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Paulash Banerjee WorkWell’s New Career Navigator WorkWell reached a critical milestone when Paulash Banerjee recently joined the staff. At last, the organization has a full-time person dedicated to building relationships with employers who [...]

Damon Jackson WorkWell's versatile, indispensable presence Damon Jackson is the personal face of WorkWell. He performs a wide variety of tasks, some high profile, others invisible, all indispensable to the mission of reentry [...]

WorkWell graduates, staff and volunteers - September 2024 Larry Jackson's story When Larry Jackson (not his real name) was incarcerated for the second time, he was in his 30s. This sentence felt even [...]

WorkWell's grads from September 2024 Murry Roberts: A Changed Man When Murry Roberts (not his real name) was in prison in Trenton, his sister and her daughter came to visit. His niece, who [...]

Formidable barriers stand in the way of ex-offenders trying to establish stable lives. WorkWell recently hosted a panel discussion to address this topic. Held at the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville last February, the panel consisted [...]

On August 2, six graduates from the 23rd group of participants in WorkWell's four-week training program received their certificates of completion and recognition, and received congratulations from family members, friends, WorkWell staff and volunteers, and [...]

One year as an independent non-profit.  Over 200 returning citizens served. The WorkWell Partnership, a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation, celebrated its first anniversary in December 2023. It operates WorkWell, a training program in Trenton, NJ, [...]

From early 2023 through May 2024, WorkWell benefited enormously from the part-time employment of Tameca Akum as Career Navigator for program participants. Tameca first came to us as a weekend volunteer, helping trainees build their [...]