The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is expanding its “re-entry programme”, as the Fed bank looks to help more people back into work – namely into its own ranks.

The Boston Fed began the programme, the first “returnship” in the Federal Reserve System, in 2022 as a pilot. Re-entry programmes seek to reintegrate those who have been outside the workforce for more than two years.

A Boston Fed staff member familiar with the programme tells Central Banking, “the Boston Fed is expanding the programme