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Naonal Transional Jobs Network Conference

Restoring the Promise of WorkSubsidized Employment & Transional Jobs

Balmore, MD

Renaissance Balmore Harborplace Hotel

April 12-13, 2012

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Welcome

Dear 2012 Naonal Transional Jobs Network Conference Aendees,

Welcome to Balmore and thank you for joining us! First convened over ten years ago, the Naonal Transional

Jobs Network works to expand the dialogue about the need for employment soluons for individuals with

barriers to employment, to promote best pracces about what works, and to advance federal policy that opens

doors to employment and advancement opportunies.

The NTJN works in partnership with the Transional Jobs and Subsidized Employment eld to translate

best pracces, research ndings and innovaon into resources and tools to support program development,

implementaon, and improvement. Over the last 10 years, the eld has been unique in its willingness to subject

itself to rigorous evaluaon and scruny in order to improve our knowledge about how best to support transions

to employment for those with barriers to work. With the knowledge gained, the eld has evolved and advanced and

is poised to implement promising approaches and innovaons to support individuals with barriers to employment

in transions to work, educaon and training.

The NTJNs policy eorts have opened doors to employment for individuals with barriers to employment. Over

10 years ago, welfare-to-work grants seeded Transional Jobs pilot programs for welfare recipients with barriers

to employment. From there the NTJN worked with naonal advocates to ensure that the Second Chance Act

supported transions to work for job seekers with criminal records. At the height of our economic crisis, the NTJN

worked alongside naonal advocates, experts, and state and federal agencies to fund and implement subsidized

employment programs throughout the country. In 2010, we successfully advocated for federal funding to support

the Enhanced Transional Jobs Demonstraon for people with criminal records and non-custodial parents. Today,

federal child support planning grants are seeding innovaon and new research is underway to beer understand

how programs support pathways to educaon and sector training.

We know transional jobs & subsidized employment programs oer immediate and long-term benets to

individuals, employers, and communies. Research shows that even during very weak labor markets transional

jobs programs keep individuals employed and earning a paycheck. Transional Jobs contributes to lowering

recidivism, reducing public benets receipt, and improving the lives of children. We know that subsidized

employment programs can have posive eects on the health of employers and the share of resources spent in

communies by Transional Jobs workers has a posive economic ripple eect into communies. Finally, research

shows that the nancial benets of these programs far outweigh the costs.

There is sll more work to be done to support transions to work and advancement for individuals with barriers

to employment. High unemployment and poverty have disproporonately aected Americans with barriers to

employment and many disadvantaged jobseekers reside in communies hit hardest by the economic and housing

crisis. Many more Americans have been unemployed for long periods eroding skills and condence to nd andkeep employment again. Given the realies of our current labor market and the challenges that lay ahead, the

mandate for this event is to advance the eld of subsidized employment and transional jobs programs in this

decade. Through presentaons, discussions, peer-learning opportunies and networking collecvely we will Bolster

programs, Expandthe dialogue, and Nurture innovaon.

The NTJN is commied to connuing to promote best pracces and advance federal policy eorts in order to ensure

that America is a place where access to employment and advancement opportunies are available to all. We hope

you will join us in these eorts.

Naonal Transional Jobs Network Execuve Commiee & Sta


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Table of Contents

Conference Map

Conference Agenda

Site Visit Informaon

Presenter Biographies

2012 NTJN Conference Sponsors

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Meet in the Renaissance Balmore Harborplace Lobby to Aend Site Visits

Leave for Site Visits(Space is limited and advance registraon is required when registeringfor the Conference. Site visits will run concurrently, please select only 1 session)

Civic Works at the Balmore Center for Green Careers

Civic Works at the Balmore Center for Green Careers is home to the BMore Green brown-

elds job-training program, the BMore Green Energy Eciency Retrot program, EnergyReady,

Retrot Balmore, and the Balmore Energy Entrepreneur project. Combined these projects

provide real work through Transional Jobs and classroom training leading to industry

recognized environmental health and safety cercaons, OSHA Construcon Safety

Cercaon and the EPA renovaon Repair and Painng Cercaon among others. Learn

more about these programs and their eorts to engage low-income Balmore residents

through Transional Jobs - leading a path from poverty to opportunity.

Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake E-books and Computer Recycling Project

Many of us are familiar with Goodwill Industries retail locaons and the opportunity to

develop and implement Transional Jobs programs in that industry. But did you know that

Goodwill also sells e-books on Amazon.com? And, did you know that Goodwill saves billions of

waste every year from heading to a landll because of their recycling eorts, including com-

puter recycling? These are also great enterprises to develop Transional Jobs programs - and

the Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.has been successful in doing so. Learn more

about their operaons and their coordinated Transional Jobs eorts across several of their

industries.

