From Building Prisons to Building Bridges

1. From Building Prisons to Building Bridges

2. Team PATraining Plan Greg Gaertner, Penn State University Kristin Sayers, PA Department of Corrections Krista Griffith, PA Board of Probation & Parole Traci Jacobson, Bureau of Community Corrections Valarie Kusiak, PA DOC, SCI Mercer Jason Gines, Penn State University Vladimir Beaufils, Firm Foundation Randy Loss, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Lynn Zale, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

3. Current Priorities • Funding • Overcrowding/Bed Space • Recidivism • Collaborations • Public Safety

4. Current Situation • Administration and Level of Support Changes • Recent Change of Department Structures • Legislators/Pending Legislation • Prison Overcrowding

5. Our Over-Arching Goal To foster partnerships with agencies through centralized training that supports ex-offender employment and job retention within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

6. Objectives • Provide initial group instruction • Use curriculum developed by National Institute of Corrections and Department of Justice • Identify individuals from each training session that will extend training to additional partners

7. Target Training Population • Key Corrections Staff • Administration • Employment Vocational Coordinators • Educational • Community Corrections Counselors • Key Parole Agents • Assessment Sanctioning Community Resource Agents (ASCRA) • Institutional Parole • Department of Labor & Industry • Office of Vocational Rehabilitation • Workforce Investment Board

8. Program Delivery • Regional Training • Modified Offender Employment Specialist (OES) Training Modules

9. Impacts on Program Delivery • Staff morale • Timing • Logistics • Funding • Community Support

10. Positive Outcomes • Partnerships • Enhanced Communication • Shared Resources • Increased Staff Skill Sets • Increased Offender Employability Skill Sets