down Go Back to Impact Stories Improved Reentry Education In partnership with At a Glance Rebuilding a life after prison is hard. JFF supports education and training programs that increase success for people returning to their communities after time behind bars. Capabilities Design Scale Influence Areas of Work Ensuring Equity in Advancement Meeting Employer Needs Topics People Returning from Jails/Prisons Employers Postsecondary Community-Based Organizations State & Local Workforce Systems Adult Basic Education Career Pathways Equity Experts Involved Lucretia Murphy Vice President, Center for Justice & Economic Advancement Monique Sheen Senior Program Manager Status In progress Locations KS NJ FL OH PA WI RI Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share via Email Subscribe
Impact Story Second Chances for Incarcerated Youth Design Scale Everyone deserves a second chance. JFF assists youth leaving prison with career and technical training that helps them find jobs and stabilize their lives.
Post Supporting Second Chances: 3 Priorities to Ease Prisoner Reentry More than 2 million people are incarcerated on any given day in the United States. We can—and must—do much more to help these young people and adults become productive members of society when they return to their communities.
Report/Research Supporting Second Chances: Education and Employment Strategies for People Returning from Correctional Facilities With over 700,000 people transitioning out of state and federal correctional facilities each year, there is an urgent need to do more to help this population successfully reintegrate into society.
Post Obama Announces New Grants to Support Reentry Success for Formerly Incarcerated Adults Under President Obama, the Improved Reentry Initiative was created to ensure the development of critical pathways between prison education and postsecondary opportunities.
Post National Reentry Week Recognizes Successful Programs for Former Prisoners The Department of Justice designated April 25–29 as National Reentry Week in an effort to highlight the difficult and critical work that takes place nationally to enable youth and adults to successfully reenter their communities.
Post National Reentry Week: The Voices of Reentry As part of National Reentry Week, JFF highlighted the work of entities providing reentry education to young people and adults across the country as part of the Department of Education's Improved Reentry Education Demonstration Project.
Post A Challenge for Our Times At a time when the country is trying to address the issue of mass incarceration, community colleges, community-based organizations, and prison and county jail systems are receiving aid to create pathways from incarceration to credentials.
Report/Research Juvenile Justice Reform: Federal Funding Opportunities This report, the second in a series highlighting potential ways for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to work more effectively with the federal government, shows how the state could better leverage federal funding for necessary resources.
Post The Realities of Reentry: Making Reentry Work for Women As workforce development tailors educational and vocational models to meet the needs of those reentering society, we must ensure these reentry strategies and programs work just as well for women.
Report/Research 2017: Voices of Reentry Voices of Reentry is a series profiling people who are making good on second chances after they return to society from incarceration.
Post Putting a Face on Transformation What does it take to rebuild one’s life after prison? Education is critical, and school programs are even more effective when they are connected to job training that begins in prison and continues through the reentry process.
