Date: 04-28-2026
Before people return home, Mary Loftus, the program coordinator of Goodwill's reentry initiative, said staff members would visit people in prison and assess their needs |
From the New Haven Independent
Written by Mona Mahadevan
After 22 years in prison and one-and-a-half years in a halfway house, Gilfredo Santiago now works as a community advocate at Goodwill’s Reentry Welcome Center — a city-backed initiative that will provide employment services, basic supplies, and a support system to people returning from incarceration.
On Monday, Goodwill of Southern Connecticut partnered with the city to host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the reentry center at 61 Amity Rd. The center represents an expansion of Goodwill’s existing services for formerly incarcerated people.
At the moment, New Haveners released from prison are driven not to Goodwill — but to the Grand Avenue headquarters of Project M.O.R.E., a nonprofit that used to be home to the city’s reentry center. Continue reading >>>
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