The Kerr–Tar Workforce Development Board Reentry Team works to connect formerly incarcerated and justice involved individuals with the resources they need to be successful by maximizing the use of existing resources and services and developing innovative responses to reduce barriers to resources and services, reduce recidivism, and increase public and community safety by providing case management services, connecting the individual and family members to services in the community, and building a network of service providers, agencies, and advocates within the local community that provide support and coordination of innovative responses to the reintegration of the impacted individual.
Available Services:
o Case management
o Reentry Transitional Planning
o Expungement and reentry services
o Needs Assessments
o Housing assistance
o Employment support
o Transportation support
o Referrals, Connection to community resources
NC PROWD
Kerr Tar Workforce Development Board along with partner workforce boards, Capital Area Workforce Development and Durham Workforce Development Board split $7.2 million grant to provide career and reentry services to inmates at Butner Federal Correctional Complex. This regional reentry grant known as NC PROWD or Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development will provide reentry services for individuals returning to Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Lee, Orange, Person, Vance, Warren, and Wake counties. NC PROWD aims to reduce recidivism by bringing the region’s employers, educators and community service organizations together to increase the work readiness of federally incarcerated individuals at the time of release. Services are provided both inside the prison and in the community.
NC PROWD will provide participants with case management that includes individual career plans, stipends, transportation assistance, and legal services, education programs for limited English proficiency, basic skills and remedial education, and preparation for high school equivalency tests, training that leads to industry-recognized credentials, paid and unpaid work experience, help with work-related issues, higher-paying jobs, and follow-up services after exiting the program to track progress. The grant was awarded by the US Department of Labor through the Division of Workforce Solutions at the NC Department of Commerce.