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Reentry News Clips

8/25/2008: Tacoma News Tribune (WA): Jobs for prison inmates on the way back in state

7/13/2008: USA Today (US): Calif. diving program helps anchor ex-inmates

6/11/2008: Government Executive (US): Agencies urged to hire ex-offenders

5/27/2008: AP (US): Hire ex-con in Philly, get $10K annual tax credit

4/27/2008: Columbus Dispatch (OH): Inmates sink teeth into training

4/27/2008: New York Times (NY): Seeking the Key to Employment for Ex-Cons

4/21/2008: Cherry Hill Courier-Post (NJ): Debt paid, offenders face hurdles to stay off streets

3/18/2008: Wall Street Journal (NY): Executives Teach Inmates How to Be Employees

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Publications

From Options to Action: A Roadmap for City Leaders to Connect Formerly Incarcerated Individuals to Work
Public/Private Ventures (2008)

Transitional Jobs for Ex-Prisoners: Early Impacts from a Random Assignment Evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program
MDRC (2007)

Administrative Guide: Offender Workforce Development Specialist Partnership Training Program
National Institute of Corrections (2007)

Employment, Wages, and Public Safety
Justice Policy Institute (2007)

Working With Conviction: Criminal Offenses as Barriers to Entering Licensed Occupations in Texas
Texas Public Policy Foundation (2007)

Venturing Beyond the Gates: Facilitating Successful Reentry with Entrepreneurship
Prisoner Reentry Institute at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2007)

TANF Policies for the Hard to Employ: Understanding State Approaches and Future Directions
Urban Institute (2007)

Finding Work on the Outside: Results from the Returning Home Project in Chicago
Urban Institute (2007)

Attacking Poverty by Attacking Chronic Unemployment: An Update on Developments in Transitional Jobs for Former Prisoners
Sergeant Shriver National Center on Poverty Law (2007)

Factories Behind Fences: Do Prison ‘Real Work’ Programs Work?
National Institute of Justice (2007)

Barriers to Reentry?: The Labor Market for Released Prisoners in Post-Industrial America
Russell Sage Foundation (2007)

Transitional Jobs: Overcoming Barriers to Employment
University of Chicago (2007)

CORI: Opening Doors of Opportunity
The Boston Foundation; Crime & Justice Institute (2007)

Mentoring Ex-Prisoners in the Ready4Work Reentry Initiative
(2007)

Staying in Jobs and Out of the Underground: Child Support Policies that Encourage Legitimate Work
Center for Law and Social Policy (2007)

ABA Commission on Effective Criminal Sanctions: Policy Recommendations and Reports
American Bar Association (2006)

Transitional Jobs: a Workforce Strategy for Cities
National League of Cities; Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (2006)

Long-Term Housing and Work Outcomes Among Treated Cocaine-Dependent Homeless Persons
The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research (2006)

Report and Recommendations to New York State on Enhancing Employment Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated People
New York State Independent Committee on Reentry and Employment (2006)

Employment of Ex-offenders: Employer Perspective
Crime and Justice Institute (2006)

Good Stories Aren't Enough: Becoming Outcomes-Driven in Workforce Development
Public / Private Ventures (2006)

Scarlet Letters and Recidivism: Does an Old Criminal Record Predict Future Offending?
(2006)

Employment-Focused Programs for Ex-Prisoners
MDRC (2006)

Correctional Industries Preparing Inmates for Re-entry- Recidivism & Post-release Employment
(2006)

Providing Access to Re-Entry Services Through the Workforce Investment Act
Workforce Alliance (2006)

Just Out: Early Lessons from the Ready4Work Prisoner Reentry Initiative
Public/Private Ventures (2006)

Returning Home Illinois Policy Brief: Employment and Prisoner Reentry
Urban Institute (2006)

When the Gates Open: Ready4Work--a National Response to the Prisoner Reentry Crisis
Public/Private Ventures (2006)

Mentoring Under the Workforce Investment Act: Technical Assistance Guide
State of Idaho (2006)

YouthBuild U.S.A. Fact Sheet
Youth in Action, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2005)

Key NASADAD Priorities for 2005
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Inc. (2005)

Employment Screening for Criminal Records: Attorney General’s Recommendations to Congress
National Employment Law Project (2005)

Making Work Pay: Promoting Employment and Better Child Support Outcomes for Low-Income and Incarcerated Parents
New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Inc. (2005)

Making Family Reunification a Reality for Criminal Justice - Involved Women
New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Inc., (2005)

New Beginnings: The Need for Supportive Housing for Previously Incarcerated People
Common Ground Community / Corporation for Supportive Housing (2004)

Level Three Sex Offenders Residential Placement Issues: 2003 Report to the Legislature
Minnesota Department of Corrections (2004)

Summary of the Research Rationale for Making Connections' Outcomes and Indicators
(2003)

Employment Barriers Facing Ex-Offenders
Urban Institute (2003)

Reentry and Prison Work Programs
Urban Institute (2003)

They’re Coming Back: An Action Plan for Successful Reintegration of Offenders That Works for Everyone
The Philadelphia Consensus Group on Reentry and Reintegration of Adjudicated Offenders (2002)

Time to Work: Managing the Employment of Sex Offenders Under Community Supervision
Center for Sex Offender Management (2002)

Serving Parents Who Leave Prison
Center for Policy Research (2001)

From Prison to Home: Dimensions and Consequences of Prisoner Reentry
Urban institute (2001)

Impact of Educational Achievement of Inmates in the Windham School District on Recidivism
Criminal Justice Policy Council (TX) (2000)

Impact of Educational Achievement of Inmates in the Windham School District on Post-Release Employment
Criminal Justice Policy Council (TX) (2000)

Realistic Child Support Policies for Low Income Fathers
Center for Law and Social Policy (2000)

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Program Examples

New York: Center for Employment Opportunities

Illinois: Adult Transition Centers (ATCs)
Safer Foundation

Illinois: The Chicago Law Project
The Welfare to Work Partnership

California: Ex-Felon Employment Initiative
San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and National Economic Development and Law Center

Colorado: John Inmann Work and Family Center (WFC)
Colorado Department of Corrections

Indiana: Employment Academy
Blue Jacket, Inc.; Allen County Community Corrections

California: Delancey Street Foundation

California: Conservation Camp Program
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and California Department of Correction

Florida: Jail Educational and Vocational Programs
Orange County Jail

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Legislation

(DE) Professional Licensure (SB 229)

(IL) Illinois Joint House Resolution 0107

(NY) S. 1602

(OR) Record Expungement (Revised Statute § 137.225)

(IL) Certificate of Relief from Disabilities (Public Act 093-0207)

(NC) H. 648

(CT) H.B. 7217

(CT) Connecticut House Bill 5846

(IL) Illinois Senate Bill 1279

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In the Report

Selected Highlights

15: Education and Vocation Training

16: Work Experience

21: Creation of Employment Opportunities

22: Workforce Development and the Transition Plan

28: Job Development and Supportive Employment

31: Workforce Development Systems

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How and Why Medicaid Matters for People with Serious Mental Illness Released from Jail

Hundreds of thousands of people with mental illness are released from jail each year. Without continuity of care, they are likely to be reincarcerated. Enrollment in Medicaid increases access to treatment for people with mental illness released from jail, who typically lack other means to pay for those services.