Offender Employment : NOWDP

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

Offender Workforce Development in the United States Probation and Pretrial Services Office, Western District of Texas

Scott — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:26:00 GMT

Cynthia Mendiola is a supervising U. S. Probation Officer with the United States Probation and Pretrial Services Office in the Western District of Texas. She graduated from NIC's Offender Workforce Development Specialist (OWDS) training held in New Mexico during the Spring of 2007. NIC asked Cynthia to tell us about what her and the Western District of Texas are doing in the area of offender workforce development. Cynthia writes:

"As the point of contact, I have trained a core group of officers on the concepts learned in the OWDS class. Then I and my team have trained all the Probation and Pretrial officers and support staff about the Defendant/Offender Workforce Development Initiative and how their roles fit into this program.

We have scheduled Offender Employment Specialist (OES) training in every division in the Western District of Texas starting with San Antonio, Texas, last week, Austin, Texas in partnership with Travis County Community Corrections this week, Temple, Texas 2nd week in September and Del Rio, Texas third week in September.

El Paso, Texas has partnered with the District of NM and will hold the class in Las Cruces, NM in Oct. 2007. The last OES training will be in Midland, Texas also in October2007.

We are very excited to have made some very productive partnerships as a result of this training. There are so many agencies excited about participating and have complimented us in a job well done.

Thanks to Francina Carter who helped us with the training; as well as Ann Felts out of Bastrop FCI. I have a feeling this is going to be a very important movement in the near
future.

Thanks as always to NIC's programs, research development, and excellent
consultants. I am not a stranger to your work. I have utilized the
programs in the past and they have been excellent and beneficial to the
field."

Cynthia Mendiola
Supervising U. S. Probation Officer

Thanks Cynthia!

BOP and Federal Probation Points of Contact on the NOWDP webpage

Scott — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:44:00 GMT

Federal Bureau of Prisons and Federal Probation Points of Contact (POC) can now be found on the National Offender Workforce Development Partnership webpage. You can access the POC list directly by clicking here.