Since its founding in 1967, The Fortune Society's General Counseling Unit has been the core of the direct services we provide.
Counselors work with each client to create a treatment plan tailored to each individual's needs.
They address each individual's fears and frustrations, and help meet concrete needs such as housing and treatment for substance abusers. The vast majority of people released from incarceration need employment. Our Career Development Unit offers a host of services designed to help clients find and retain employment. Our job developer trains clients in job seeking techniques and conducts mock interviews which are video-tapes for critiquing by participants and volunteers who are professionals. The Fortune Society also has a special telemarketing room which gives our clients access to telephones, fax machines and current job listings to use in conducting their job searches.