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Success with Hard-to-Serve Clients through Community PartnershipsAssisting Participants With Criminal Records, Assisting Participants With Criminal Records,

Transportation Issues, Health or Family ChallengesTransportation Issues, Health or Family Challenges

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ModeratorModerator

Ben SeigelBen SeigelDeputy DirectorDeputy Director

Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships

andJennifer Troke

Business Relations GroupU.S. Department of Labor

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Featured Speakers Featured Speakers

Presenters Saroya Friedman-Gonzalez

Vice President, Seedco, New York

Meredith HennessyVice President, Seedco, Memphis

Bill RogersEmployment Services Coordinator, Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Center, St. Charles, MO

John RioAssociate Director, Advocates for Human Potential

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Identify participant obstacles Share Best Practices Address Grant-Specific Issues Provide Tools, Resources

Agenda/ObjectivesAgenda/Objectives

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Key Participant IssuesKey Participant Issues

Grantee TA Requests around 4 key issues:

• History of criminal involvement

• Transportation challenges

• Health including SA

• Domestic (family) challenges

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ImpactImpact

Such participants are at high risk for: Not being enroll-able

Not completing training

Not attaining credentials

Not securing job placement

Not retaining employment

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Serving Ex-Offenders - PresenterServing Ex-Offenders - Presenter

Saroya Friedman-Gonzalez Seedco, NY

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Ex-Offender IssueEx-Offender Issue

Breaking it down 30% of service population has criminal

background; highest levels found among TANF and non-custodial parent populations.

Jobseekers with criminal backgrounds re-entering the community from prison face multiple barriers to rebuilding their lives; finding employment is just one

Other barriers include: employer discrimination, low education and outdated skill sets, limited and spotty work history, mental health and substance abuse issues

Ex-offenders who find and maintain employment are less likely to repeat offend

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Ex-Offender IssueEx-Offender Issue

Best Practices Employment-focused strategy with tailored

specialized services (including legal and mental health)

Sector-based business development strategy to connect ex-offenders to quality jobs in meaningful careers

Incorporate access to benefits to help stabilize and enhance income

Community-based partnerships with centralized management infrastructure

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Transportation Issues - PresenterTransportation Issues - Presenter

BILL ROGERSBILL ROGERSSts. Joachim & Ann Care Service

St. Charles, MO

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Transportation IssuesTransportation Issues

Breaking it down Personal transportation non-existing or unreliable Insufficient or non-existent public transportation Lack of driver’s license Insurance, registration problems Cost

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Transportation IssueTransportation Issue

Best Practices Partnerships with other non-profits and business

Auto repairs Bicycle ministry Help with fuel, insurance

Emergency transportation Volunteers Budget counseling and education

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Health Problems - PresenterHealth Problems - Presenter

JOHN RIOJOHN RIOAdvocates for Human PotentialAdvocates for Human Potential

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Health-related IssuesHealth-related Issues

Breaking it down Participants face complicated and unique

circumstances Job seeker behaviors misaligned with employment

responsibilities Job seekers must develop new skills to manage

psychological barriers Need for increased and improved support Employers must be partners in barrier

management

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Health-related IssuesHealth-related Issues

Best Practices Motivational Interviewing

Customize jobs through employer partnerships

Supported Employment

Client-centered linkages with community service providers

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Domestic Issues - PresentersDomestic Issues - Presenters

BILL ROGERSBILL ROGERSMEREDITH HENNESSYMEREDITH HENNESSY

BEN SEIGELBEN SEIGEL

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Domestic IssuesDomestic Issues

Breaking it down Best Practices

Child & elder care Partner with CBOs working in child care, eldercare, teens

Household financial management

Financial literacy, work supports, financial incentives

Intimate partner/ domestic violence

Emergency shelters, hotlines, prevention

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Topic Resources: Ex-OffendersTopic Resources: Ex-Offenders

Employing Ex-Offenders/Federal Bureau of Prisons - http://www.bop.gov/inmate_programs/itb_employing_ex_offenders.jsp

Best Practices Toolkit: Employing Ex-Offenders after Release from Prison/National Institute of Corrections - http://nicic.gov/Library/022769

Reintegration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) - http://www.doleta.gov/PRI/PDF/Prisoner_Reentry_Resources.pdf

Work Opportunity Tax Credit - http://www.doleta.gov/business/incentives/opptax/PDF/WOTC_Fact_Sheet.pdf

Federal Bonding Program- http://bonds4jobs.com/

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Topic Resources: TransportationTopic Resources: Transportation

Ways to Work - 38 offices nationwide offering low-cost car loans http://www.waystowork.org/

Working Cars for Working Families http://www.workingcarsforworkingfamilies.org/

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Topic Resources: HealthTopic Resources: Health

TIP 38: Integrating Substance Abuse Treatment and Vocational Services: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK14413/

Supported Employment Evidence-Based Practices KIT: http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA08-4365

Motivational Interviewing: http://www.motivationalinterview.net/

Medicaid buy-in http://drrk.bu.edu/research-syntheses/psychiatric-disabilities/medicaid

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Topic Resources: Domestic IssuesTopic Resources: Domestic Issues

Family violence: http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/intimatepartnerviolence/index.html

Center on Father, Families, and Public Policy: http://cffpp.org/publications/TA_Fthd_DomViol.pdf

Building Bridges Between the Healthy Marriage, Responsible Fatherhood, and Domestic Violence Movements: Preliminary Guide, CLASP: http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications_archive/files/0208.pdf

Cities for Financial Empowerment http://www.cfecoalition.org/

U.S. Government Financial Education Web Sitehttp://www.mymoney.gov/

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Presenter ResourcesPresenter Resources

DOL Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships (CFBNP)http://www.dol.gov/cfbnphttps://partnerships.workforce3one.org/

Seedco – http://www.seedco.org/

Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Center - www.jacares.org

Advocates for Human Potential- http://www.ahpnet.com/

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