Pre-Conference Meengs(Space is limited and advance registraon is required whenregistering for the Conference. Sessions will run concurrently, please select only 1 session)

Movaonal Interviewing 101 Hands-On Training

Movaonal Interviewing is a client-centered method ulized to enhance movaon for

change and resolve ambivalence. This introductory training will explore how movaonal inter-

viewing strategies can be used to guide engagement and relaonship building in the context of

employment case management. Aendees will learn how movaonal interviewing can be

used to engage consumers in employment services and assess readiness, willingness, and abil-ity for change. This session is ideal for employment case managers and supporve service sta.

Aendees are asked to bring case examples for the group to ulize for pracce of movaonal

interviewing skills.

Presenter:

Valery Shuman, Associate Director, Heartland Alliance Midwest Harm Reducon Instute

Agenda - Thursday, April 12

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TJ 101: Comprehensive Overview of the Transional Jobs ModelWhat are Transional Jobs programs? Join Naonal Transional Jobs Network sta for this

intensive session focused on the principles, core components, structures and consideraons

in developing and implemenng Transional Jobs programs. This is a great session for anyone

interested in learning more about Transional Jobs programs, those who are interested in

developing a program or want to brush up on the basics. Great for new and seasoned sta. Ex-

perienced Transional Jobs program operators will also parcipate in this session and provide

real-program implementaon examples.

Presenters:

Rob Hope, Director of Economic Empowerment, Rubicon Programs

Chris Warland, Manager, Program Quality & Technical Assistance, Naonal Transional Jobs Network

Oender Workforce Development: Embracing a Second Chance

Regardless of your workplace seng, you will probably encounter someone with a criminal

record. In 2009 there were over 7.3 million adults under some form of correconal control in

the United States, a rao of 1 in 31. These individuals can be our neighbors, our clients and

our best employees. Join us in working with evidence-based strategies that workforce devel-

opment professionals can use to assist their clients with criminal histories in preparing for the

world of work. Walk away with resources developed by the Naonal Instute of Correcons

Community Services Division and other federal reentry partners.

Presenter:

Francina Carter, Correconal Program Specialist, Naonal Instute of Correcons

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Conference WelcomeRichard Greenwald, Acng Vice President, Program Eecveness, Public Private Ventures

Chair, Naonal Transional Jobs Network Execuve Commiee

Lisa Rusyniak, President and CEO, Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.

Gary Maynard, Secretary, Department of Public Safety and Correconal Services, State of

Maryland

Lunch Served

Plenary Session The Naonal Transional Jobs Network: Over a decade of

program and policy eorts focused on helping individuals with barriers to

employment get, keep, and advance in jobsJohn Bouman, President, Sargent Shriver Naonal Center on Poverty Law

Amy Rynell, Director, Naonal Transional Jobs Network

Mindy Tarlow, President and CEO, Center for Employment Opportunies


Melissa Young, Associate Director, Naonal Transional Jobs Network


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Workforce Soluons to Homelessness: How Employment Programs Work to End

Homelessness

Most people experiencing homelessness want to work despite a number of diverse and over-

lapping barriers to employment. With this in mind, the Naonal Transional Jobs Network

launched the Working to End Homelessness Iniave in 2011, with support from the Butler

Family Fund, to shine a spotlight on the role of employment in ending homelessness and to

idenfy promising employment pracces. Through research and a naonal community of prac-

ce, we learned that individuals experiencing homelessness can manage obstacles, nd a job,

and advance when oered access to individualized opons for employment, housing, and

supporve services. Join this session to learn how programs from the community of pracce

make work a reality for individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Moderator:

Nathan Dunlap, Workforce Research & Policy Fellow, Naonal Transional Jobs Network

Presenters:

Rob Hope, Director of Economic Empowerment, Rubicon Programs

Trevor Kale, Vice President, Chrysalis Enterprises

Adrienne Karecki, Director of Social Enterprises & Employment Services, Central City Concern

Valerie Westphal, Director of Programs and Workforce Development, The Doe Fund

Making Work Work for Non-Custodial Fathers: Coordinang Fatherhood, Child Support and

Employment Programming

The child support program serves half of all poor children in the U.S. While many noncustodialfathers want to be involved with their children, many live in poverty and lack the resources to

nancially provide for their children. Most unpaid child support is owed by these parents and

for many the lack of steady income is a major barrier to fullling parental obligaons. Join this

session to learn more about how organizaons are coordinang employment, child support

and fatherhood programming to make a posive dierence in the lives of fathers, children and

families.

