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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 7 comment(s) | 197 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 | 233 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 2 comment(s) | 316 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 | 427 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 | 245 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) | 439 views

• Upcoming OWDS and OES training

  Filed under: OWDS, OES, Federal Probation, Upcoming training

  Upcoming Offender Employment Specialist (OES) Training July 22 - 24* - Butner, NC. Contact: Zaneta Vaughn, 919-575-3900 ext. 5339, zvaughn@bop.gov July 29 - 31* - Butner, NC. Contact: Mona Horton, mhorton@bop.gov August 25 - 27** - Oklahoma City, OK. Contact: Dixie Becktold, 405-609-5810 September 16 - 18** - Howard College, San Angelo, TX. Contact... Read More » Posted May 28 2008, 11:12 AM by Scott with 2 comment(s) | 413 views

• OWDS National Partnership Training Update

  Filed under: News, OWDS, Federal Probation, DOWD Conference, Eastern District of Missouri

  This information was contributed by guest blogger Patricia Doherty who is a Supervising U.S. Probation Officer with the Eastern District of Missouri. On March 14, 2008, Offender Workforce Development Specialist (OWDS) training was completed in Dublin, California. This training was a national partnership training hosted by the Northern District of California... Read More » Posted May 28 2008, 09:10 AM by Scott with no comments | 381 views

• Hire ex-con in Philly, get $10K annual tax credit

  Filed under: News, Reentry, Philadelphia

  From the Associated Press: "Philadelphia averaged a murder a day the past two years and has been sued to reduce its overcrowded, record-high jail population. So on his 100th day in office last month, Mayor Michael Nutter announced a program, being headed by an ex-offender, that gives $10,000 a year in municipal tax credits to companies that hire... Read More » Posted May 27 2008, 03:35 PM by Scott with no comments | 417 views

• ARCHS' Community Action Re-Entry Employment System (CARES) Community Partnership

  Filed under: Department of Labor, Reentry, Federal Probation, St. Louis

  The ARCHS' Community Action Re-Entry Employment System (CARES) Community Partnership focuses on job training and lifeskills services for ex-offenders returning to the St. Louis region. Partners of this program include U.S Dept. of Labor, St. Louis Community College, and the Eastern District of Missouri U.S. Probation office. For more information... Read More » Posted May 27 2008, 12:45 PM by Scott with no comments | 324 views

• GAO Report on Community Colleges and One-Stops

  Filed under: One-Stops

  Guest blogger John Moore, Chief of the National Institute of Corrections Offender Workforce Development Division , contributed the information below. "Community Colleges and One-Stop Centers Collaborate to Meet 21st Century Workforce Needs" This report focuses on (1) how community colleges meet the workforce training needs of their communities;... Read More » Posted May 16 2008, 11:21 AM by Scott with no comments | 314 views

• NIC Satellite/Internet Broadcast: Women and Work

  Filed under: satellite/internet broadcast, Training, Women Offenders

  Women and Work: Gender Responsivity and Workforce Development will be broadcast live on September 24-25, 2008. Site coordinator training is scheduled for July 9, 2008. The National Institute of Corrections will host a live, 8-hour interactive training program specifically designed for individuals working with justice involved women. How do you respond... Read More » Posted May 15 2008, 08:56 AM by Scott with 1 comment(s) | 503 views

• New Product from NIC: Online/Kiosk Employment Application Simulation

  In response to the growing use of online and kiosk employment applications, the Offender Workforce Development Division of the National Institute of Corrections has developed simulation software that allows offenders to practice completing an employment application on personal computers that do not have access to the Internet. The software is CD-based... Read More » Posted May 13 2008, 12:09 PM by Scott with 1 comment(s) | 1,139 views

• Governor Schwarzenegger speaks about importance of work skills

  Filed under: News, Second Chance Act, Women Offenders, Reentry

  Governor Schwarzenegger attended the graduation ceremony of female inmates from the Career Technical Education-Carpentry program at the California Institution for Women in Corona. Click here to watch Gov. Schwarzenneger talk about the important work of the California PI Authority in teaching inmates work skills to turn their lives around. Read More » Posted May 12 2008, 08:55 AM by Scott with 2 comment(s) | 331 views

• Interview with Diana Bailey from inside the MDSE Mobile Unit

  Filed under: News, OWDS, One-Stops, Maryland, Mobile Unit, Conference, Reentry, DOWD Conference, education

  Maryland's Correctional Education Transition Mobile Unit was recently featured at the National Defender/Workforce Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. The Mobile Unit provides transitional information and library services for inmates in the pre-release system in Maryland. The unit, which was designed and is operated by the Maryland State Department of... Read More » Posted May 01 2008, 09:39 AM by Scott with 2 comment(s) | 580 views