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2009 Defendant/Offender Workforce Development Conference

Scott — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:21:00 GMT

Go here for information about the 2009 Defendant/Offender Workforce Development Conference which will occur on April 5-8, 2009 in Pittsburgh, PA. See you there!

DOWD Conference Now Accepting Presentation Proposals

Scott — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:38:00 GMT

The National Planning Committee for the 2009 Defendant / Offender Workforce Development (DOWD) Conference is seeking proposals for the various presentations. The conference is scheduled April 5-8, 2009 in Pittsburgh, PA. All are welcome to apply. The deadline is Monday, September 15^th. Details about the conference and submitting a proposal can be found here.

Interview with Diana Bailey from inside the MDSE Mobile Unit

Scott — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:39:00 GMT

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 Education, travels across the Maryland to prepare men and women for release from incarceration into the community and employment.

The video below is an interview with Diana Bailey, Workforce Development/Transition Coordinator with the Maryland State Department of Education, from inside the Mobile Unit.

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Press Release: White House Faith-Based and Community Initiatives National Summit on Prisoner Re-Entry

Scott — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:35:00 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:

December , 2007

Local Leader Presents Workshop at White House Faith-Based

And Community Initiatives National Summit on Prisoner Re-Entry

LOS ANGELES - Patricia E. Taylor, Correctional Program Specialist with the Offender Workforce Division - National Institute of Corrections & Dennis Gilbertson, Program Manager - Hennepin County Adult Correctional Facility- Hennepin County Department of Corrections were co-presenters at the White House Faith-Based and Community Initiatives National Summit on Prisoner Re-Entry that was held on November 27 and 28 in Los Angeles. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao and Jay Hein, Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives also presented at the Summit.

The Summit's audience included top Federal, state and local corrections officials, academics, media and nonprofit leaders. The event highlighted some of the country's best models for government partnership with community- and faith-based organizations to reduce crime and break cycles of recidivism.

"The challenges that face returning prisoners are so great that government can't solve this issue on its own," Director Hein said. "Dedicated faith-based and community nonprofits provide what government cannot: personal engagement, real hope and a fresh vision for life. It's the caring touch of groups like these that often makes the critical difference between returning to crime and a new start."

Each year, more than 650,000 inmates are released from federal and state prisons and return to their communities and families. According to the Department of Justice, more than two-thirds of returning inmates will be rearrested within three years of their release from prison. This Summit addressed the tremendous human needs associated with recidivism by bringing together federal, state, and local decision-makers with non-governmental organizations to promote jobs, transitional housing, education, substance abuse treatment, positive mentoring relationships and other transitional services.

President George W. Bush created the White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives and Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in eleven federal agencies to lead a determined attack on need by strengthening and expanding the work of faith-based and community organizations in providing social services. Efforts to enable returning prisoners to make a new start after prisoner have been an area of focus for the Initiative. Innovative partnerships between government and community- and faith-based nonprofits, such as Ready4Work and the Prisoner Reentry Initiative, are showing strong results in cutting crime and reducing recidivism.

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Information about the upcoming Defendant/Offender Workforce Development (DOWD) Conference

Scott — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:55:00 GMT

The 2008 Defendant/Offender Workforce Development (DOWD) Conference will take place April 13 - 16 in Cleveland, OH. The National Career Development Association (NCDA) will partner with the US Probation Office - Northern District of Ohio, the National Institute of Corrections, Federal Bureau of Prisons, US Probation Office of Eastern District of Missouri, Offices of Probation and Pre-Trial Services; and the Administrative Office of the US Courts, to host the conference.

Click here for the 2008 DOWD Conference program.

Please visit NCDA's DOWD Conference Webpage for hotel and registration information.

CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE

Sunday, April 13, 2008:
3:00 - 6:00 pm Registration Open & Exhibitor Set Up
4:00 - 6:00 pm OWDS Master Trainers/Instructors Meeting
5:00 - 6:00 pm First timers Session
7:00 - 8:30 pm OWDS Reunion Reception

Monday, April 14, 2008:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Open & Exhibits Open
9:00 - 11:30 am NIC Sponsored Pre-Conference Workshops (no cost)
12:00 - 2:00 pm Opening Luncheon/Keynote
2:30 - 4:00 pm Presentations Series A
4:20 - 5:50 pm Presentations Series B
6:30 - 8:00 pm Opening Reception

Tuesday, April 15, 2008:
7:30 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
7:30 - 5:00 pm Registration Open & Exhibits Open
8:30 - 10:00 am Second Plenary/Keynote
10:30 - 12:00 pm Presentations Series C
12:30 - 2:00 pm Awards Luncheon
2:30 - 4:00 pm Presentations Series D
2:30 - 4:00 pm Tours of Federal Facility
4:00 - 6:00 pm Exhibits Tear Down
6:00 pm Group Night Out (additional cost required)

Wednesday, April 16, 2008:
8:00 - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 2:00 pm Registration Open
9:00 - 10:30 am Closing Plenary/Keynote
10:30 am - 12:30 pm Regional Roundtables
1:00 - 5:00 pm Inmate Skills Development System Training for BOP Coordinators

Update on the MSDE Correctional Education Transition Mobile Unit

Scott — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:24:00 GMT

As reported in this blog post, the Maryland State Department of Education Correctional Education Transition Mobile Unit is operational and is now making site visits to prerelease centers in Maryland. The website for the mobile unit can be found here. Photos for the ribbon cutting ceremony can be found here. If you don't live in Maryland, you will be able to see the mobile unit during the 2008 Defendant/Offender Workforce Development conference in Cleveland.

NCIA Enterprise 2008 National Training Conference: Call for Presenters

Scott — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:49:00 GMT

From Gina Honeycutt, Executive Director, National Correctional Industries Association (NCIA):

Attached is NCIA's 'Call for Presenters' for our Enterprise 2008 National Training Conference to be held March 9-12, 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We are always interested in receiving new workshop submissions on timely and innovative issues in or related to our field of correctional industries and reentry.

Please review the attachment and feel free to call me at the number below or call Denny Fracassi, NCIA's 2008 Program Chair, at the number listed on the document, with any questions that you may have. Submissions are due to Mr. Fracassi no later than August 10, 2007.

We are looking forward to a great training conference. We hope to hear from you.

Gina Honeycutt
Executive Director
National Correctional Industries Association (NCIA)
1202 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-230-3972 (phone)
410-230-3981 (fax)
www.nationalcia.org
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