Latest News & Updates
WorkWell Celebrates Two Major Milestones
One year as an independent non-profit. Over 200 returning citizens served. The WorkWell Partnership, a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation, celebrated its first anniversary in December 2023. It operates WorkWell, a training program in Trenton, NJ, [...]
An Invitation to a WorkWell Special Event …
Moving Forward - A Conversation About Life After Incarceration Thursday, February 22, 2024, 7-9 PM Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville 2688 Main St, Lawrenceville, NJ Click on the flyer image for more details.
Volunteer profile – Tameca Akum
From early 2023 through May 2024, WorkWell benefited enormously from the part-time employment of Tameca Akum as Career Navigator for program participants. Tameca first came to us as a weekend volunteer, helping trainees build their [...]
Board Member Profile – Todd Venetianer
Todd Venetianer Todd Venetianer comes to WorkWell's Executive Board with a background in the enterprise software, financial and consulting industries. After thirty-five years Todd made a decision to also immerse himself in the [...]
Board Member Profile – Leroy Brown
WorkWell is extremely fortunate to have volunteer and Executive Board member Leroy Brown leading its Saturday training sessions, which are devoted to resume writing and preparing for job interviews. It takes charisma to keep [...]
One participant’s enthusiasm
When WorkWell’s fourteenth cohort of trainees graduated in June 2023, it was a joyous occasion. Not only had they proven enthusiastic about job-skills training, but just as important, they had bonded as a group, giving [...]
Volunteer with WorkWell
WorkWell only works because of our volunteers, who are partners with our participants as they seek to forge ahead with their lives. Volunteering to help one of our participants, and also to learn something [...]
WorkWell – A Progress Report – Fall 2022
Progress since our August 2022 update: · Two more cohort cycles have been completed, with nine more WorkWell graduates being celebrated. Through nine class cohorts, sixty-five participants have enrolled and forty have graduated. The next [...]
ETS Hosts WorkWell’s Inaugural “Moving Forward” 5k Event
On October 15, WorkWell hosted its inaugural “Moving Forward” 5K run/walk at the Educational Testing Service’s bucolic campus in Princeton, NJ. By all measures the event was a success. Thanks to cooperative weather, attendees wound [...]