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Welcome Back: Ex-offenders Rejoin the Workforce
Hildie Kraus
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Snapshot of corrections 2011
• Roughly two million people in U.S. prisons
• 170,000 people in California prisons
• Recidivism:
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Here they are…
• Rehabilitation• Reentry• Reintegration
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Parole & Community Teamwork:Monthly PACT meetings
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Winfred, aka ‘French’
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Winging it
• Expectation: 22 people each class• Reality: 4 - 6 people each day.• Expectation: Two one-month sessions• Reality: Drop in, and keep coming.• Expectation: Linear curriculum • Reality: Start with structured lessons,
then teach what they need when they need it.
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Nora
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Dwayne
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Taylor
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This doesn’t look like fun, but….
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Outputs
• 48 hours of computer classes• 16 hours of job readiness workshops• 18 resumes completed• 22 flash drives distributed• More than 50 jobs applied for online, in class
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Outcomes
22 people completed pre-program surveys: 26% knew ‘a fair amount’ or ‘a lot’ about
computers 41% had resumes 59% had applied for jobs online 64% ‘moderately’ or ‘extremely confident’
about applying for work9 people completed post-program surveys: 100% for these categories
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Worth it?
Cost: 5000.00 LSTA grant5500.00 in-kind contribution from SDCL 633.00 matching funds from Friends of
the Library and SDCL11333.00