Employment is a critical factor in successful reentry. Career assistance, life skills, and job training prior to release from jails or prisons increases the likelihood of success as individuals reenter the community. This, in conjunction with support from employers, social agencies, and faith-based community organizations, provides the foundation for individuals to remain in society and contribute to the community as productive citizens.
This broadcast is available without charge to any agency or facility nationwide with access to the Internet or a satellite dish or downlink (both analog C-Band and digital KU-Band transponders). If your agency does not have its own satellite dish, check to see if a local college, federal prison, or hotel in your area has a downlinked meeting room.
Participating sites that register by August 18, 2008, will be able to download satellite coordinates, Internet access information, Site Coordinator and Participant Guides, and any available recommended reading materials. Local site coordinators will download and make copies of the Participant Guide for each participant. It is suggested that participants download the recommended reading material for their own information. Coordinators are strongly encouraged to convene their groups at least one hour before broadcast time and to continue discussions after the broadcast.í&
Objectives
At the end of this broadcast, participants will understand the:
- Benefits of correctional industries and workforce
development. - Social and economic values of correctional
industries. - Need to strike a balance between competing
interests. - Relationships among workforce development,
community organizations, and correctional industries. - Relationship between evidence-based practices and
offender employment. - Workforce development competencies and available training resources.
Audience
Professionals working with defendants and individuals with criminal histories, including persons incarcerated or under community supervision.
This includes probation, parole, pretrial, prisons, jails, private facilities, halfway houses, juvenile justice, detention centers, One-Stops, faith-based and community organizations.
Managers and program administrators are strongly encouraged to attend.