Monday, April 27, 2020
Webinar: Job Search 101
Webinar Subject: Job Search 101
Know Yourself...Know the Market...Make the Match
This webinar is for job developers, counselors and teachers who want to be better prepared to assist men & women seeking employment. Topics include Self-Assessment, Labor Market Data and Successful Job Search Strategies.
Register Here: https://www.eztalks.com/r/976533109
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Scott Albert Job Search Resources
http://www.amazon.com/author/scottalbert
Career Talk: Job Search Strategies
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A19PO9Q/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Career Talk: Networking 101
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00U4BDW82/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
National Hire Network
This came up a couple of times this week, and I believe I referred to it again. Individuals can locate their Criminal Record Info and Rap Sheets. Just go into the 'Individuals' section and click any state on the map. This will give info on where to find Rap Sheet info state-to-state.
https://hirenetwork.org/clearinghouse
Resources from Panel #1
US Probation & Pretrial Services Office of Western PA
pawp.uscourts.gov
US Probation's of Western PA's Workforce Section (including resource guide)
https://www.pawp.uscourts.gov/workforce-development
National Probation & Pretrial Services
https://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/probation-and-pretrial-services
Katrina has sent me a copy of the Legal Remedies and Limitations Guide from the Community Legal Services Group in Philadelphia. I will send that as a PDF with the rest of the packet at week's end. Here is the link to the CLSG's website.
https://clsphila.org/
Partner4Work
https://www.partner4work.org/
America's One Stop - Clock the Find Local Help Menu in order to access the Find America Job Centers link
https://www.careeronestop.org/
pawp.uscourts.gov
US Probation's of Western PA's Workforce Section (including resource guide)
https://www.pawp.uscourts.gov/workforce-development
National Probation & Pretrial Services
https://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/probation-and-pretrial-services
Katrina has sent me a copy of the Legal Remedies and Limitations Guide from the Community Legal Services Group in Philadelphia. I will send that as a PDF with the rest of the packet at week's end. Here is the link to the CLSG's website.
https://clsphila.org/
Partner4Work
https://www.partner4work.org/
America's One Stop - Clock the Find Local Help Menu in order to access the Find America Job Centers link
https://www.careeronestop.org/
Green Prisons Resources
Here are some of the links from yesterday's session with Paul Sheldon
Green Prisons Website
Greenprisons.org
NIJ's Greening Corrections Technology Guidebook
http://justnet.org
NIC's Greening of Corrections
http://nicic.gov/Library/024914
Doing Time in the Garden
https://www.amazon.com/Doing-Time-Garden-Lessons-Horticulture/dp/0976605422/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=doing+time+in+the+garden&qid=1587659093&sr=8-1
Roots of Success: Environmental Literacy Curriculum
www.rootsofsuccess.org
Planting Justice - Oakland, CA
www.plantingjustice.org
Greenprisons.org
NIJ's Greening Corrections Technology Guidebook
http://justnet.org
NIC's Greening of Corrections
http://nicic.gov/Library/024914
Doing Time in the Garden
https://www.amazon.com/Doing-Time-Garden-Lessons-Horticulture/dp/0976605422/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=doing+time+in+the+garden&qid=1587659093&sr=8-1
Roots of Success: Environmental Literacy Curriculum
www.rootsofsuccess.org
Planting Justice - Oakland, CA
www.plantingjustice.org
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Paul Sheldon - Green Prisons Bio
Paul Sheldon is a senior development consultant that has provided development assistance to numerous agencies, for-profit, non-profit, public benefit, social change, social justice, and community development organizations. He specializes in green re-entry planning; green jobs development; greening correctional institutions; organization development; neighborhood, organizational, regional, and national sustainability; sustainable agriculture; resource efficiency planning; implementing sustainability; fund raising; board development; and staff training. He consults widely for correctional institutions, businesses, governments, non-profit groups, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists.
Paul served as primary author for reports on Economic and Energy Alternatives to proposed coal mining on the Navajo Nation, solar potential on Black Mesa, the REEL in Alaska Roadmap to energy efficiency in the Railbelt Region around Anchorage, and the Fairbanks First Fuel Analysis, documenting opportunities for efficiency improvements in electricity use in Fairbanks, Alaska. He has also authored scholarly articles on the Helix of Sustainable Management and the Integrated Bottom Line. As part of his commitment to greening America’s prisons and jails, Paul served as primary author for the Greening Corrections Technology Guidebook published by the National Institute of Justice National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center of Excellence as well as the American Correctional Association’s Policy and Standard on Environmentally Responsible and Sustainability-Oriented Practices, and publishes a monthly article on greening corrections on the Green Prisons website and on www.CorrectionsOne.com.
View Mr. Sheldon's Green Prisons Blog.
