Offender workforce development

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Offender workforce development is comprehensive career-related services delivered to persons with criminal histories. Ideally, the services are provided through a collaborative effort involving public and private sector professionals and may include, but are not limited to, career exploration and planning, job readiness instruction, industry-driven education, occupational skill development, vocational technical training, and job placement and retention services. When these services are delivered to incarcerated persons nearing release, formal agreements with community-based organizations are used to ensure a seamless continuity of assistance between jails, prisons, and the community to avoid duplication of effort. Offender workforce development services have three major objectives: # Promote public safety by increasing the employment rate of persons with criminal convictions and decreasing the likelihood of their re-arrest. # Promote the economic well-being of a community by providing employers with a qualified, technologically competent workforce that can compete in the global marketplace. # Reduce the likelihood of inter-generational poverty by providing families of offenders with a sustainable income and a stable family structure.…

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