Moderator:

Ron Mincy, Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Pracce and Director,

Center for Research on Fathers, Children, and Family Well-Being at the School of Social Work,

Columbia University

Presenters:Moses Hamme, Director of Workforce Development, Center for Urban Families

Marta Nelson, Execuve Director, Center for Employment Opportunies New York City

Jenny Taylor, Senior Director of Program Development & Training, Goodwill of North Georgia

James Worthy, Director of Training and Technical Assistance, Center for Urban Families (CFUF)



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Parcipant Assessment: The Challenge of Evaluang and Determining Job Readiness

Assessing parcipants to determine whether they work-ready or if they are a good t for your

program is one of the most complex funcons of any employment program. This hands-on

workshop will address creang, idenfying and using eecve assessment tools to make sure

your program is serving the right people, and serving them eecvely.

Presenters:

Julie Kerksick, Colorado Department of Human Services

Martha Oesch, Independent Consultant

Older Workers and Workforce Development: Challenges, Strategies, and Resources

More than ever before, the economic self-suciency of older adults and especially women

is threatened. In this session, learn more about the research, need, and program eorts

underway to meet the employment needs of older, low-income adults in two communies.Moderators:

Donna Addkison, President and CEO, Wider Opportunies for Women

Mary Gaa, Senior Scholar, Wider Opportunies for Women

Presenters:

Lita Kleger, Director, Communicaons and Outreach, Experience Works

Varvara Kymbri, Senior Project Manager for Maturity Works, Balmore County Department of

Economic and Workforce Development

Pat Leahy, Coordinator Ocean County Workforce Investment Board, Toms River, New Jersey

Its a Rural Thing: Consideraons for Implemenng TJ in a Rural Context

People with barriers to employment who live in rural areas have just as much need for services

as their urban and suburban counterparts. But distance and transportaon factors, as well as

diering labor markets and local economies, make for a unique set of programming consid-

eraons. Join Rachel Jolly and Louise Maston of Vermont Works for Women as they lead this

discussion on the challenges and opportunies of operang a successful TJ program in a rural

environment.

Presenters:

Rachel Jolly, Director of Womens Programs, Vermont Works for Women

Louise Masn, Program Coordinator, Vermont Works for Women

Ensuring Transional Jobs Are More Than Just a Time-Limited Paycheck

TJ should be more than a temporary jobit should be a developmental experience in which

parcipants learn experienally to be successful in work. In addion to immediate earned in-

come and a current job reference, successful TJ programs provide a supporve environment in

which a parcipant can develop, grow and pracce workplace skills. This session will share the

program components that research and expert praconers have idened to support parci-

pant development and enhance work-readiness.

Presenters:

Lili Elkins, Chief Strategy and Development Ocer, Roca, Inc.




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Discussion Session Exploring Innovave Soluons to the Challenges Older Workers Face

Join this roundtable discussion session to share and learn from peers working to connect

older workers to employment. What challenges are you facing? How are you meeng the

employment needs of older workers? What is working and where does the eld need to grow?

Facilitators:

Donna Addkison, President and CEO, Wider Opportunies for Women

Mary Gaa, Senior Scholar, Wider Opportunies for Women

Creang Employment Opportunies through TANF: Lessons Learned from ARRA/TANF ECF

The TANF Emergency Conngency Fund fuelled unprecedented growth in subsidizedemployment and transional jobs programs in total over 260,000 jobs. Research evidence

indicates that programs had posive eects on parcipant earnings, employer health, and

communies. What we learned from state and county eorts to develop and implement

these programs will inuence federal and state policy and research quesons for decades to

come. Join this session to learn more about the programs implemented through the TANF ECF,

what research has told us about their impact and how communies are implemenng these

programs today.

Moderator:

LaDonna Pave, Vice President for Family Income Support Policy, Center on Budget and Policy

Priories

Presenters:

Steve Arcelona, Deputy Director of Economic Support and Self-Suciency, Human Services Agency,

City & County of San Francisco, California

Jonah Kushner, Senior Research Analyst, Social IMPACT Research Center

Peter Madaus, Program and Policy Analyst, Bureau of Working Families, Department of Children

and Families

Amy Terpstra, Associate Director, Social IMPACT Research Center

Stepping Stones to Career Pathways: Pairing Transional Jobs with Sector Employment

Strategies

In todays labor market industry- or occupaon-specic experience, training and/or credenals

are oen necessary for advancement beyond entry-level low-wage work. Combining sector-fo-cused training and experience with transional employment is a promising way to help people

with barriers to employment access career-pathway jobs. This session will present evidence

supporng sector strategies and examples of TJ iniaves that are using sector training to pre-

pare parcipants for the labor market.

