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Prisoner ReEntry Initiative

Prisoner ReEntry Initiative (PRI)

Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) are partnering to provide intensive re-entry services to individuals being released from the MCF-Faribault and MCF-Shakopee prisons.

Services

Goodwill/Easter Seals offers the following services to help participants succeed in life and in the workplace:

  • Individualized job placement assistance targeting career-oriented positions with good pay, benefits and potential for advancement
  • Employment readiness training
  • Interview training
  • Opportunity to be placed in a transitional job
  • Opportunity to receive skills training in construction, automotive, forklift operation or customer service/call center
  • Comprehensive support services, including computer classes, General Educational Development (GED) degree, math and reading tutoring or classes
  • Referrals to community resources for housing, substance abuse treatment, health care and legal assistance
  • Cognitive skills classes
  • Mentoring

About funding

The Prisoner ReEntry Initiative is a joint program of the Department of Justice and the Department of Labor. The Minnesota DOC contracted with Goodwill/Easter Seals to provide employment services for a portion of the individuals being served by the PRI program.

This program is also funded in part by a grant from The Minneapolis Foundation.

About ReEntryWorks

The goal of ReEntryWorks is to inform public policy about effective methods of preparing ex-offenders for stable employment, reducing their likelihood of committing additional crimes and improving public safety. Four other demonstration sites are located in Chicago (two), Detroit and Milwaukee. The random assignment evaluation is being conducted by MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization in New York, NY, in partnership with the Urban Institute in Washington, DC, and the University of Michigan Sociology Department.

  

Service locations

Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota
Main Office
553 Fairview Ave. N.
St. Paul, MN 55104
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Center for Families
3333 North 4th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55412
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Eligibility requirements

Eligible participants must be referred directly by a Department of Corrections ReEntry Coordinator.

Contact us   
Andy Sagvold
Workforce Development Manager, ReEntry Services 
651-379-5863

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