The US Department of Labor, through the NC Department of Commerce’s Division of Workforce Solutions, awarded a $7.2 million grant to provide career and reentry services to inmates at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex, equally divided among Durham Workforce Development and our partners at Capital Area Workforce Development and Kerr-Tar Workforce Development Board.

Through this regional reentry grant, Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development (NC PROWD) will provide reentry services, both inside the prison and in the community, 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 together the region’s employers, educators, and community service organizations to increase the work readiness of federally incarcerated individuals at the time of release. 

As a proud part of the NC PROWD team, Durham Workforce Development 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.