HATCH

PROGRAM .

The Hatch Program is a field initiated re-entry strategy that eliminates the gap between release from prison and enrollment into a job training program leading to employment. Hatch implements a three-

phase training program that tracks participants through pre-apprenticeship, work-based learning and employment.

Qualifications for program participants:

• Over the age of 25

• Currently on probation or parole

• Or within 180 days from prison release

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The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration provided 100% of the $1.5 million in funding to operate the Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) Program.