RETURNING CITIZENS ENTREPRENEURSHIP

TRAINING PROGRAM

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NJ Reentry Entrepreneurial Program (NJREP)

AACCNJ’s Mobile Academy provides persons who are incarcerated and will soon be returning to their communities all the building blocks they need to launch successful businesses. The program offers eight, four-hour, in-person workshops on the role and characteristics of an entrepreneur, negotiations, communications, financial tools, marketing, management, leadership, and startup plan development and presentation. Participants also receive technical assistance and coaching sessions.  The program is currently being taught inside NJ Correctional Facilities.


“Our collaboration with NJDOC in this critical engagement of New Jersey citizens who need understanding of transformational resources, opportunities and information is essential to improving the competitiveness of New Jersey. We are delighted that NJDOC has afforded us an opportunity to contribute to this important and mutually beneficial endeavor.” -John E. Harmon, Sr. Founder, President & CEO AACCNJ

Learn the basic concepts required to launch a successful business such as:

  • The Ethical Entrepreneur
  • Recognizing Opportunity
  • Market Research
  • Product Marketing
  • Communication & Social Media
  • Selling Success
  • Public Speaking & Image
  • Managing Your Company
  • The Art of Funding and more…

If you work at a correctional facility or are a resident of one and would like more information about brining this program to your organization, please contact:

Carmen Gates

Director of Training & Community Initiatives

cgates@aaccnj.com

(609) 571-1620

Email Carmen Gates

Sponsored By:

Reentry Entrepreneurial Program is made available in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Corrections, Office of Community Engagement and Reentry Initiatives-NJLEAD Grant 2024.

Moving Forward

Through its Returning Citizens Entrepreneurship Training Program, AACCNJ provides individuals who recently returned or are soon to be returning to their communities all the building blocks they need to launch successful businesses. Launched in 2018, the program offers workshops on the role and characteristics of an entrepreneur, negotiations, communications, financial tools, marketing, management, leadership, and startup plan development and presentation. Participants also receive technical assistance and coaching sessions.


In 2022, AACCNJ received funding from Wells Fargo Bank and the New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) to underwrite its Returning Citizens Entrepreneurship Training Program.

Meet Your Instructors

Tracey Syphax

Tracey D. Syphax is President & CEO of Phax Group LLC, a multi-million dollar real estate development company, that owns and manages properties throughout Mercer County, NJ, and Philadelphia, PA. Mr. Syphax is an entrepreneur, advocate, and business maven who looks on the big issues of today in a brighter, more positive light.

CJ Meenan

C.J. Meenan is an entrepreneur and educator with over 30 years’ experience teaching entrepreneurship and starting small businesses. He holds an MBA from Babson College and is a leader in entrepreneurial education specializing in curriculum design for individuals as well as groups. He has designed entrepreneurship programs at all levels from elementary to adult learners. C.J. is certified in Driving Economic Growth Through Entrepreneurship Ecosystems through Babson Executive Education and is also a certified internal corporate coach.