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Developing Partnerships with Local Law Enforcement Agencies to Reduce Recidivism
Presentation OutlineIntroduction and Overview
Sheriff’s Department • LEAP - Pre-Release Program• Avenues to Success
Tulare County Probation • RESET - Post Release Program• Shared Case Management System
Employment Connection/ America’s Job Center of California• CSET• Customized Program Design• Co-Enrollment Services• Participant Journey• Success Stories
Outcomes
Challenges
• County: 4,839 sq. mi
• Population: 471,842
• Incarcerated: 1,583
• Men: 1,300
• Women: 283
• Probationers: 6,600
Tulare County
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Tulare County is centrally located between Los Angeles and San Francisco it’s the size of Connecticut
Start up. . .
Partners & InvestmentsTulare County Probation and WIB combined resources to fund the project.
Investments & Innovative StrategiesWIB was awarded $150,000 Workforce Accelerated Funds – RESET Pilot Project
• Time frame: June 1, 2014 - December 31, 2015• TC Probation developed a two-week job readiness workshop• RESET Portal and co-case management system• Transitioned RESET graduates to Employment Connection Center - Visalia
“Establish an education and training program specifically for probationers, close the revolving door to jails, and reduce recidivism rate in Tulare County”. Christie Myer, Chief Probation Officer
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WIB does not provide direct WIOA services directly. We subcontract to our service provider CSET, which is the local community action agency,
Start up. . .
Sustainability & Expansion
• Expanded RESET to Porterville - south county
• Tulare County Probation funds two Business Resource Specialists (JDs)
• WIB contracts with CSET to provide services at its Employment Connection Centers/AJCC that include• Basic and Individualized Career Services• Specialized workshops• Transitional jobs• On-the-Job Training• Individual Training Account Scholarships
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WIB does not provide direct WIOA services directly. We subcontract to our service provider CSET, which is the local community action agency,
AB 2060 Supervised Population• The purpose of the Supervised Population Program is to provide services to
probationers who are on Mandatory Supervision with: career guidance, training, and job placement assistance that will lead them to sustainable wages.
LEAP Program
• The purpose of the LEAP 2 program is to provide incarcerated individuals referred by Tulare County Sheriff’s Department with job readiness workshops and services via a fully equipped Specialized Mobile American Job Center (AJC) within the correctional facilities.
• LEAP participants will transition to post-release services at the Employment Connection One-Stop Centers.
Moving Forward. . .
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We’ve been able to implement additional innovative strategies through our partnerships and grants.
Supervised Population ProgramPartnerships
Linking to Employment Activities Pre-Release
(DOL)
Readiness for Employment through Sustainable Education & Training
(AB 109)
AB 2060 Mandatory Supervised Population
(State)
Tulare County Probation Department
Workforce Investment Board of Tulare County
Tulare CountySheriff Department
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Developed MOU agreements between partnerships which outlines the roles and responsibilities of each partner.
Avenues to Success
Inmate
Sheriff
HHSA
Employment Connection
Public Defender
Mental Health
Probation
Pre-Release Services:• Parenting Classes• Anger Management • Basic Skills• Mental Health
Services
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The program begin as part of Sheriff Boudreaux and Chief Myer as part of AB 109. Was expanded to include community partners through the Supervised Population Funding. The Avenues to Success team determines which classes the inmate would benefit from, the recommendation of the team is presented to the inmate.
Tulare County Sheriff Pre-Release Services - LEAP Program
• Dedicated Inmate Program Specialist• Identify the inmates eligible for the program• Develop the completion agreements and enrollment forms• Create class roster and prepares the classroom for start of program• Prepare inmates prior to release, for re-entry into community• Provide educational classes that will help set the foundation that the
RESET program can build upon• Provide follow-up visits upon completion of the program
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After the provide educational classes bullet: mention that the Employment Connection staff conduct a 2 week job readiness workshop inside the jail.
Tulare County Probation
Post Release Services
• Two full-time dedicated Probation Officers• Facilitate RESET Job Readiness Workshops• Recruit and vet participants• Pre-Screen candidates prior to referring them to the Employment Connection• Create Wagner-Peyser accounts within the RESET portal at tcreset.org• Provide supportive services• Co-case manage with Employment Connection staff• Provide follow-up services
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Armando, going to talk about the history prior to the RESET program.
Shared Case Management System
www.tcreset.org
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Armando: Give an overview of the RESET website and how it is linked into employmentconnect.org, talk about how you register participants into this shared case management system.
RESET Process
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Armando; talk about referral form and how it is used
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Armando, introduce Edith, Edith will talk about phase 2 of the participants journey
Employment Connection - AJCC• Customized Program Design
• Three full-time dedicated Career Coaches and three Business Resource Specialists
• Participants are co-enrolled into WIOA Services
• Co-case managed by RESET Probation Officers
• Career Coaches provide an overview of Employment Connection services and assist with the completion of the WIOA application and assessment process
• Career Coaches provide career exploration and planning
• Participants have access to resource room, attend workshops, job squad, supportive services, (bus passes, food vouchers, clothing vouchers, school supplies) and referrals to other community services agencies
• Non-WIOA Supportive Services that include housing and energy assistance, and income tax preparation that CSET directly provides to participants
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Edith, highlight the roles of the career coaches and business resource specialist what makes them unique. Talk about how they only work with the re-entry population Edith, after the co-case managed bullet; provide an example of what Christina for the participant that was in drug court.
Co-Enrollment Services
Business Resource Specialists work with targeted industries to develop transitional jobs,
on-the-job training (OJT), scholarships (ITA) and direct placements.
• Target Industry Sectors:
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Renewable Energy
• Transportation & Logistics
• Hospitality
• Agri-Business
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Edith, highlight the roles of the
Transitional Jobs Agreement
• Transitional Jobs are 100% subsidized
• There’s no obligation to hire
• Service Provider is Employer of Record
• Transitional Jobs introduce participants to a new
industry to gain work experience and skills.
• Short-term duration
• 4-6 weeks
• Minimum wage
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Highlight a participant success story, - example customer ??? Was on a transitional job contract with X employer and upon completion of the class was hired. To date a total of X participants were hired upon completion of their transitional job co ntract. – Ramiro Brito
Success Stories
“Thank you for the wonderful information you gave me to prepare for interviews as well as your help in showing me how to prepare a resume. I am truly grateful that Employment Connection has workers like you that are willing to assist job seekers with barriers like myself. I work with awesome coworkers and my boss is the best. My hours are perfect and I get the weekends off…yay! Thank you so much.” Olga
"This program is giving me a shot at something I actually want to do. Ithelps out the people who really want the help." Michael
Outcomes
RESET Job Readiness Probation Department
Basic & Individualized Career Services
Work-Based Training Transitional Jobs, OJT, ITA
Direct Hire Retention Employment (60 + days)
Recidivism
183 164 29 46 28 11%
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
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11% equals to 20 participants re-offended
Challenges
• Lack of transportation
• Lack of job opportunities in rural areas
• Lack of interest in occupational skills training
• Lack of motivation
• Right to work documents
Contact Information
Name Title Email Phone Number
Desiree Landeros Workforce Analyst [email protected] (559) 713-5215
Sarah Martinez Administrative Assistant [email protected] (559) 735-1671
Armando Oseguera Probation Officer II [email protected] (559) 788-1334
Edith Hernandez Assistant Director Workforce Development
[email protected] (559) 713-5193
