By Beth Healy
The Boston Globe
BOSTON — The US Department of Labor has awarded nearly $1.2 million to a Boston nonprofit to help prepare prison inmates to enter the workforce when they are released.
The grants are part of the Training to Work-Adult Reentry initiative, which seeks to provide work skills, education, and services to improve the long-term employment prospects of inmates who are close to being released. There were 16 grants totaling $20 million awarded around the country; Span Inc. of Boston will receive the funding locally.
The grants are intended to help participants obtain high school diplomas or the equivalent. They also are meant to cover case management, mentoring, and follow-up services to help reduce recidivism.
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