Moderator:

Richard Greenwald, Acng Vice President, Program Eecveness, Public Private Ventures

Chair, Naonal Transional Jobs Network Execuve Commiee

Presenters:

Liza Ehrlich, Parks Opportunity Program

Valerie Greenhagen, Director of Training and Advancement, The Doe Fund

Valerie Westphal, Director of Programs and Workforce Development, The Doe Fund



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Adult Learning in the Context of Work: Transional Jobs & Contextualized Adult Instrucon

For many TJ parcipants, literacy, numeracy and other basic skills needs represent a signi-

cant barrier to employment. How can TJ programs best improve work-readiness and academic

achievement at the same me? Adult basic skills lessons that are contextualized to the expe-

riences and interests of the learner are an eecve means to engage students and improve

outcomes. Contextualizing curriculum and instrucon to incorporate the situaons, materials

and acvies of the workplace shows promise in increasing both test scores and employment

outcomes, and the TJ model provides unique opportunies to do this. Hear experts in the eld

of adult educaon as well as an innovave program example to discuss this promising integra-

on of evidence-based strategies.

Moderator:

Donna Brian, Independent Consultant

Presenters:

Deborah Kennedy, Director, English for Heritage Language Speakers Program

Acng Director of Development, Center for Applied Linguiscs

Jay Landau, Director of Contextualized Literacy and Training, Heartland Human Care Services Heartland Alliance

Nancy Phillips, Director of Green Iniaves, Heartland Human Care Services Heartland Alliance

Ratcheng Up Readiness to Work: Stepped and Tiered Transional Jobs Program Structures

On the path to work-readiness and unsubsidized employment, somemes it can help to take it

one step at a me. Learn about approaches to TJ that help parcipants transion through ersof increasing responsibility or stages of paral wage subsidies. This session will feature pro-

gram examples in which parcipantsand employersare moved in stages toward successful

employment outcomes.

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Presenters:

Trevor Kale, Vice President, Chrysalis Enterprises

Debby Kratky, Director of Capacity Building and Training, Tarrant County Workforce Soluons

Recidivism Risk: Understanding Risk and How to Target Services Eecvely

Recent research indicates that individuals that are most likely to recidivate have the mostposive outcomes in Transional Jobs programs even several years aer the intervenon.

Eorts to beer understand criminogenic risk factors have yielded important consideraons for

targeng and tailoring services eecvely to best support reentry transions. Join this session

to learn more about what the eld is learning from research and how it inuences service

delivery decisions.

Moderator:

Mindy Tarlow, President and CEO, Center for Employment opportunies

Presenters:

LeAnn Duran, Program Director, Correcons, Council of State Governments Jusce Center

Cindy Redcross, Senior Associate, Health and Barriers to Employment Policy Area, MDRC



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Federal Policy Update: Whats Really Happening Inside the Beltway?

The polical discourse has been parcularly strained this year so what does that mean for

workforce development, human services and criminal jusce policy eorts? Join this session to

learn more about whats really happening in federal policy making and the outlook for the next

year.

Moderator:

Neil Ridley, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Law & Social Policy

Presenters:

Rachel Gragg, Federal Policy Director, Naonal Skills Coalion

Elizabeth Lower-Basch, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy

Jessica Nickel, Principle, Brimley Group

ReceponMarsha Murrington, Senior Program Ocer, Neighborhood Community & Economic Development,

Local Iniaves Support Corporaon

Joe Jones, President and CEO, Center for Urban Families

Dinner DialogueWant to connue the conversaon? Reservaons have been made for groups of 6-10 at a

variety of restaurants in the Balmore area. Visit the registraon desk to sign up for a

restaurant with a group of people and connue the conversaons started today with others at

this years event. Meal and beverage expenses are the responsibility of parcipants.



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Agenda - Friday, April 13

Meet in the Renaissance Balmore Harborplace Hotel Lobby for Back on My

Feet Run Through Downtown Balmore

Run with Back on My Feet Members & StaBack on My Feet is a nonprot organizaon that is dedicated to creang independence and

self-suciency within the homeless and other underserved populaons by rst engaging

them in running as a means to build condence, strength and self-esteem. Through dedica-

on, Members can create a new road for themselves by advance the Next Steps phase of the

program where they gain access to educaonal, job training and employment opportunies,

as well as nancial aid. In short, BoMF is focused on changing the direcon of peoples lives by

changing the way they see themselves.

Registraon Opens & Breakfast Available

Plenary Session Federal Investments in Transional Jobs: Consideraons

for Today & the FutureIn 2011, six newfederal funding opportunies became available to support transions to

employment for Americas most vulnerable jobseekers through subsidized employment

and transional jobs. Subsidized employment and transional jobs demonstraon projects

currently administered by federal agencies will shape the future of intervenons and funding

for employment services for individuals with barriers to employment in the decades to come.

Learn more about how federal agencies are supporng subsidized employment and transiona

jobs, agency priories in the coming year and how individuals with barriers to employment tinto their eorts.

