Day 1: Education and Employment | National Reentry Resource Center

Reentry Week 2021 — April 26: Education and Employment

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Panelists discuss their education and reentry initiatives—a college-run reentry program operating within an on-campus reentry center and a collaborative partnership between a state department of correction and regional Workforce Development Board.

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Resources

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Report Making the Grade: Developing Quality Postsecondary Education Programs in Prison This report from the Vera Institute of Justice offers lessons from the field on the implementation of the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program in corrections settings across the country.

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Report After the Sentence, More Consequences: A National Report of Barriers to Work This report presents national and state-by-state overviews of the nearly 30,000 state and federal consequences of conviction that directly block people from being hired or create barriers to obtaining occupational licenses essential for certain jobs.

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Brief Locked Out: Improving Educational and Vocational Outcomes for Incarcerated Youth This issue brief highlights the key findings of the survey and provides state and local policymakers with policy and practice recommendations to improve college and career readiness for incarcerated youth.

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Toolkit Removing Structural Barriers to Employment: A Playbook for Every State The national playbook identifies best practice goals and strategies that states can implement to reduce the negative impacts of employment-related collateral consequences while the state playbooks show the progress that individual states have made toward meeting these goals.

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Report Laying the Groundwork: How States Can Improve Access to Continued Education for People in the Criminal Justice System This report provides a comprehensive, state-by-state analysis of postsecondary education policy and practices.

On-Demand Webinars

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Webinar: Expanding Access to Postsecondary Education in Prison In this webinar presenters discuss the law passed that reinstates Pell access for people in prison and highlight how postsecondary education in prison operates now and new considerations for corrections and higher education institutions in light of the new law.

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After the Sentence, More Consequences: A National Report of Barriers to Work Webinar This webinar provides a national overview of the scope, features, and operation of employment-related collateral consequences and provides considerations for policymakers in reducing these barriers to work.

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Webinar: Tribal Employment Issues and Reentry This webinar provides a comprehensive overview of employment issues and strategies for successful outcomes as it relates to tribal reentrants and shares one real life reentry experience and road to success.

News

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Wisconsin Program Helps People Find Jobs After Prison This blog post discusses how Wisconsin is taking strides to provide job support for people who have been incarcerated as means to reduce recidivism by increasing employment.

Multimedia

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VideoReentry Talk with Christine Kidd, Center for Employment Opportunities In this Reentry Talk, Christine Kidd of the Center for Employment Opportunities provides commentary on the importance of employment skill development and placement for returning citizens.

The National Reentry Resource Center is operated by the Council of State Governments Justice Center and supported by Grant No. 15PBJA-23-GK-05503-MUMU awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.