GRANTS TO PROVIDE PRE-RELEASE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF $55M IN GRANTS TO PROVIDE PRE-RELEASE TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TO INCARCERATED PEOPLE

Funding aims to improve employment opportunities, meet needs of local labor market

WASHINGTON – Each year, state prisons release approximately 573,000 people who need the resources and support to re-enter and find stable employment in their communities successfully.

Pre-release services have proven to help reduce the likelihood that formerly incarcerated people will return to prison and help these individuals fully reintegrate into their communities.

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To support this effort, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of $55 million in Pathway Home 3 Grants that seek to reduce barriers to employment by providing training and employment services to incarcerated individuals before their release from state correctional facilities, or county or local jails. 

Funds will also support continued comprehensive services post-release.

Sourt: Dept of Labor

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