Georgetown University's Pivot Program: Preparing Former Prisoners To Become Entrepreneurs - Opinion Piece

Michael T. Nietzel writes: The Pivot Program was conceived and is operated by faculty in Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business in partnership with two major funders - the D.C. Department of Employment Services (part of the mayor's office) and the Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency, which awarded a $400,000 grant to support the project. It’s a ten-month education and re-entry program for recently incarcerated individuals in the D.C. area, where of the 5,000 people annually released from jail and prisons, less than half find sustainable employment.