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Getting It Right Program Evaluation
Jefferson County, Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Justice Services was awarded funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, through the Second Chance Act to develop and test a comprehensive new approach to providing re‐entry services to offenders released to Jefferson County, Colorado. The project, named Getting It Right was a strategic planning effort to develop, implement and evaluate a Read More
Issue(s): Economic Security & Healthcare
Focus Area(s): Prisoner Re-Entry Programs, Workforce Innovations & Asset Building
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Lauren Alessi, Nancy Thoennes
Keyword(s): prison re-entry programs, workforce programs
Project Return Family Ties Evaluation
The Tennessee Department of Human Services, Child Support Division (CSD) was one of seven states to receive a grant from the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) in 2009 to conduct a project in support of the Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI), a collaborative effort by federal agencies to reduce recidivism by helping returning offenders find work and access other critical Read More
Issue(s): Child Support, Economic Security & Healthcare
Focus Area(s): Prisoner Re-Entry Programs, Program Innovations
Author(s): Jessica Pearson, Lanae Davis, Nancy Thoennes