Thanks to the partnership between NCDAC and the Department of Commerce, after one year the NC Jobs Exploration in Transition (NCJET) system is now in 22 facilities with nearly 700 men and women with log-ins.
Topics Related to Reentry
People in the state prison system are provided many opportunities for improving education and job skills during their incarceration. Taking advantage of those opportunities leads to second chances.
For Samuel Hutchins and Arkeem Shields, their second chances came with the assistance of the Pathway Home 5 Program – part of the Opportunities Industrialization Center in Rocky Mount.
The most important item a person needs when leaving prison is some form of identification. It can be a state-issued ID or a driver license, both of which are required for just about every task imaginable, including opening a bank account, securing housing, and getting a job.
The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction and WakeMed Health & Hospitals have entered a first-in-the-nation pilot partnership to train potential prison chaplains through the health system's CPE program. .
The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction has announced North Carolina is the first state to develop a dashboard to track progress made toward objectives, strategies, and metrics established in its Reentry 2030 Strategic Plan.
Five women in custody have earned certification in Braille transcription, providing a service for the visually impaired population and a boost to their own reentry prospects.
For the first time, medium custody offenders not only participated in a reentry simulation but also served as volunteers providing information at Maury Correctional Institution.
Thanks to a partnership between the N.C. Department of Adult Correction, The Duke Endowment, and the North Carolina and Western North Carolina conferences of the United Methodist Church, four community-funded chaplains will be placed in state prisons across the state.
Partnership between the Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry, Correction Enterprises and the Division of Workforce Solutions within the N.C. Department of Commerce will assist in providing a second chance upon exiting prison.