Also called: Reentry Coordinator, Peer Reentry Navigator
Helps people leaving prison find housing, jobs, IDs, and support so they don't return.
Reentry specialists meet people on release day, help them get a driver's license and phone, connect them to jobs and housing, and check in often. Many have lived through incarceration themselves and use that experience to help others.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; lived experience valued; peer certification.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Social Work, Sociology, Criminal Justice.
Growing faster than average. Approximate; reentry programs expanding.
Low risk for 10 years. Apps help find housing and jobs; walking someone through release day and staying in touch stay human.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to reentry nonprofits and workforce programs for case aide or peer navigator roles; lived experience counts
Classes: Psychology, Sociology, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1093.
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