About Better
Futures Minnesota

Better Futures Minnesota is a Minneapolis-based nonprofit social enterprise creating pathways to stable careers for justice-involved adults through workforce development, environmental services, and social enterprise. Through employment, training, and community support, we help individuals rebuild their lives while strengthening families, neighborhoods, and the environment.
THREE PILLARS OF SUSTAINABILITY:
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Crew
People
Planet
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WHO WE ARE

Building Second Chances Through Workforce Development Since 2007

Better Futures Minnesota is a nonprofit dedicated to helping justice-involved adults rebuild their lives through meaningful work, job training, and long-term support. Our mission strengthens communities while creating lasting environmental and social impact.
Over 19 years providing second chances through employment and training
Helping men rebuild their lives after incarceration

Based in Minneapolis, serving the Twin Cities and Beyond. 

Better Futures Minnesota serves communities across the Twin Cities and Minnesota through workforce development, environmental services, and our social enterprise. Our work creates strong communities, healthier environments, and real opportunities for lasting change. 

Our Mission & Vision

Our Mission

Better Futures Minnesota creates opportunities for individuals who have faced barriers to employment to achieve stability and long-term success through meaningful work that benefits communities and the environment.

Vision

We envision a future where individuals returning to the workforce are valued contributors to their communities, where environmental stewardship is integrated into everyday economic activity, and where social enterprise creates pathways to opportunity while protecting our planet.
OUR APPROACH

The Community Stability Model

Better Futures Minnesota’s Community Stability Model combines meaningful employment, hands-on training, life coaching, and supportive services to help participants overcome barriers and build lasting stability. Participants gain paid, real-world experience through environmental services such as deconstruction, materials recovery, appliance recycling, and reuse operations while earning industry certifications and developing valuable job skills.

More than a job placement program, our model creates pathways to long-term success through employment, personal growth, and ongoing support. Our goal is simple: stable employment, stronger families, and healthier communities.

Our Impact

One of the most powerful measures of our impact is the reductino is recidivism among our program participants. 

7%

Our program has achieved a recidivism rate of just 7%

62%

The National recidivism rate within three years of parole is Approximentaly 50%

Explore Better Futures Minnesota

Learn more about our Workforce Development model, services, and ways to get involved. Whether you’re looking for employment opportunities, sustainable services, or ways to support our mission, explore the resources below.
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Better Futures Minnesota seeks to disrupt this growing public health crisis through effective, compassionate practices and services that work to avoid victimization costs and provide men with the opportunities they need to become productive citizens, fathers, employees, and neighbors.
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