Prison reentry program to launch at Paterson library this month (newjersey.com)

Karen Clemmer 2/7/201:58 PM

By Joe Malinconico, January 8, 2020, Paterson Press

By the end of this month, library officials plan to begin offering prison reentry services at their main branch on Broadway after a discussion about community concerns at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

The “Fresh Start@Your Library” program, funded through a federal grant, would include classes to help dropouts get their high school diplomas, social workers providing job services, and referrals to social service agencies.

“The word is ex-offender,” Tracy Pearson, president of the library board, told the City Council. “They’ve done their time. They want to change. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t even come to the library.”

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