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A Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that 7 out of 10 prisoners released in 2005 were rearrested within three years of release. Ex-offenders face various employment and life challenges post-release, which may be exacerbated by limited...

Examines the state of current prisoner reentry programs and identifies the need for new strategies that promote lower recidivism and successful reentry.

Provides a collection of practices, tools, and real world examples to support the development and capacity of reentry programs.

Measures the impact of the Youth Opportunity (YO) Initiative in targeting distressed neighborhoods throughout the U.S., and highlights effective practices for serving youth.

Identifies the key challenges faced by Latino youth, describes the role of the Latino Coalition as an intermediary organization, documents the services offered by the program, and examines outcomes of the program participants.

Presents a case study of Maryland’s Skills2Compete Initiative, a campaign aimed at increasing post-secondary success to strengthen Maryland’s workforce.

Describes how Indiana has worked to reduce recidivism through criminal justice policy reform, with a focus on the state’s investments in education and training for inmates and programmatic alignment across education, justice, and workforce systems.

In this paper, the researchers examine the unique challenges of people who have been incarcerated and the pros and cons of the traditional workforce development model in light of those factors.

Reviews publicly available court records, employer-specific labor market datasets, and other qualitative research from Washington D.C. to assess the challenges faced by court-involved individuals seeking employment; estimates how many criminal...

Presents findings from a national, longitudinal study of employment histories of justice-involved individuals and presents recommendations to improve tax incentives designed to support them.