Happy & Healthy Holiday Wishes from Jeff Grant & Lynn Springer

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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.92″ background_color=”#000000″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|” disabled=”on” disabled_on=”on|on|on”][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.92″ background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”center” header_font=”Bree Serif||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” module_alignment=”center” header_letter_spacing=”3px”] PRISONIST.ORG [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.76″ custom_padding=”0px|||”][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.92″ background_layout=”light”] Dear Family ReEntry Staff, Board and Executive Council Members, As I sit down to write this year’s holiday message, I am almost overwhelmed with the deep respect and gratitude…

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Hartford Courant Op/Ed: Connecticut Budget Impasse is a Public Safety Risk

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Connecticut Budget Impasse is a Public Safety Risk Letter to the Editor reprinted from the  Hartford Courant, August 2, 2017 As the Executive Director of Family ReEntry, a Connecticut  criminal justice nonprofit, and as a formerly incarcerated person myself, I am greatly concerned about the state legislature’s inability/unwillingness to pass a budget. In the criminal…

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Nonprofits are One Solution to the CT Budget Crisis

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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.64″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Congratulations to Family ReEntry Directors Tony Corso and Fred Hodges for your contributions to the Alliance’s video explaining the efficiency, effectiveness and cost savings that Connecticut nonprofits provide. Fred has major screen time in…

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Family ReEntry Insider: Two Reflections on the Cheshire Tragedy

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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.64″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] After my release in early summer of 2007 from a Federal prison (where I served almost fourteen months for a white-collar crime), I spent five weeks in a halfway house in…

Annual Back to School Drive for Children & Youth

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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.64″ background_position_1=”top_left” background_repeat_1=”no-repeat” custom_margin=”0px|||” custom_padding=”0px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.64″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Family ReEntry Youth is currently collecting donations for our Annual Back to School Drive for children & youth involved with our programs. For the last six years, we have launched a large scale collection for new backpacks and school supplies for youth served…

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Annual Back to School Drive for Children & Youth

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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.64″ background_position_1=”top_left” background_repeat_1=”no-repeat” custom_margin=”0px|||” custom_padding=”0px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.64″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Family ReEntry Youth is currently collecting donations for our Annual Back to School Drive for children & youth involved with our programs. For the last six years, we have launched a large scale collection for new backpacks and school supplies for youth served…

"FRE" Youth Programs enjoyed a great day participating in water activities at Lake Zoar on July 6th!

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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.64″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Our program has partnered with LOF (Leaps of Faith) Adaptive Skiers, a non-profit located in Newtown CT. This annual field trip benefits youth served in our Champions & J-Connect Mentoring Programs…

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“FRE” Youth Programs enjoyed a great day participating in water activities at Lake Zoar on July 6th!

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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.64″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Our program has partnered with LOF (Leaps of Faith) Adaptive Skiers, a non-profit located in Newtown CT. This annual field trip benefits youth served in our Champions & J-Connect Mentoring Programs…

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NY Daily News: Ex-prisoner en route to job interview takes shirt off back to save man’s life

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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.59″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] A man living in a Connecticut halfway house passed up a job interview to save a wounded stranger’s life. Aaron Tucker, 32, said he left the Isaiah House in Bridgeport, Conn. with less than…

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The Nantucket Project Presented Down and Out in Greenwich, Connecticut: An Insider’s View of Prison and the Road Back to the Boardroom

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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.59″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] On June 27th TNP Library Presented  “Down and Out in Greenwich, Connecticut: An Insider’s View of Prison and the Road Back to the Boardroom” In the haze of a nearly decade-long…