Specialized Employment Center

The Specialized Employment Center (SEC) offers individuals looking for employment the support and assistance necessary to obtain competitive employment. Only non-violent ex-offenders who are homeless or returning from the Ohio Prison system to Montgomery County are eligible for this program.

Quick Facts:

Focus of initiative/program:
  • Task Force / Coalitions
  • Other
    • Inititative/program name:
    Ohio Second Chance Coalition
    Year Established:
    2010
    Lead agency/organization name:
    Ohio Second Chance Coalition
    Population served by initiative/program:
    • Returning from local detention facilities
    • Returning from local jails
    • Returning from prison
    • Not under community corrections supervision
    • Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
    • Adults
    • Men
    • Women
    • People convicted of a violent offense
    • People convicted of a non-violent offense
    • Elderly
    • Sex offenders
    • Homeless

    Specialized Employment Center

    Contact:

    Joe Stan
    Program Coordinator
    Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley
    Phone: 937-610-0300
    1133 Edwin C. Moses Blvd., Suite 340
    Dayton, Ohio 45408
    j.stan@gesmv.org



    Specialized Employment Center

    Initiatives and Programs

    Focus of initiative/program:
  • Task Force / Coalitions
  • Other
    • Inititative/program name:
    Ohio Second Chance Coalition
    Lead agency/organization name:
    Ohio Second Chance Coalition

    Funding

    Funding sources for initiative/program:
    Agency Budget

    Partners in the reentry initiative/program

    Informal Agreement Formal Agreement
    (e.g., a written contract or an MOU) with this partner.
    Community- and faith-based services providers:
    X
    Health, mental health, and substance abuse treatment providers:
    X
    Housing officials:
    X
    Members of the community (e.g., people who have been incarcerated, their families or neighbors):
    X
    Transportation providers:
    X
    Work force development and employment agencies (e.g. business associations, unions):
    X

    Participants

    Population served by initiative/program:
    • Returning from local detention facilities
    • Returning from local jails
    • Returning from prison
    • Not under community corrections supervision
    • Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
    • Adults
    • Men
    • Women
    • People convicted of a violent offense
    • People convicted of a non-violent offense
    • Elderly
    • Sex offenders
    • Homeless
    Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
    90
    Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
    90
    Total number of people who can be served at one time:
    150

    Data Collection

    Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
    No
    Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
    No
    Does your organization measure and/or track the outcome of participation?
    No

    Activities

    How are people placed into your program?
    Our consumers are eithered referred or walk-in
    Explore the Justice Center’s Websites
    CSG Justice Center Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project Justice Reinvestment National Reentry Resource Center Reentry Policy Council