MICHIGAN'S REENTRY CONVENING ORGANIZATION
A national convening and an inside presence -working together.
EDUCATE · EMPOWER · EQUIP
4
CONSECUTIVE YEARS
OF ANNUAL CONFERENCES
10+
STATES REPRESENTED AT
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
350+
AVG ANNUAL CONFERENCE ATTENDEES
2,000+
INDIVIDUALS REACHED
DIRECTLY INSIDE
NEXT EVENT
2026 Reentry United Annual Conference
📅 August 14, 2026 | 📍 Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI | Registration via Michigan Works
WHO WE ARE
Where lived experience meets the people building the system.
Reentry United unites the Experientials with the Professionals — the Grass Root with the Grass Top. We bring together correctional officials, community organizations, lived experience leaders, employers, and funders around one shared goal: reducing recidivism and building communities where people returning home can succeed.
We do it two ways. Every month, we go inside MDOC facilities at every security level to meet people where they are. Every year, we convene the field at our national conference — four consecutive years, ten-plus states, and growing.
WHAT WE DO
Two programs. One ecosystem.
ANNUAL CONVENING
The national reentry conference
Every August, Reentry United brings together 350+ service providers, advocates, DOC officials, employers, funders, and lived experience leaders for a full day of knowledge sharing, resource connection, and cross-sector collaboration. Four consecutive years. The largest reentry conference in Michigan.
INSIDE THE WALLS
Monthly. Every security level.
Every month, Reentry United enters MDOC correctional facilities — Level I through V — delivering motivational, educational, and resource-access conferences directly to incarcerated individuals preparing for release. More than 20 events. More than 2,000 people reached.
"Our goal is to eliminate every excuse for why someone would go back to prison."
— NATE JOHNSON, CO-FOUNDER, REENTRY UNITED
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