HELPING WOMEN OVERCOME BARRIERS

Many women experience systemic and personal barriers that block their access to opportunities. We’re here to change that.

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Why We Do What We Do

System-impacted women are less likely to receive equal access to housing, education, employment, healthcare, and financial opportunities. These barriers make advancement for this community more challenging and often unattainable without proper support and advocacy for their needs.

What We Believe

EVERY WOMAN DESERVES EQUAL ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES, REGARDLESS OF LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES

What We Do

HER BLANK CANVAS SPECIALIZES IN RESTORING THE LIVES OF WOMEN WITH A CRIMINAL OFFENSE HISTORY AND CREATES TRAUMA-INFORMED SOLUTIONS THAT KEEP THE NEEDS OF WOMEN AT THE CENTER.

How we do it:

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Remove barriers

We help women gain access to critical services.

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Strategic Partnerships

We establish relationships with clinical professionals, organizations, businesses, and institutions.

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Thought leadership

We contribute to trauma-informed research and sustain its practice.

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Do you have a criminal offense history that’s prohibiting you from starting fresh?

Learn more about our services for formerly incarcerated, system-impacted, and justice-involved women.

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Do you have a criminal offense history that’s prohibiting you from starting fresh?

Learn more about our services for formerly incarcerated, system-impacted, and justice-involved women.

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It has been historically proven that women thrive when given access.

Read our testimonials

“I feel accomplished… Like I’m actually doing something because before I felt like my life was on hold because of like, everything that I’ve been through, but now that, since I met [case manager] she’s helped me out a lot like she’s really helped me out.”

“This program can me so much support to be honest. I can honestly say that I grew because when I met my case manager and when I learned about your [this] program, I was clean [from substances] like for three days after 15 years and this is not the first time I ever try to be clean. This program made me responsible and productive and taught me how to grow and learn about myself and now I’m able to have a job and be responsible.”

Together we can dismantle the systemic and personal barriers that block women’s access to opportunities.

Here’s how you can get involved:

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Learn about the barriers women face and how to support them.

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Donate

Help us remove barriers for system-impacted women with a generous contribution.

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Top Blog Posts

The Alarming Truth About Women in the Criminal Justice System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgWR6uFOVYc In this presentation, you gain a preliminary understanding of mass incarceration and its effect on women. Over 1.2 million women are currently under the corrections system in the United States and Her Blank Canvas' goal is...

Terminology Guide

Understanding how the criminal justice system works can be tough to understand. This is especially true when reading materials and sifting through industry jargon and acronyms. As a society, we also carry cultural definitions when trying to understand the inner...

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