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Second Chance Training Program: Bridging Ex-Convicts to Employment Opportunities

This program aims to reduce unemployment rates for ex-convicts by providing vocational training within prisons. Despite decreasing national unemployment rates, ex-offenders struggle to find work due to their criminal record. By targeting areas with high prison populations like Texas and New York, this initiative seeks to break the cycle of recidivism by offering job skills development. Utilizing data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the program addresses the challenges faced by ex-prisoners transitioning back into society. Evaluation techniques involve a binary variable approach to gauge program success. While the data may not show statistical significance at the .05 level, the program's impact can be seen in the lowered unemployment rates among participants.

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Second Chance Training Program: Bridging Ex-Convicts to Employment Opportunities

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  1. The Pros’ of Employing Cons’ The goal of this program is to reduce unemployment rates for ex-convicts by providing vocational training within prisons

  2. Community Need Chart: National Unemployment Even though the unemployment rate is declining, it is still higher than before the recession.

  3. Community Need Data http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000

  4. Community Need Chart: Local Unemployment Syracuse has the greatest community need.

  5. Community Need Data

  6. Community Need Chart: Prison Populations Texas has the most prisoners. New York has the 5th highest amount of prisoners, so it is a good candidate for this program

  7. Community Need Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics Program http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323893504578559390035171844

  8. Logical Approach Worksheet

  9. Logical Approach Lit Review The Department of Labor stated: • The unemployment rate among ex-offenders is between 25 and 40%. • Without assistance in transitioning back into the community, the majority of offenders return to criminal activity. • Joblessness among ex-prisoners has been broadly linked to recidivism rates. In “Ex-offenders and the Labor Market”, the author states • A prison record greatly lowers ex-offenders prospects in the labor market. In “ The High Budgetary Cost of Incarceration”, the author states • The U.S incarceration rate – 753 per 100,000 – is higher than any other country, and hurts the U.S econmically.

  10. Logical work cited -Department of Labor: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 17.270 http://www.doleta.gov/grants/pdf/sga-dfa-py-10-10-2011.pdf -The High Budgetary Cost of Incarceration John Schmitt, Kris Warner, and Sarika Gupta, Center for Economic and Policy Research June 2010 - Ex-offenders and the labor Market John Schmitt and Kris Warner November 2010 Center for Economic and Policy Research November 2010

  11. Evaluation Technique • Evaluation Plan X 0 0 • Binary Variable- Yes or No Introduce program and then compare people in program with people not in program.

  12. Data Analysis • My program was successful, because participants in the program had a lower rate of unemployment compared to those who were not in the program. • My data was not statistically significant at the .05 level.

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