Moderator:

Steve Savner, Director of Public Policy, Center for Community Change

Presenters:

Mark Greenberg, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Administraon for Children and Families,

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary, Employment & Training Administraon, U.S. Department of Labor

Vicki Turetsky, Commissioner, Oce of Child Support Enforcement, Administraon for Children and

Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Connecng Homeless Jobseekers to Work: Essenal Elements in Coordinang Homeless andWorkforce System Approaches

The best defense against homelessness is a job that pays enough to aord a place to live; how-

ever many barriers exist making it dicult for the workforce system to serve people who are

homeless: cross-system cultural dierences, lack of partnerships, low knowledge base of how

to serve this special populaon, limited funding, numerous and stringent performance mea-

sures. In 2011, the Workforce Development Council Seale-King County convened ve work-

force boards and their homeless system partners, launching a new iniave to idenfy best

pracces, and to inspire and educate other workforce boards to open their One-Stop system to

more homeless jobseekers and to serve them more eecvely. Learn what worked and what

didnt work in ve cies, and the essenal elements needed to improve service in your system.

Moderator:

Marcelle Wellington, Project Manager and Local EO Ocer, Workforce Development Council of

Seale-King County

Presenters:

Patrick Burkhart, Assistant director for Workforce Development Division of Maricopa County Hu-

man Services Department

David Raymond, Execuve Director, Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust

Discussion Session Working with Child Support Oces: Where, What, and How

What is the role of the Oce of Child Support Enforcement federally and locally? How do

programs collaborate to support parcipant goals? What are the challenges and soluons

to collaborang? Join this discussion session to learn more about the federal and local child

support roles and responsibilies and take the me to raise challenges to collaboraon in your

state.

Discussion Provocateur:

Gregg Keesling, President, RecycleForce

Facilitators:

Jennifer Burnszynski, Director, Division of State, Tribal, and Local Assistance, Oce of Child Support

Enforcement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

John Langrock, Program Specialist, Oce of Child Support Enforcement, U.S. Department of Health

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O on the Right Foot: Dierent Approaches to Youth Subsidized EmploymentYouth unemployment rates are much higher than those of adults, and dropout rates are epi-

demic. Young people who are disconnected from both school and work require special services

and posive adult relaonships in order to get on the right track, and transional employment

can play a major role in this process. This session will address several approaches to serving

youth with subsidized employment.

Moderator:

Andrew Moore, Senior Fellow, Instute for Youth, Educaon and Families, Naonal League of Cies

Presenters:

Jake Jacobs, Director of Business Development and Transional Employment, Roca, Inc.

Paul McLain-Lugowski, Planning and Resource Development Ocer, Fresno County Economic Op-portunies Commission

Perfecng Your Pitch to Engage Employers

The ability to make a compelling case to employers for why they should partner with your pro-

gram and hire your parcipants is a crical skill that all TJ program personnel should have. The

Chicago Jobs Councils Frontline Focus Training Instute has extensive experience in helping

employment program sta at all organizaonal levels create, rene and perfect their pitch to

employers. This hands-on parcipatory workshop will provide the tools and techniques to cra

eecve messages for employerseven those that may be a bit skepcal.

Moderator:

Linda Nguyen, CEO, WorkForce CentralPresenters:

Liz Czarnecki, Senior Policy Associate, Chicago Jobs Council

Ellen Johnson, Director of the Frontline Focus Training Instute, Chicago Jobs Council

Retenon Maers: Helping Parcipants Keep the Job

A TJ programs work is far from over when parcipants nd unsubsidized workwe need to

help ensure that they keep and succeed in their jobs. Retenon strategies that oer ongoing

support and incenves to help parcipants keep working are essenal for long-term success.

This session will explore innovave and eecve retenon strategies and discuss how they af-

fect employment outcomes.

Moderator:


Presenters:

Mary Bedeau, Deputy Execuve Director of CEO NYC, Center for Employment Opportunies

Sheila Olson, Vice President of Mission Services, Goodwill / Easter Seals of Minnesota

Andy Sagvold, Manager of Reentry Services, Goodwill / Easter Seals of Minnesota



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Transional Jobs within a Retail Environment: Lessons from Goodwill Industries of the

Chesapeake, Inc.

In this workshop session, Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc. will showcase thesupport systems that make for a successful, revenue-producing, results-oriented TJ project.

Through prompts by the facilitator, panelists will each describe their roles in implemenng

an 8-member team of TJ trainees responsible for managing a retail store. Session aendees

will learn that TJ is more than a program; that TJ can meet the dual goals of 1) training and

providing a work opportunity to unskilled individuals and 2) meeng business/budget/sales

projecons.

Moderator:

Natasha Douglas, Program Manager, Case Management Services, Goodwill Industries of the

Chesapeake, Inc.

Presenters:Tianie Hill, Job Coach, Goodwill Industries of Chesapeake, Inc.

Karen Hunter, Case Manager, Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.

Debra Rollyson, Goodwill Stang Services, Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.

