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Creating pathways to re-entry: Local organizations receive grants to help former inmates get back to work

Jul. 12—LOWELL — Massachusetts Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Lauren Jones announced at the offices of MassHire Greater Lowell Monday morning that 14 organizations across the state, ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

‘A critical investment’: $200K state grant boosts reentry program, offering 30 more a path to employment

Before his release from prison, Charles Worpek joined Community Action of Pioneer Valley’s Re-entry Workforce Development Program. Now, a year after his release, he works as a prep cook at Fitzwilly’s ...
WWLP-22News

Mass. organizations awarded $2.2 million to train formerly incarcerated individuals

GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Healey-Driscoll Administration has awarded $2.2 million in Re-entry Workforce Development Demonstration grants to 11 organizations to train formerly incarcerated ...
Berkshire Eagle

2nd Street Second Chances awarded $89K grant to help formerly incarcerated people to reenter workforce

PITTSFIELD — 2nd Street Second Chances has received an $89,000 Re-Entry Workforce Development Demonstration grant from the Healey-Driscoll administration to train formerly incarcerated people. The ...