June 2008 - Posts

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• New Mexico Class Completes Offender Workforce Development Specialist (OWDS) Training

  Filed under: OWDS, OWDS Partnerships

  On June 27, 2008 at the CNM Workforce Training Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 22 participants received certificates for completing the Offender Workforce Development Specialist Partnership Training program. The participants included representatives for U.S. Probation, the New Mexico Corrections Department, the New Mexico Department of Workforce... Read More » Posted Jun 30 2008, 09:02 AM by Scott with 11 comment(s) | 501 views

• Albany, NY class completes Offender Workforce Development Specialist (OWDS) training

  Filed under: News, OWDS, Training, New York City, OWDS Partnerships, New York

  On June 19, 2008 at the headquarters of the New York State Department of Labor in Albany, New York, 24 participants received certificates for completing the Offender Workforce Development Specialist Partnership Training. The participants included representatives for community-based agencies along probation officers from counties throughout the state... Read More » Posted Jun 20 2008, 03:10 PM by Scott with no comments | 447 views

• NIC Satellite/Internet Broadcast: Building Tomorrow’s Workforce: An Effective Reentry Strategy

  Filed under: News, satellite/internet broadcast, Training, NCIA, Reentry, Upcoming training

  On August 20, 2008 , the National Institute of Corrections will host a live 3-hour satellite/Internet broadcast featuring a diverse panel of corrections and workforce development professionals, including correctional administrators, policymakers, employers, community agency representatives, and correctional industries professionals. Together, they will... Read More » Posted Jun 20 2008, 12:59 PM by Scott with 4 comment(s) | 710 views

• Capitol Hill lawmakers discuss ex-offenders in the federal workforce

  Filed under: News, Reentry, Criminal records

  According to governmentexecutive.com: "The government should do more to assure individuals with criminal records that they are not barred from certain types of federal employment, lawmakers said on Tuesday. At a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, members of Congress said hiring ex-offenders... Read More » Posted Jun 12 2008, 02:19 PM by Scott with no comments | 656 views

• FBI: Violent crime decreases

  Filed under: News, press release, FBI Crime Report

  According to the FBI: Violent crime dropped 1.4 percent overall compared to 2006, reversing a two-year up tick. That includes decreases in all four offense categories-forcible rape (down 4.3 percent), murder/non-negligent manslaughter (down 2.7 percent), and robbery and aggravated assault (each down 1.2 percent). Property crime declined 2.1 percent... Read More » Posted Jun 09 2008, 11:02 AM by Scott with no comments | 370 views

• Penn Researcher Finds High Recidivism Rate Is Due to Few Transitional Services for Ex-Offenders

  Filed under: News, transition

  According to www.upenn.edu , "Penn researchers found that the existing human-service organizations all had the capacity to serve more clients, and were willing to do so, but more coordination between the re-entry services needs to be established in order to better serve the ex-prisoner population." To read the full article, click here . Read More » Posted Jun 06 2008, 12:39 PM by Scott with 1 comment(s) | 630 views