About Path to Freedom Foundation
Path to Freedom Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit rethinking how people prepare for life after incarceration. We believe a successful reentry is a victory for an entire community — and that getting there requires more than good intentions. It requires new tools built for how people actually learn.
Meet Dahlia Jai
Founder & CEO
Dahlia Jai founded Path to Freedom Foundation after a deeply personal journey shaped by hardship, trauma, family, and firsthand experiences with the realities of incarceration.Rather than allowing those experiences to define her, she transformed them into purpose: helping others build a different future.
As a first-time founder, Dahlia built PTF from the ground up around a simple belief:
-A person’s hardest chapter does not have to become their final chapter.
Today, she is building at the intersection of reentry, human behavior, communication, innovation, and social impact—developing new ways to help people prepare for the realities of life after incarceration.
Why innovation matters in reentry
The reentry field has relied on the same formats for decades, and recidivism has stayed stubbornly high. We don’t think that’s a coincidence. Real change requires the willingness to try genuinely new approaches — to meet people where they are and make growth engaging enough to stick. Innovation isn’t a buzzword for us. It’s the difference between a tool that sits on a shelf and one that changes how someone comes home.
Our Vision
To revolutionize rehabilitation through trauma-informed innovation, turning the pain of the past into the skills of the future.
Our Mission
To solve the overlooked challenges of reentry by equipping people with engaging, game-based tools that build communication, mental wellness, and the life skills that make reintegration last.