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How To Get Some To Releasing Felons Across The United StatesDOWD Conference

San FranciscoApril 20, 1:30 - 3:00

DOWD Conference San Francisco, CA 20-21 April 2011

Our Agenda

1. What is ?

2. How Does It Work?

3. What Does It Cost? (Hint… It’s Free!)

4. How Does Using It Benefit Our Organization?


What is ?

While interview preparation is a common pre-release offering, CoFFE actually provides job leads to reentry professionals to dispense to

releasing candidates

The only nationwide database of Felon Friendly Employers available to releasing felons and

Corrections Agencies across the United States


Sources of

1. Employers who have signed up 2. Employers who hire TNS-enrolled

felons 3. Employers who hire foreign workers

(H2B – non agricultural) 4. Employers of offenders from 1300+

re-entry facilities contained in The Next Step database

5. Trade associations and select employer groups

6. Employer leads from other agencies/entities, federal and state, government and private

Over 4,500 Employers

seeking over 110,000 Workers


Our Agenda

1. What is ?





How Does Work?

Releasing felons sign up in pre-release classes or at a post-release facility

Post-release facilities who participate in the CoFFE! program receive location-specific leads for Releasees

Employer information is provided to the CoFFE! by the post-release facility, growing the CoFFE! database


The Process

Step 1: Releasing Felon Enrolls

http://www.thenextstep99.com Click on Enroll Fill out all fields and Submit

Must have Facility Code to enroll Information is collected,

transmitted and stored securely (SSL encryption)

Information goes to a CoFFE! Matcher


The Process

Step 1: Releasing Felon Enrolls

Enrollee gives consent for information to be used.


The Process

Step 2: Matching Employers

Matcher creates employer leads based on location and job skills

Leads are emailed to Case Manager


The Process

Step 3: Facility Reports Hires

Case Manager provides “Job Reports” to TNS

database is updated with employer information


The Process

Step 4: Employers Get WOTC

WOTC Solutions gathers and submits the employer Power of Attorney, the Employee 8850 and monitors the employee pay history.


Live Demonstration

Looking for: “Felon-Friendly” Landscapers in/near zip code 80221


Case Study: How Colorado Dreamscape Pays $6.00/hr for a $10/hr employee

Hours Rate WOTC“True” Cost

160 (~1 mo)

$10.00/hr

$ 400$ 7.50/hr

400 (~2.5mo)

$10.00/hr

$ 1,600$ 6.00/hr

600 (3.75 mos) max credit hrs

$10.00/hr

$ 2,400 max credit

$ 6.00/hr

1,920 (1 yr)*

$10.00/hr

$ 2,400$ <$10/hr


Our Agenda

1. What is ?





What Does Cost?

It’s FREE!!!


What Does Cost?

Free to Enrolled ReleaseesFree to Participating Corrections

Agencies Puts money in the pockets of

employers

…… FREE!!!


Our Agenda

1. What is ?





How Do We Use To Benefit Our Organization?

What You Need To Do --

1. Sign up your facility to receive full access to the nationwide database

2. Allow and encourage your residents to enroll online at www.thenextstep99.com

3. Provide any current employer data, as available 4. Provide timely employment information for

enrollees, growing the database

… that’s it!


The Benefits of Using

Benefits to your Agency or Facility --

1. Enhanced opportunity for residents/clients to find

jobs

2. Employed releasees are better behaved, recidivate

less

3. A portion of their income is paid to releasing facility

4. Your success rate of placing felons in jobs goes up,

adding prestige and recognition to your facility



Benefits to the Releasee -- 1. Enhanced opportunity to earn a job in today’s

tough economy 2. Those with jobs have less idle time, less

temptation to engage in non-productive activities

3. Job-holders have money for themselves and their families, increasing self-worth

4. The data is clear: Employed felons have a dramatically lower rate of recidivism



Benefits to our communities and our country -- 1. Employed releasees stay out of mischief, making

our communities safer 2. Employed releasees provide for their families

better, reducing domestic issues and welfare issues

3. Employed releasees enable employers to find less expensive labor, keeping costs down

4. Employed individuals buy products and pay taxes, adding money to the national, state and local tax bases and economies



The Next Step and the are about:

Saving taxpayer dollars

Making communities safer

Adding to the economy and tax base

Improving lives and families


Questions

[email protected] x707

how to get some to releasing felons across the united states dowd conference san francisco april 20,...

Documents

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employer information

matcher slide

case manager slide

employer leads

process step

step database

releasing felons