a call to help people making the transition to life after prison State officials asking for more funding to keep re-entry welcome centers open without these cers we'd be lost and that's the truth you know what I mean you get they help you get clothes they help you go to school they help you get Apartments you know what else you need you get training for all type of things that's what you need and I need job people to help now that program helps thousands of people go from prison back into the co
mmunity ities Fox 61's Lindsay Kane is in Hartford now with those details right now re-entry welcome centers like this one use money from covid relief funds which unfortunately are running out that's why officials in support of these programs across the state are asking lawmakers for $3 million to help keep the programs up and running re-entry welcome centers like this one here in Hartford are also located in New Haven New London New Britain Waterberry and Bridgeport centers work with people com
ing from incarceration to help them transition back into their communities the program provides basic need support job Readiness training housing assistance and Behavioral Health mental health and substance abuse programs offal say the program in Hartford alone was helped more than 1500 people since 2018 all in all all programs have helped more than 5,000 people without additional funding supporters of the program say there may be no resources available for the people that need to navigate a rel
ease from prison Harford mayor Roney aru lalom says the program works to reduce crime from repeat offenders difference in those two paths could be something as simple as housing it could be something as simple as education or a job if that's the case shouldn't we as a community as a society do everything we can to make sure that everybody who's navigating that transition in the most difficult point in their life coming out of the most difficult point in their life has every resource they need to
succeed officials are hoping lawmakers will approve this $3 million in funding in the state's budget so they can keep these centers across the state up and running in Hartford lindsy Kane FOX 61 Connecticut's news station
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