Hats off to the Wall Street Journal for their profile on Mark Goldsmith, a retired New York cosmetics marketing executive who created a program to help newly released young prison inmates navigate life after jail.

Mark Goldsmith

Goldsmith’s Getting Out and Staying Out program uses social workers:

“Staff members and “coaches” help the young men with basic life skills, as well as setting up job interviews, getting their GED, signing up for vocational training and entering substance-abuse programs if necessary. A director of social services and several social-work interns help the men navigate psychological and family issues as well.”