Move the Box: A Mobile Expungement Intiative

Make-A-Day is more than a meal or a haircut. We’re a trusted bridge to stability, hope, and community.

A criminal record can follow someone for life, even after they’ve served their time. For too many of our neighbors, that means being turned away from jobs, housing, or education, keeping them trapped in cycles of poverty and homelessness.

Move the Box is Make-A-Day’s initiative to break down those barriers. We meet people through our pop-up villages and mobile outreach, then walk with them through the steps of record expungement and reentry support. That includes helping with IDs, providing a stable mailing address, and partnering with legal experts to confirm what charges can be cleared.

Move the Box will:

• Bring legal help to people where they already are: meal sites, encampments, libraries, trusted community spaces.

• Pair legal help with housing navigation, job support, mental health resources, and peer mentors.

• Integrate partners, local faith leaders, barber, people our guests trust into the system of care.

• Guide guests every step, because clearing a record is just one piece of building stability.

Our goal? 250 successful expungements in Year 1, with 60% of participants achieving stable employment and 40% securing housing.

By removing the box that asks about a criminal record, we open doors: to work, to housing, to stability, and to dignity.