RALEIGH – A state reentry program started last year is helping people who used to be incarcerated secure jobs on transportation work crews and get identification cards to access housing and healthcare more easily.
The N.C. Department of Transportation Transitional Work Pilot program seeks to make reentry easier for the people who are released from North Carolina prisons each year. The program also expanded the agency’s work release efforts so people will be better prepared for life after incarceration.
The program was created as a result of Executive Order 303 that calls on state agencies to improve reentry services for formerly incarcerated people who were having trouble finding jobs, healthcare, housing and other services. The executive order was signed in January 2024 by former Gov. Roy Cooper and continued under Gov. Josh Stein. Continue reading >>>