Kim Sansone, Career Counselor, Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.

Gina Vargas, Sales Associate, Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.

Sean Wise, Retail Sales Manager & Trainer, Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.

Vincent Woodland, Case Manager, Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.

Lunch Served

Plenary Session Using Federal Funds to Support Employment Soluons forIndividuals with Barriers to EmploymentWhat funding is available to support subsidized employment and transional jobs programs?

What funds can be used to support subsidized wages, barrier removal acvies, training and

advancement? Hear directly from federal representaves about what and how federal funds

can be used to support employment entry, barrier-removal acvies, and advancement for

disadvantaged jobseekers.

Moderator:

Sam Tuelman, Assistant Agency Director, Alameda County WIB Director

Presenters:

Jennifer Burnszynski, Director, Division of State, Tribal, and Local Assistance, Oce of Child Support

Enforcement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Earl Johnson, Director, Oce of Family Assistance, Administraon for Children and Families, U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services

Anthony Love, Deputy Director, U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness



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2:15p.m.

Fells Point

Homeland

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Municipal Responses to Reentry: How Cies Support Transional Jobs

Cies are facing disproporonate numbers of individuals returning home from incarceraon,

and so have a strong stake in helping these returning cizens successfully reenter their com-

munies, nd employment and avoid returning to prison. Thats why cies are leading the way

in championing Transional Jobs as a reentry strategy. This session will feature a panel of city

ocials describing the various ways in which cies fund, sponsor or otherwise support TJ pro-

gramming to address their reentry and employment challenges.

Moderator:

Cli Johnson, Execuve Director, Instute for Youth, Educaon, and Families at the Naonal League

of Cies (NLC)

Presenters:Ron DiOrio, Program Manager, Department of Planning and Development, City of Providence

Ingrid Johnson, Chair of Reentry Iniaves, City of Newark

Charles Jones, Director of Project Empowerment, the District of Columbia Department of Employ-

ment Services (DOES)

Christopher Mendoza, Chicago Department of Family and Support Services

Transioning Youth to Employment & Educaon: Lessons Learned from DOL and HHS

Collaboraon

Opportunies to engage in real-work acvies are crical for supporng youth engagement in

educaon and employment. Collaboraon between U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and

Human Services in supporng youth summer and year-round job opportunies has surfaced

lessons learned providing subsidized employment opportunies to youth and future collabora-

on between federal agencies. Join this session to gain perspecve on lessons learned through

these iniaves, what to consider in collaborang locally to support youth employment and

educaon and future youth summer jobs eorts.

Moderator:

Michelle Derr, Senior Researcher, Mathemaca Policy Research

Presenters:

Sara Hasngs, Workforce Analyst, Division of Youth Services, US Department of Labor

Erica Zielewski, Administraon for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human

Services

Discussion Session - Sta Hiring: Bringing on the Right People

Stang is key to program success--for example, strong, supporve relaonships between sta

and parcipants can have a substanal impact on parcipants employment outcomes. Join

this discussion on eecvely recruing, selecng, and developing high-quality personnel for

your TJ program.

Discussion Facilitator:

Kelly Maer, Vice President of Advantage Services, Commonbond Communies



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Federal Hill

Maryland E

Kent

3:30p.m.

Workshops Connue

Consideraons for Transional Jobs Scaling and Replicaon

Once your program has achieved a certain level of success, you may wish to increase your

capacity, expand into new markets or help other programs replicate your successful pracces.

This session will feature examples of TJ iniaves at dierent stages of scaling-up and replicat-

ing their program models, and address the challenges and rewards that come with growth.

Moderator:

Joe Antolin, Execuve Director, Heartland Human Care Services Heartland Alliance

Presenters:

Eva Harper, Program Manager, Community Economic Opportunies Unit/WorkFirst Programs,

Department of Commerce

Jake Jacobs, Director of Business Development and Transional Employment, Roca, Inc.Sam Schaeer, Execuve Director of CEO Naonal, Center for Employment Opportunies

Tim Williams, Deputy Execuve Director of CEO Naonal, Center for Employment Opportunies

Discussion Session - How to Demonstrate Results: Data Management & Tracking

How can you know for sure what your program is doing well and what needs improvement?

And how can you demonstrate to funders and other stakeholders that your acvies are eec-

ve? This discussion will focus on idenfying and gathering the informaon you want to know,

measuring processes and outcomes accurately, and using data to drive program improvement.

Facilitator:

Lili Elkins, Chief Strategy and Development Ocer, Roca, Inc.

Parcipants, Business and the Community: The Triple Boom Line of Social Enterprise TJ

Programs

A social enterprise can achieve mulple goals at oncerevenue to support wages and other

program funcons, the ability to create a transional work environment that is conducive to

parcipant skill-building, and the freedom to design and operate exible programming. But

the goals and needs of running a business and serving parcipants dont always align perfectly.

