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Abstract: 

This article discusses the role of entrepreneurship as a viable route to overcoming the stigma of a criminal justice history and as an innovative tool to enable successful reentry and recovery. It introduces Recovery Through Entrepreneurship (RTE), a new initiative whose goals include (1) the formation of a national alliance to overcome stigma and to advance successful reentry and recovery and (2) the introduction of a 21st century digital approach to make entrepreneurship more accessible to both programs and individuals. It also discusses the use of a variety of funding sources to support the development of this initiative.

Keywords: employment opportunities; primary cause of this high rate of recidivism is unemployment; self-esteem; prosocial lifestyle; Prison Entrepreneurship Program; Delancey Street Foundation; Homeboy Industries; Defy Ventures

Affiliations:  1: NDRI project consultant; 2: NDRI ; 3: Recovery Through Entrepreneurship.