Since 2007, Mercy Corps Northwest (MCNW) has implemented a range of prison and reentry
programs with the goal of promoting a healthier, more productive and economically secure community. Their reentry programs help current and formerly incarcerated individuals re-integrate back into the community and become positive factors in the lives of their families and neighborhoods.
While MCNW initiated its in-prison programs to build a self-employment path for people with the social burden of a felony conviction, they have discovered that a range of financial products, training, and coaching, along with reentry resources both in prison and during transition, are essential for returning citizens’ success in microenterprise.
Review this resource to learn how returning citizens can gain new livelihoods.
The 2017 AFN Grantmaker Conference framed key issues, and elevated promising approaches and timely, relevant research to support strategic and impactful investments. This conference aimed to foster peer-to-peer conversations to help grantmakers bring the desired short and long-term outcomes as reflected in the theme Accelerating Ideas into Action. View all the 2017 Grantmaker Conference resources.
Resource Sponsors
The 2017 Grantmaker Conference was sponsored by the following: The Kresge Foundation, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, MetLife Foundation, Citi Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase and Company, Wells Fargo, Prudental, W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
