NJ Reentry Corporation

Highly Engaged Employees

The New Jersey Reentry Corporation (NJRC) provides critically needed services to court-involved individuals, including persons having served the maximum sentence in state prison, state prison parolees, county jail probationers, Drug Court participants, and persons leaving federal prisons. NJRC's services include linking clients to addiction treatme... nt (detoxification, residential treatment, intensive outpatient, outpatient, and providing Medication Assisted Treatment), structured sober housing, job training and employment, driver licenses restoration and legal services, and healthcare (medical, mental health, and behavioral). Clients receive individualized clinical assessment and treatment plans that address essential health needs to become "work-ready. NJRC's pro bono legal services program screens and provides clients assistance with state identification and driver's license restoration. NJRC then assists in securing employment for their clients with private and public employers who are "background-friendly." The New Jersey Reentry Corporation has 9,846 clients statewide with a rearrest rate of 19.7% and reincarceration rate of less than 10%, and an employment rate of 56.4-60.2% (adjusted seasonally). NJRC operates a statewide network of nine reentry sites in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Passaic, and Union Counties.Read More