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                                    Transition and Workforce Development

      

                    
          
    Transition and Workforce Development
The Community Services Division of NIC coordinates the efforts of federal, state, local, and nonprofit agencies to improve employment programs for offenders and ex-offenders. The division:

Assists corrections professionals who provide direct services to offenders and ex-offenders.
	Collects and disseminates information on offender employment programs.
	Provides training for staff who provide employment services to offenders and ex-offenders.
	Provides assistance to state and local agencies for improving job training, placement, and retention services for offenders.
	Develops partnerships with federal, state, and local agencies to provide offender workforce development training in their home jurisdictions.

    Resource Links
          BACK TO BUSINESS: How Hiring Formerly Incarcerated Job Seekers Benefits Your Company
          Increasing Employment for Individuals with Criminal Records
                   NIC Resources
          The Employer-Driven Model and Toolkit: Strategies for Developing Employment Opportunities for Justice-Involved Individuals: Prepare Job Seekers for Employment
          Offender Workforce Development Services Makes an Impact
          Employment and Female Offenders: An Update of the Empirical Research
          Career Resource Centers: An Emerging Strategy for Improving Offender Employment Outcomes
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Using Labor Market Information to Promote Positive Employment Outcomes for Offenders

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          Creating a Workforce Development Culture to Reduce Reincarceration
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Building Tomorrow's Workforce: An Effective Reentry Strategy [Satellite/Internet Broadcast held August 2008]

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Simulated Online/Kiosk Job Application

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The following grey bars are accordions that can be expanded to show a list of "top-shelf" resources that have been hand-picked by our library team around this topic. If you would like additional research assistance on this topic, please contact our help desk. They have access to specialized databases and thousands of resources you won't find online. Click on a grey box below to browse resources in that section.
            
      Accordion    General
      
      National HIRE Network Resources, Information, and Assistance (2018)
              National Listing of One-Stop Centers (2018)
              National Reentry Resource Center (2018)
              Accordion    Handbooks/Manuals
      
      Reentering Your Community: A Handbook (2016)
              Manual de Reinserción En La Comunidad (2016)
              McKean Re-entry Initiative Offender Transition Program Resource Manual (2010)
              Accordion    Job Readiness
      
      The Employer-Driven Model and Toolkit: Strategies for Developing Employment Opportunities for Justice-Involved Individuals: Prepare Job Seekers for Employment

            
      
"Employers face global competition in their drive to operate successful businesses in today’s marketplace. If the correctional system is to be successful in placing job seekers in meaningful employment that meets employers’ expectations, correctional practitioners must prepare them for the workplace
              Accordion    Juveniles
      
      Federal Student Aid Eligibility for Students Confined in Adult Correctional or Juvenile Justice Facilities (2016)
              Accordion    LEAP
      
      DOL Evaluation of the Linking to Employment Activities Pre-Release Program Issue Briefs (Set of 5)
              Staffing Jail-Based American Job Centers: Issue Brief—Early Lessons from LEAP (2016)
              Expediting the Launch of Service Provision: Issue Brief—Early Lessons from LEAP (2016)
              Structuring Employment-Based Services Within Jail Spaces and Schedules: Issue Brief—Early Lessons from LEAP (2016)
              Internet Access for Pre-Release Job Search Training: Issue Brief—Early Lessons from LEAP (2016)
              Bridging Workforce Development and Corrections Cultures: Issue Brief—Early Lessons from LEAP (2016)

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          Archie Weatherspoon IV
      
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              Correctional Program Specialist

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