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Alameda County Reentry Network Priorities

Alameda County Reentry Network Priorities. ANNUAL PLAN SECTION - II. Overview of process Income Support Workforce Training and Employment Placement Engagement of Private Sector and Organized Labor Removing Barriers by Using Existing Laws Policy Resource Development Implementation

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Alameda County Reentry Network Priorities

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  1. Alameda County Reentry Network Priorities www.acreentry.org

  2. ANNUAL PLAN SECTION - II • Overview of process • Income Support • Workforce Training and Employment Placement • Engagement of Private Sector and Organized Labor • Removing Barriers by Using Existing Laws • Policy • Resource Development • Implementation • Endorsement www.acreentry.org

  3. INCOME SUPPORT The Network should increase the number of persons released from incarceration who are provided with income support through: • Public benefits enrollment • Bridge loans and grants, • Other forms of financial assistance • Creative methods of support (e.g. transportation vouchers) www.acreentry.org

  4. Workforce Training and Employment Placement • Employment Placement • Increase resources • Transitional employment services • Outreach to Chambers of Commerce • Workforce Training • Increase resources for programs offering intensive education and workforce training • Devote training funds to green building and other new areas of employment www.acreentry.org

  5. Private Sector Employers and Organized Labor • Private Sector Employers • Establish regular system of communication • Work with business sector to create Employment toolkit to answer common employer questions • Organized Labor • Establish relationships with organized labor • Identify sectors with a minimum amout of barriers www.acreentry.org

  6. Using Existing Laws • Expand Clean Slate practice • Make RAP sheet available to the formerly incarcerated and convicted • Enforce state and federal legislation relating to the responsibilities of criminal background check companies (e.g. fair credit reporting act) www.acreentry.org

  7. Policy • Pre-Release Identification • Ban the Box • Leverage relationships with public contractors and vendors • Employer incentives • Employee bonding www.acreentry.org

  8. Resource Development • Resource Development Committee • Coordinated Joint Funding Application • Corporate and Philanthropic fund raising www.acreentry.org

  9. Income and Employment Task Force • Convene Income, Training and Employment Task Force • Build Network Capacity for Income, Training and Employment work www.acreentry.org

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