This workshop features social enterprise experts and successful program operators who will

share how to balance the goals of business and social programming, grow revenue and in-

crease employment outcomes all at the same me.

Moderator:

Samra Haider, Porolio Director, REDFRoxanne Miller, Porolio Director, REDF

Presenters:

Beth Gunzel, Employment Training Manager, Growing Home

Gregg Keesling, President, RecycleForce

Conference Concludes



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Conference parcipants who pre-registered to aend a program site visit will visit one of the two programs

described below.

Conference aendees should meet in the lobby of the hotel at 8:15a.m to check in with NTJN sta.

Buses transporng aendees will depart at 8:30a.m. Aendees will arrive back at the hotel by 10:30a.m.

About the programs you are vising:

Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.

Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc. has provided job placement and skills training to thousands of

Marylanders for over 90 years. The mission of Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc is to help a person

regain the hope and dignity that comes from personal and professional achievement. Goodwills missionrelated work is fueled, primarily, through the revenue generated in our stores. Shopping at Goodwill stores is

good for your pocketbook and wardrobe but also good for the community.

Goodwill helps people from all walks of life - those with physical and mental disabilies, those who wish to

break the cycle of welfare and poverty, those recently released from prison, and those laid o from long term

employment or in search of career changes. The major employment barriers faced by Goodwills parcipants

include; limited educaon, limited work history, unemployment or underemployment, limited understanding

of workplace rules and protocols, criminal records, physical or mental illness. The majority of Goodwills

parcipants are from the Balmore area.

Goodwill oers a wide range of training classes, case management, and career services all designed to helpinterested individuals nd employment, improve their skill set, or change career paths.Through there 14 career

centers job seekers are oered a range of workforce development services, from individualized career assess-

ments, transional jobs, job readiness training and access to hiring employers in industries such as health

care, hospitality, retail, construcon, and many others. Our program graduates enjoy work in entry level and

advanced clerical, administrave, construcon, retail and operaons posions. Goodwills job development

sta seeks to place job seekers in high growth industries with the potenal for career growth, living wages,

and benets. Each training program is individually tailored so that each person is able to achieve their desired

goals.


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Conference parcipants who pre-registered to aend a program site visit will visit one of the two programs

described below.

Conference aendees should meet in the lobby of the hotel at 8:15a.m to check in with NTJN sta.

Buses transporng aendees will depart at 8:30a.m. Aendees will arrive back at the hotel by 10:30a.m.

About the programs you are vising:

Civic Works Balmore Center for Green CareersMeaningful employment + in demand trade skills + a living wage = the power to change lives.

Civic Works Balmore Center for Green Careers serves Balmore City residents who are unemployed or under

employed and interested in working toward a more environmentally sustainable community while earning aliving-wage. Since 2009, 92 percent of program enrollees were people bearing a history of signicant involve-

ment with the criminal jusce system. In response, we have adapted our programs to beer serve the needs

of this populaon. Key members of our sta have completed training to be cered as either Oender Work-

force Development Specialists (OWDS) or Oender Employment Specialists (OES).

At the core of the programs eort is the understanding that the most eecve way to create a safer, more

equitable, more livable Balmore for everyone, is to provide those who have tradionally been locked out of

society an opportunity to parcipate in beneng their community. Civic Works workforce training oers

industry demanded credenals and on-the-job training to make graduates the most qualied applicants an

employer can nd. Civic Works EnergyReady, home performance social enterprise, allows Civic Works an

opportunity to step into the shoes of the employer. Civic Works is employing and invesng in the people whothey believe have taken the necessary steps toward personal transformaon and who are now ready to

contribute, parcipate, and succeed. The newest iniave, Retrot Balmore, is increasing the demand for

home performance services among homeowners who can aord to make this purchase. Civic Works is then

feeding that demand to partner contractors and leveraging that demand to create access to jobs for people

with a criminal record or other signicant barriers to employment. Through this integrated approach to work-

force and economic development Civic Works aims to make Balmore a city that is environmentally sustain-

able and socially just.


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Preparing for Your Site Visit:

Vising an established Transional Jobs program is a great way to collect informaon to improve your exisngprogram or to assist in the development of a program. Here is a list of suggested quesons to consider as you

are vising these programs.

Quesons about the program you are vising:

1. What target populaon(s) do you work with and why? How many people do you serve?

2. How do you fund your program?

3. How are parcipants referred to your program?

4. Do parcipants receive an assessment? An orientaon before being placed in their transional jobs?

If so, who conducts the assessment and/ or orientaon? What assessment tool do you use? What is cov-

ered in the orientaon?

5. How do you handle payroll and accounng?

6. How long is your transional jobs program?

7. Do you provide incenves to support program compleon or transion to employment? What are the

incenves?

