Project Return is solely dedicated to the successful new beginnings of people who are returning to our community after incarceration. We provide the resources and services needed to gain employment and build full and free lives.
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“I am glad I wrote to you, and I am glad you answered. Without Project Return, I would not be where I am today.” – Kim
When Kim got out of prison, she was unemployed, but determined to start on a new path, which is why he came to Project Return.
Learn MoreAt Project Return, we meet the need with opportunity, changing one life at a time by propelling folks toward employment while making sure basic needs are met. Our people have done their time, paid their debt, and want to work on the path of a successful return.
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Project Return won the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce’s Regional Impact Award for Business Development in Fall of 2017.
In Spring 2015, Project Return received Cable’s Power of Inclusion Award for our work in reintegrating - against the odds and the reluctance of employers and landlords - a stigmatized ex-offender population back into our community.
Project Return won the Chamber’s and Entrepreneur Center’s Nashville NEXT Award for Start-Up in November 2015.
In 2016, Project Return was one of 18 organizations across the country (and the only one in the South) chosen for the REDF Accelerator program for jobs-creating work.
In 2017, Project Return was chosen to take its latest innovation through this catalyst cohort at the Center for Nonprofit Management.
In 2014, in recognition of our significant impact in addressing the needs related to community development, basic human services, and workforce development and education.