Boston will distribute $1 million in grants to organizations that provide services for people leaving prisons and jails, part of an effort to help formerly incarcerated people live stable lives, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday morning.

The money will be split among 35 organizations. Nearly all of it — 80 percent — will go to 29 organizations led by people of color or formerly incarcerated people. More than 3,000 people exit incarceration each year in Boston according to the Office of Returning Citizens.

“Wrapping around our returning citizens with programming and services is vital to ensuring formerly incarcerated individuals are able to return to their lives and community successfully,” Wu said in a statement.

Among the organizations is Justice 4 Housing, an organization that advocates for ending the incarceration of women and girls and works with formerly incarcerated people to find stable housing.

“Stable housing is the most crucial resource to promoting public safety, public health and circumventing recidivism,” Leslie Credle, the organization’s founder and executive director, said in a statement. “I am living proof that housing is the gateway to a successful reentry. Our programs have provided permanent housing and legal advocacy support for over 100 formerly incarcerated people in our communities.”