// Fresh Starts. Stronger North Texas.

Help a North Texas man come home for good.

Every year, men return home to North Texas ready to rebuild their lives. The Prison Entrepreneurship Program equips them with business training, mentorship and a support network that starts inside prison and continues long after release.

Your gift today helps provide:

In-prison business and leadership training
Reentry support, including housing and job placement
Mentorship from business leaders and volunteers
Support for the families waiting at home

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Every gift helps a returning man build a fresh start.

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// The PEP difference

Measurable transformation.

<10%Recidivism ratevs. 28% nationally (3-year reincarceration rate, Bureau of Justice Statistics)

100%Job placementAll graduates employed within 90 days of release

3,900Lives changedMen served since PEP was founded in 2004

742+Businesses launchedBy PEP alumni building a new Texas economy

// In their own words

PEP didn’t just teach me how to run a business. It taught me who I was supposed to be.

Emmanuel, PEP graduate

For Emmanuel, the turning point wasn’t release day but the moment a business executive sat across from him inside a Texas prison and treated him like a peer. That collision changed everything.

Today he runs his own company, employs others, and comes back to PEP as a volunteer.

Second chances take a community.

No one rebuilds a life alone. These North Texas organizations help returning men and their neighbors find clothing, work, housing and hope. They’re taking part in North Texas Giving Day, so show them some love through their official pages.

One Man’s Treasure

Rockwall, TX

Provides quality clothing and connections to essential social services for men returning to North Texas from Texas state prisons.

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Bridges To Life

Arlington, TX

Runs a 14-week, volunteer-led restorative justice program inside prisons to reduce recidivism and make communities safer.

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Well Grounded Coffee Co.

Dallas, TX

The Dignity Project creates second-chance opportunities through work, education, community and faith.

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Volunteers of America Texas

Euless, TX

Helps people rebuild lives of emotional, physical and spiritual well-being, filled with hope, including through reentry services.

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The Stewpot

Dallas, TX

Loves and serves neighbors so they can overcome homelessness and poverty.

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// Be part of the fresh start

Stronger men. Stronger North Texas.

When a man comes home with a plan, a job and a community behind him, his family and his neighborhood get stronger too. Your gift makes that possible.

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PEP is not a registered participant in North Texas Giving Day 2026. Donations made through this page are processed by Give Lively and support the Prison Entrepreneurship Program. Links to partner organizations lead to their official North Texas Giving Day pages.