NJ Dept' of Labor

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NJ Dept. of Labor Workforce Development (DOLWD)
Reentry Services

• One-Stop Career Centers provide a variety of
  services, including job search training,
  counseling, career exploration, OJT, job referral
  and placement, etc. Some of these services may
  begin prior to release from custody, as part of
  the Transitional process.
• LWD has contracted to provide Literacy training
  through correctional facilities and half-way
  houses, in preparation for the transition back to
  communities.
• Training educational services offered by local
  Workforce Investment Act (WIA) agencies,
  literacy programs and vocational training
  opportunities through the local higher education
  system are available.
• At Pre-Release, LWD will participate with Dept.
  of Corrections in case conferencing, to develop a
  long-term employability plan designed to achieve
  step by step successes leading to
  self-sufficiency.
• The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
  Services (DVRS) has partnered to serve those
  offenders who may have established disabilities.

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DOLWD Reentry Services

• Existing resources will be utilized, i.e., the
  Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) program
  offering financial incentives to employers who
  hire ex-offenders on-the-job training (OJT) to
  create employment opportunity and apprenticeship
  programs to develop work skills.
• Federal bonding program enables ex-offenders to
  be bonded at no cost to their employer.
• Those parents of children who are eligible for or
  receiving public assistance may also be eligible
  for employment and training services funded
  through the Benchcard Work Requirements
  initiative for non-custodial parents (NCP).
• The Responsible Parenting Program (RPP), a pilot
  initiative with Parents Anonymous, offers LWD
  One-Stop services to those in half-way houses.

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DOLWD Reentry Services

• Through MOU partnership with the NJ State Parole
  Board (SPB), parolees can be referred and tracked
  in Americas One-Stop Operating System (AOSOS)
  for participation in employment and training
  related activities.
• Through LWD Division of Business Services staff,
  a more focused effort is being made to reach out
  to employers
• and to encourage more and better job
  opportunities for ex-offenders.