By Cherri Gregg
CBS Philly
PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Prison Society announced today that it is receiving a grant from the state to reactivate its “Philly Renew” program, which has helped more than 400 ex-offenders reënter society.
Prison Society executive director William DiMascio says the program had been highly successful over the past four years helping ex-offender fathers get training, jobs, and access to social services that helped them take care of their families.
He says the society was shocked when legislators cut the program’s funding last summer.
“It seemed a little bit of pennywise and pound foolish to cut a program that helped so many people get on with their lives,” DiMascio said today.
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