Second Chance Month Webinar – Preparing Justice-Impacted People for Jobs

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 2:00 pm

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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR

This webinar, hosted by the Vera Institute of Justice, will showcase three 2021 Second Chance Act grantees and their connections to up-to-date infrastructure-oriented career and technical education and career pathways. The three grantees highlighted include: Building Futures in Rhode Island and its building trades pre-apprenticeship, Oregon Department of Corrections and its big machines mobile training lab, and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technical Education and their job training centers and credential pathways in Certified Production Technician, Welding, and Commercial Driver’s License.

Presenters:

Joshua Steele, Regional Director
Skills Centers, Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education

Tracie Hightower, Education Administrator
Oregon Department of Corrections

Andrew Cortes, Founder and Executive Director
Building Futures

Moderators:

Kayla James, Senior Program Associate
Vera Institute of Justice

Jessica Wilcox
Bureau of Justice Assistance

ABOUT THE NATIONAL REENTRY RESOURCE CENTER

The NRRC was established by the Second Chance Act (Public Law 110-199). Signed into law in 2008 and reauthorized in 2018, the Second Chance Act authorizes federal grants to government agencies and nonprofit organizations to provide reentry services—including employment assistance, substance use treatment, housing, family programming, mentoring, victims support, and other services—and to support corrections and supervision practices that aim to reduce recidivism.

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