[Register for Webinar] On Track: How Well Are States Preparing Youth in the Juvenile Justice System for Employment?

Date: Wednesday, Sept. 25
Time: 1–2 p.m. ET

[Register for Webinar] The Essential Role of Juvenile Diversion

Date: Monday, Sept. 23
Time: 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET

Smart on Crime Innovations Conference

This two-day conference will serve as a public statement conveying that people from across the ideological spectrum are committed to pursuing smart, fair, and effective criminal justice and public safety policies.

[Apply Now] Housing and Health Action Learning Cohort

Applications are due by September 20.

Reimagining Employer Engagement: A Toolkit for Providers

The toolkit provides workforce professionals with information and tools to expand their work and demonstrate the value their services bring to employers.

Higher Education Programs in Prison: What We Know Now and What We Should Focus On Going Forward

This publication summarizes research on the effectiveness of educational programs in helping to reduce recidivism, key lessons learned in providing college programs to incarcerated adults, and remaining issues that need to be addressed, including how to ensure long-term funding of in-prison college programs and the need for an outcomes evaluation to learn from the Experimental Initiative.

Arrest, Release, Repeat: How Police and Jails Are Misused to Respond to Social Problems

This report illustrates the use and misuse of local jails and covers how many people go to jail each year, how many return, and the underlying social issues that fuel this cycle.

Homeward Bound: The Road to Affordable Housing

The Behavioral Health Needs Framework and Collaborative Comprehensive Case Plans

This webinar highlights two jurisdictions—the State of Oklahoma and Douglas County, Nebraska—and explains how they used Collaborative Comprehensive Case Plans to enhance their case planning processes and promote recovery, successful diversion from the criminal justice system to treatment, or reentry to the community among their participants.

Improving Job Readiness and Retention for Higher Risk Populations

During this webinar, participants learn about the integration of social learning and/or cognitive behavioral approaches, as well as other-risk reduction strategies, in employment program models.

Facts and Myths: Health Care Employment Opportunities for People with Criminal Records

Health care is one of the fastest-growing employment sectors in the country, with the demand for qualified workers greatly exceeding supply in many areas. But people who have criminal records are often unable to enter or advance within this relatively high-paying sector due to a complex web of legal barriers that make jobs and licenses difficult or impossible to obtain. This webinar separates the myths from the facts about these barriers in order to develop a better understanding of the true scope and impact of employment-related collateral consequences in the health care sector.

Connecting the Dots: Lessons Learned from a Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Systems Improvement Initiative

This webinar explains the research and track record of reform efforts underpinning the IOYouth approach as well as discusses why conducting a comprehensive review of system-wide policies and expenditures is critical to protecting public safety and efficient resource allocation.