WorkWell cohorts 30 and 31 graduated this summer from WorkWell's four-week full-time job-readiness program in Trenton. In the photos below, five graduates from each cohort are shown with some of the volunteers and staff members [...]
Most people making the passage from prison to employment through WorkWell join the program within months of their release. Not Adam Lewis. After he completed his eight-month sentence, five full years passed before he even [...]
A WorkWell Graduate Shares His Personal Story by E. Graham McKinley and Thomas Simonet Even though he grew up on some of the toughest streets of Newark, Jamar’s prospects were good. A member of his [...]
By Connie Leyden Through February 2024, over three hundred people have participated in WorkWell’s job-training program and 181 have seen it through to completion. Our participants are uniformly enthusiastic about the curriculum, as well as [...]
On Thursday March 13, 2025 - The WorkWell Partnership invites you to “Moving Forward - A Conversation About Life After Incarceration” among a group of WorkWell graduates. This will be held at Light of the [...]
Paulash Banerjee WorkWell’s New Career Navigator WorkWell reached a critical milestone when Paulash Banerjee recently joined the staff. At last, the organization has a full-time person dedicated to building relationships with employers who [...]
Damon Jackson WorkWell's versatile, indispensable presence Damon Jackson is the personal face of WorkWell. He performs a wide variety of tasks, some high profile, others invisible, all indispensable to the mission of reentry [...]
WorkWell graduates, staff and volunteers - September 2024 Larry Jackson's story When Larry Jackson (not his real name) was incarcerated for the second time, he was in his 30s. This sentence felt even [...]
WorkWell's grads from September 2024 Murry Roberts: A Changed Man When Murry Roberts (not his real name) was in prison in Trenton, his sister and her daughter came to visit. His niece, who [...]
