Ellen Rieger

New Hour For Women & Children-LI, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering justice-impacted women, children, and families, with a particular focus on women reentering the community after incarceration. The non-profit company is based in Brentwood, NY. The organization provides comprehensive reentry services, including leadership and financial wellness training, parenting skills, conflict resolution, resume assistance, wellness support, jail programming, personalized case management, support groups, empowerment workshops, family events, and transitional housing. Advocacy is a core component, with involvement in coalitions promoting criminal justice reforms and legislation to improve care for incarcerated pregnant women. Initiatives provide essential items to women upon release, and the organization engages the community through volunteer opportunities, donations, meetings, newsletters, and fundraising events. The company was founded in 2013 by Anthony LaPinta, Ellen Rieger, George Kraus, Jim Morgo, Maria Del Rio, Michael Mullen, Patricia Kraus, Paul Jude Tonna, Rhonda Wainright-Jones, Serena Martin-Liguori, Tesa Fitzgerald.