Spread the word. Get rewarded.

Become an Emerge Ambassador and earn up to $150* when you refer someone impacted by the justice system to our free CDL training program.

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Help transform someone's life and uplift your community.

As an Emerge Ambassador, help bring Emerge Career’s free job training opportunities to those who need it most in your community. For every person that you refer that gets their CDL permit, you'll receive $150 as a token of our appreciation.

What's Emerge Career?

Emerge Career offers free CDL Training to individuals who have experienced incarceration, parole, probation, or arrest. We don't just help people get their CDL. We help them get employed. Our government-funded program connects participants to in-demand trucking careers and lifts them out of poverty through skills-based training and job placement.
Emerge Career Students

Where we are

We're constantly working to expand our programs. At this time, we have active training programs in:

Massachusetts (state-wide)
New York (New York City)
California (Sacramento County)
CASE STUDY

Prison-To-Employment Pipeline Connecticut

This is a “win-win.” Many formerly incarcerated individuals have trouble finding work upon release, which can drive them back into crime.

Will Haskell, Former Senator of Connecticut
94%
Graduation Rate
100%
Placement Rate
Emerge Career Press

Why government agencies work with us?

Career programs
Emerge career
Traditional Trades
Programs
Skills Training
Collaboration with on-the-ground CBOs
Job readiness and search training for the specific vocation
Outcome-based tuition
Hybrid model
Data-driven, powered by real-time analytics
Individualized, trauma-informed coaching
Job placement
Job retention