$4M Grant To Provide Job Training For Recently Incarcerated Awarded To Goodwill Industries

ROCKVILLE, MD — Goodwill Industries International Inc., a Rockville-based nonprofit, was one of 17 organizations in 15 states to receive a share of the $49.4 million grants distributed by the U.S. Department of Labor to help the recently incarcerated to reenter the workforce.

The grants were awarded to help fund training, employment and supportive services to people reentering the workforce after being incarcerated at a local jail or correctional facility.

Goodwill Industries International received a $4 million grant, which was administered by the Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration.

"The grants will support efforts by local organizations to connect incarcerated people with providers of training and skills needed to obtain post-release jobs and comprehensive case management services to help them retain employment," according to a Labor Department release. "Eligible adults are those whose release is scheduled within 20 to 270 days from the time they enroll with local organizations."

The grants allow participants to keep the same caseworker both pre- and post-release and provide funding to support registered apprenticeships and other occupational training.

The Pathway Home 4 grants were authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, as part of a strategy by the Biden-Harris administration to lower recidivism rates and decrease crime.