A first of its kind, the Post-Master’s Fellowship is the only fellowship in the nation that provides master’s level social workers in-depth, hands-on training opportunities with criminal justice-involved individuals and families. Bill works with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals as they release from prison and return home to their families and communities. “I am interested in working with justice-involved adults because I am one,” Rone said. “I want and need to help those going through what I went through and I see a part of me in each and every person I work with. The Post-Master’s Fellowship will allow me to help individuals get out and stay out of the incarceration cycle. Honestly, words cannot adequately describe how that feels to me.”

As one of the founding members of the Community Liaison Board at Washington University in St. Louis, Bill served on the Board of Directors (comprised exclusively of formerly incarcerated members) helping to connect individuals and service providers after they release from incarceration.

The Prison Education Project in St. Louis is a program based on the Bard Prison Initiative run by Bard University in New York. In this role, Rone developed reentry content for incarcerated individuals completing an Associate’s degree during their incarceration. He worked with a non-profit organization that provided an inclusive service model to formerly incarcerated individuals.