A Gentle Place to Land When Coming Home

Coming home from incarceration can feel overwhelming — especially when you’re returning to a new state, navigating unfamiliar systems, or trying to figure things out without support.

The Quiet Landing exists for that moment.

This program offers short-term community advocacy to help people coming home, especially veterans, orient themselves, understand next steps, and connect to real support when systems feel confusing, limited, or out of reach.

You don’t need a plan.
You don’t need the right words. You don’t have to do this alone

  • The Quiet Landing is a community advocacy program of Freedom Through Liberation, rooted in relationship, dignity, and care.

    This is not long-term case management.

    This is not crisis support.

    It is short-term, human-centered advocacy during the most vulnerable phase of reentry the early days after release, when people are often expected to navigate everything on their own.

    Sometimes the most important support isn’t a resource list.

    It’s someone willing to slow down and walk alongside you while you find your footing.

  • The Quiet Landing supports:

    • People returning home from incarceration to another state

    • Individuals released to places with limited reentry support

    • Veterans navigating reentry and VA systems

    • People feeling overwhelmed or unsure where to start

    • Families and loved ones trying to help someone they care about

    If any of this sounds familiar, this space was created with you in mind.

  • Support through The Quiet Landing may include:

    • Helping you understand what to expect after release

    • Talking through next steps without pressure

    • Support navigating out-of-state transitions or supervision

    • Veteran-specific advocacy and VA navigation

    • Identifying realistic community support

    • Advocacy when systems are difficult to access or unresponsive

    • Support for families seeking guidance

    Advocacy is offered for a limited period of time so that support remains grounded, intentional, and sustainable.

  • For many veterans, release feels like coming home twice, and still feeling lost.

    The Quiet Landing offers veteran-informed advocacy that honors both military service and lived experience. Support may include help navigating VA enrollment and benefits, understanding discharge status, and connecting to veteran-specific programs and housing.

    You don’t need to already be connected to the VA.
    If you served, you’re welcome here.

  • Often, it’s family members who are searching for help first.

    If someone you love is coming home and you don’t know where to start, you’re welcome to reach out. We can help slow things down, clarify expectations, and figure out next steps together.

    You don’t have to carry this alone.

    • We respond as we are able

    • This is short-term advocacy, not long-term services

    • We do not provide housing, legal services, or supervision

    • We work to make warm, thoughtful connections

    • Everything we do is grounded in dignity and respect

    This space is meant to steady you, not overwhelm you.

“Liberation Doesn’t End at Release

Freedom Through Liberation believes that liberation is not a single moment, it’s a process.

The Quiet Landing exists to support that process during the earliest days of coming home, when care, clarity, and community matter most.

A quiet landing can change everything.”
— Founder- Jennie Nestler