Maiknue Vang Chris Rodriguez Jose Pantoja Deputy Director Correctional Lieutenant Deputy Chief Probation Officer ID: 778126
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Accelerating Reintegration and Improving Access for Ex-Offenders (ARIA)
Maiknue Vang Chris Rodriguez Jose Pantoja
Deputy Director Correctional Lieutenant Deputy Chief Probation Officer
Madera County WDB Madera Dept. of Corrections Madera Dept. of Probation
Slide2Early Partnerships
In 2011, California voters passed
Assembly Bill 109
known as "realignment.”This bill was to divert people convicted of certain classes of less serious felonies (non-serious, non-violent, and non-sex related) from the state prisons to local county jails.Madera Business and Career News:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e12-helping-the-reentry-population-find-meaningful-work/id1396071647?i=1000444458621
Slide3Key IssuesPY 2016-2017, only 19% of customers were
probation-referred
and less than 10% were in-custody participants.
Improve access for ex-offenders to AJCC system services using an accelerated approach to service delivery to increase participation in AJCC services both pre- and post-release.
Slide4Big IdeaEmbed an AJCC Career Specialist (CS) into the Department of Corrections (DOC) facility and the Madera County Probation Department to work with both pre-release and post-release ex-offenders.
CS housed at DOC Tuesday – Friday, 8-11am, to coordinate with staff on transition planning and connections to services post release.
CS housed at Probation on Monday, 8-11am, to strengthen connections to skill development, education, employment, and the broader menu of AJCC & community services.
Slide5Project Goals
Slide6Pre-Release Services4-week workshop for in-custody participants
120 days of release from DOC. May also include individuals that DOC staff deem appropriate.
2 hours per day, 10 hours each week, inside the correctional facility
Workshop conducted Monday through Friday Groups of no more than 15 individuals
Slide7Pre-Release CurriculumTopics include, but are not limited to:
A Second Chance, A Better Choice
Assessments
Job Search Planning & Resources
Career Research
Labor Market Information
Transition Planning
Building Networks
Financial Literacy
Essential
Workforce Skills
Self-esteem
and Confidence Building
Effective Interviewing
Employment Portfolios (application, cover letter, resume, references, etc.
Mock
Interviews
Slide8Pre-Release Mock InterviewsMock interviews allow participants to practice what they have been learning.
Interview panels comprised of Business Specialists, local employers, and WDB board members.
Panelists provide feedback to program participants regarding the critical skills employers look for when hiring new employees.
Participants are provided business attire for the interviews.
Slide9Post Release Workshops3 hour dedicated Orientation and
CalJOBs
system registration/job search workshop
Offered 4 times a month to individuals who are referred from ProbationHeld at the AJCC
Slide10Post Release Resource Fairs
Slide11OutcomesPre-ARIA (PY 2016/2017) Ex-offender referrals
Less than 10% from in-custody
19% from probation
69 enrolled in WIOA26 total training9 skills training credential 22 employed 43% recidivism rateARIA (2/2018-7/2019)429 ex-offender referrals59% from in-custody22% from probation
3% from Parole16% from MCWIC
91 enrolled in WIOA30% from in-custody
23% from probation
1% parole
46% from MCWIC
23 total training
7 skills training credential
26 employed
15% recidivism rate
Slide12Where are we now?
Challenges
I-9/Right to Work Docs
Internet/Computer
Digital literacy
Transportation
Personal assumptions
Transitional Housing
No interest in training
Solutions/Lessons
Booking report, DSS, CSS
WIOA paper application
Fresno State’s digital literacy class
MAX/Madera County Connection
Self-esteem & confidence building
Habitat for Humanity
OK if they just want a job
Slide13Q & AMaiknue Vangmvang@maderaworkforce.org559-662-4503Chris Rodriguez
clrodriguez@maderacounty.com
559-675-7951
Jose Pantojajpantoja@maderacounty.com559-675-6739