages individuals and families impacted by incarceration through:

• Peer-led mentorship & lived experience messenger models
• Restorative justice workshops & healing circles
• Workforce readiness & life-skills training
• Family-centered reentry planning
• Community violence prevention strategies

Equity in Leadership: NSNS is led by individuals with lived experience and strong community ties, ensuring our work reflects the voices, needs, and realities of those most impacted by systemic inequities. Our leadership model prioritizes:

• Lived expertise in reentry and justice systems
• Culturally responsive service delivery
• Community-informed program development
• Youth and participant voice integration

2025 Impact Summary Report

In 2025, No Struggle No Success, Inc. (NSNS) reaffirmed a powerful truth: successful reentry requires hands-on support, lived experience, and real-time responsiveness to the complex challenges justice-impacted individuals face. This year, we strengthened alignment between policy and practice, accountability and compassion, ensuring that participants were not only informed—but fully equipped—to rebuild their lives with dignity and stability --

Through our Reentry Community Care, Youth Empowerment, Peer Mediation, and Diversion initiatives, NSNS delivered comprehensive wraparound services focused on housing stabilization, workforce development, behavioral health coordination, and family reunification.

Highlights Include:

• 82% of participants obtained employment
   
• 73% retained employment 90+ days post-placement
   
• 60% engaged in workforce training or were released with certifications
   
• 97% successful program completion rate
   
• 68% secured stable housing, with 90% maintaining housing for 6+ months
   
• 32 returning citizens supported upon release
   
• 143 youth served (127 school-based participants)
   

In total, NSNS accepted 124 new referrals and maintained active reentry support for dozens of adults transitioning back into Baltimore communities. 

As we look ahead, NSNS remains committed to prevention, public safety, and experiential reentry programming that addresses root causes—not just symptoms. True transformation happens when communities invest, systems listen, and individuals are met where they are—with structured pathways forward.