Ex-Offender Reentry Toolkit

Featuring: Innovative Practices, Job Descriptions, and Documents from the Ready4Work Prisoner Reentry Demonstration.Each year, more than 650,000 former inmates from state and federal institutions return to communities throughout the U.S. Many of these men and women are returning to resource-poor neighborhoods, and the only positive place available they have to turn is to a local and trusted faith-based or community organization. As more and more prisoners are released into America’s communities, it is increasingly vital to connect them with sustainable employment and caring mentors to keep them from relapsing into a life of criminal activity. Oftentimes, faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) are uniquely well positioned to provide quality transitional services to men and women returning from prison.