Montgomery County officials are hoping a federal grant will rescue a job-training program that teaches prisoners the joys of baking but was recently cut from the county’s budget.

The 12-week program, which also licenses inmates to work as food-service managers, has graduated 69 prisoners since it began in 2004, said Department of Correction and Rehabilitation Director Art Wallenstein. County Council records show that the program has a nearly 100 percent job placement rate.

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