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Prison reentry program to launch at Paterson library this month (newjersey.com)

 

By Joe Malinconico, January 8, 2020, Paterson Press

By the end of this month, library officials plan to begin offering prison reentry services at their main branch on Broadway after a discussion about community concerns at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. 

The “Fresh Start@Your Library” program, funded through a federal grant, would include classes to help dropouts get their high school diplomas, social workers providing job services, and referrals to social service agencies.

“The word is ex-offender,” Tracy Pearson, president of the library board, told the City Council. “They’ve done their time. They want to change. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t even come to the library.”

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