JFF is providing technical assistance to the US Department of Education juvenile reentry education grants under a federal contract.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Voices of Reentry is a series profiling people who are making good on second chances after they return to society from incarceration.
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.
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.
Under President Obama, the Improved Reentry Initiative was created to ensure the development of critical pathways between prison education and postsecondary opportunities.
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.