8. What supporve services do you provide?

9. What retenon services do you provide? How long do you provide those services?

10. What classroom training do you provide? (ABE, occupaonal, other?)

11. Do you collaborate with other agencies to provide addional parcipants services? If so, what are they?

How have these collaborave partnerships been benecial to parcipants and to your program develop-

ment? What has made them successful?

12. What employers to you work with? How have you built relaonships with employers? Have you faced any

challenges in this process? If so, how have they been remedied?

13. How do you assist parcipants in securing permanent placements? What types of permanent jobs have

parcipants secured?

14. What were your biggest successes in 2011?

15. What are your challenges?


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Coming soon!


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2012 NTJN Conference Sponsors

The Naonal Transional Jobs Network greatly appreciates the contribuons by the following organizaons

toward the success of the 2012 Naonal Transional Jobs Network conference.

Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc. - Naonal Transional Jobs Network 2012 Planum

Conference Sponsor

Center for Law & Social Policy

Heartland Human Care Services, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights

Naonal League of Cies

RecycleForce

WorkForce Central

Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.

Employment opportunity is at the heart of Goodwills workforce

program and its mission to help individuals .build successful independent lives.

In 2011, 54 individuals beneted from paid work experiences through Goodwill Industry of the Chesapeakes

(GIC) transional jobs program. Another 13,761 received training and employment-related services, and over

2,300 went to work in compeve jobs at an average pay of $10.36.

GIC is one of 165 community-based Goodwills in the United States and Canada that help people with disabili-

es and social and economic barriers to employment build the skills necessary to get and keep jobs. With a 91

year history, GIC operates 14 career centers in Central Maryland and the Eastern Shore and oers a wide range

of career services that support youth and adults in their search for self-suciency. Through our centers, jobseekers receive individualized career assessments, job readiness training, case management, and access to hir-

ing employers. Our program graduates enjoy work in entry level and advanced clerical, administrave, health-

care, hospitality, construcon, retail, and warehouse/operaons posions.

In addion to private sector employers, GIC partners with a host of agencies including federal, state, and city

governments, non-prots, foundaons, and community colleges to help create a economically viable commu-

nity in which to live and work.

Supporng GICs workforce iniaves are 26 retail stores that employ over 600 individuals, more than 1.1 mil-

lion shoppers, and 624,000 people in the community contribung 25.3 million pounds of goods. All of these

eorts help Goodwill connue to develop creave ways to recycle, reuse, and generate nancial support forpersons in need of employment opportunies.

GICs most recent green iniaves are the e-books and computer recycling projects, the laer in collaboraon

with Dell. In 2011, 705,233 pounds of computers and electronics components were collected through the Dell

Computer Recycling Program. Aer the E-Books Program was launched in mid-2011, 15,119 books were sold

online.

For more informaon, visit Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc. at www.goodwillches.org

Like Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc. on Facebook.
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NTJN Execuve Commiee

Joe Antolin

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights

John Bouman

Sargent Shriver Naonal Center for Poverty Law

Richard Greenwald

Public Private Ventures

Cli Johnson


Gregg Keesling

RecycleForce

Julie Kerksick

Colorado Department of Human Services

Kelly Maer

CommonBond Communies

Marsha Murrington

Local Iniaves Support Corporaon

Linda Nguyen

Tacoma-Pierce County Workforce Development Council

Neil Ridley


Mindy Tarlow

Center for Employment Opportunies

Brad Turner Lile

Goodwill Industries Internaonal

Sam Tuelman

Alameda County Social Services Agency
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Ethan Brown, Policy Assistant

Nathan Dunlap, Workforce Research and Policy Fellow

Sheena McNeal, Research & Policy Assistant

Amy Rynell, Director

Chris Warland, Manager, Program Quality and Technical Assistance

Melissa Young, Associate Director
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The Naonal Transional Jobs Network (NTJN) is a coalion of city, state, and federal policy makers; commu-

nity workforce organizaons; an-poverty nonprot service providers and advocacy organizaons commied

to advancing and strengthening Transional Jobs programs around the country so that people with barriers toemployment can gain success in the workplace and improve their economic lives and the economic condions

of their communies. The NTJN supports a constuency of over 5,000 acve members and stakeholders across

the country. The Naonal Transional Jobs Network greatly appreciates the contribuons by the following

organizaons toward the success of the 2012 Naonal Transional Jobs Network conference.

Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc. - Naonal Transional Jobs Network 2012 Planum

Conference Sponsor


Heartland Human Care Services, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights


RecycleForce

WorkForce Central

The Naonal Transional Jobs Network is generously supported by the foundaon giving of

The Joyce Foundaon, The Annie E. Casey Foundaon, The Charles Stewart Mo Foundaon and members

of the Naonal Transional Jobs Network.
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