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 share strategies for leveraging resources through partnerships to improve offender employment outcomes. 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.

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).

For more information, download the brochure. 

To register for the broadcast, go to www.nicic.gov/broadcasts.  While you're there, don't forget to register for the Women Offender Workforce Development Satellite/Internet broadcast on September 24.