POST ENTRY - ENTREPRENEURSHIP
You’ve Lived the Problem.
Build the Solution.
Post:Entry is where stability turns into ownership — a business you build, a home you hold onto, a future that's actually yours.
THE PREMISE
Beyond placement. Toward Ownership
Post:Entry is built on one conviction: people who have survived extraordinary adversity deserve more than a placement — they deserve equity, something with their name on it that grows instead of disappearing the moment the support does.
How We Build Toward It
One goal. Two Paths
Live now
Own a business
The Innovation Lab backs returning citizens with community ideas — real funding, real mentorship, real infrastructure to build something that's yours.
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Coming Soon
Own a home
We're building a pathway to help returning citizens work toward owning the place they live, not just renting it. Details are still coming together.
In development!
Pathway One — Business Ownership
Everything needed to turn an idea into a business
We get in with you - providing the tools, the backing, and the infrastructure to take your idea from concept to community impact.
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Micro-Equity Investment
Actual funding to get your idea off the ground, invested in you and your community.
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Someone who's done it, next to you
Direct access to people who've built organizations from nothing and will walk through it with you.
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We handle the paperwork
Legal, financial, operational — already built, so you can spend your time building.
WHO THIS IS FOR
If you've been through it - this was built for you.
The most powerful community solutions come from people who have lived it. You need a real idea, a real community, and the drive to build something that lasts. We'll handle the rest.
Returning citizens with a community idea
You know what's missing. Now you're ready to build it.
Builders who need backing, not permission
You want a partner who believes in it as much as you do.
Community leaders ready to formalize
You've been doing the work informally — now take it to the next level.
Ideas that create opportunity for others
The best ideas open doors for the whole community. That's what we back.
OUR FIRST PROJECT
A movement to combat gun violence in Muskegon, Michigan.
This wasn't about me. It was about every young person in Muskegon carrying something they don't know how to put down. I wanted to build them a place to put it - a stage before the streets give them a consequence. NCS believed in that vision when it was still just an idea. They helped us build the infrastructure, create the space, and bring the community together around something real. On June 30th, Muskegon showed up. Now we're not just an event - we're a movement. And we're just getting started.
- Ricky Brooks (Movement Leader)
Your entrepreneurial journey
starts with one step.
The application is simple. We can only back a few ideas at a time, because the mentorship we give means real time with real people.
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Tell us your idea
Describe the problem you've lived and the solution you want to build. Be real — that's all we need.
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We review it personally
Every application is read by the NCS team. We're looking for lived experience, real community need, and the drive to build.
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Build with backing
Accepted projects get micro-equity investment, direct mentorship, and the full organizational weight of NCS behind them.