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
VRC 2020 - Shared Resources
It has been a great kickoff to the Virtual Reentry Conference 2020!
Bonita Fahy
On Monday, we met Bonita Fahy of the Nevada School of Professional Studies and author of the book, "Guilty: The Inside Truth." Ms. Fahy shared her personal experience and talked about the successful resources which supported her reentry. Here is the link to her book on Amazon....
https://www.amazon.com/Guilty-Inside-Truth-Bonita-Fahy-ebook/dp/B00AKIEXLY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=guilty%3A+the+inside+truth&qid=1587495298&sr=8-1
Elsinore Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice
Tuesday morning, we met Dr. Norman Conti from Duquesne University. Dr. Conti discussed the Elsinore Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice and shared thoughts on coalition building, reentry, bridging the gap with law enforcement and much more. Here are the links to the book, "Life Sentences: Writings from Inside an American Prison," and the article about Police Training Inside-Out...
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Sentences-Writings-Inside-American-ebook/dp/B07VXX5DK8/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1E8RH6A81CXH5&dchild=1&keywords=life+sentences+book&qid=1587514595&sprefix=life+sentences%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-2
https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/officer-training-behind-prison-walls
A few other resources that were mentioned and previewed during this session included Reentry412 and Realistic Reentry. Here are the links to those websites...
https://reentry412.com/
https://www.realisticreentry.org/
The email address to contact the Think Tank for participation in their Zoom meetings and/or additional information is .
Returning Citizens Magazine
Tuesday afternoon, we met Todd Dubose, CEO of Returning Citizens Magazine. Mr. Dubose showed us in detail the contents of the magazine which is distributed to inmate tablets at 150 facilities around the country. There are are also Employer and Jobs links on the website. Here is the link to the magazine...
https://returningcitizensmag.com/
Let me know what you think so far. I hope everyone is learning as much as I am!
Scott
Bonita Fahy
On Monday, we met Bonita Fahy of the Nevada School of Professional Studies and author of the book, "Guilty: The Inside Truth." Ms. Fahy shared her personal experience and talked about the successful resources which supported her reentry. Here is the link to her book on Amazon....
https://www.amazon.com/Guilty-Inside-Truth-Bonita-Fahy-ebook/dp/B00AKIEXLY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=guilty%3A+the+inside+truth&qid=1587495298&sr=8-1
Elsinore Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice
Tuesday morning, we met Dr. Norman Conti from Duquesne University. Dr. Conti discussed the Elsinore Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice and shared thoughts on coalition building, reentry, bridging the gap with law enforcement and much more. Here are the links to the book, "Life Sentences: Writings from Inside an American Prison," and the article about Police Training Inside-Out...
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Sentences-Writings-Inside-American-ebook/dp/B07VXX5DK8/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1E8RH6A81CXH5&dchild=1&keywords=life+sentences+book&qid=1587514595&sprefix=life+sentences%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-2
https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/officer-training-behind-prison-walls
A few other resources that were mentioned and previewed during this session included Reentry412 and Realistic Reentry. Here are the links to those websites...
https://reentry412.com/
https://www.realisticreentry.org/
The email address to contact the Think Tank for participation in their Zoom meetings and/or additional information is .
Returning Citizens Magazine
Tuesday afternoon, we met Todd Dubose, CEO of Returning Citizens Magazine. Mr. Dubose showed us in detail the contents of the magazine which is distributed to inmate tablets at 150 facilities around the country. There are are also Employer and Jobs links on the website. Here is the link to the magazine...
https://returningcitizensmag.com/
Let me know what you think so far. I hope everyone is learning as much as I am!
Scott
Bonita Fahy Bio
Bonita Fahy is currently the School Director at Nevada School of Professional Studies (NSPS). Bonita has an extensive Workforce Development background. She holds a Master's Degree in Organizational Management and Leadership from Springfield College. Additionally, she is the author of Guilty: The Inside Truth; a national speaker on re-entry and family-reunification issues; a mentor; and a dedicated community-change agent.
Mrs. Fahy is very committed and driven to improving Workforce Develop and its delivery of service in Southern Nevada. Through Mrs. Fahy's strength-based management approach, the programs she has led has received a combined total of fifteen (15) Promising Practices, which is the equivalent of setting innovative industry standards worthy of recognition. Through her advanced degree and formal training with her former employer, KRA Corp., Mrs. Fahy is strongly rooted in the Malcom Baldrige system for "Continuous Quality Improvement "to strategize, develop, and implement system changes to improve service delivery and programmatic designs. Bonita stated, "Plan to succeed. Success is not only a choice; it is a process that takes planning and hard work. We have to be committed to going that extra mile not only for ourselves, but for the communities we live in and serve.“
Bonita Fahy is known in the Workforce Development community for her leadership, partnerships, creativity, compassion, community knowledge, and dedication to jobseekers and employers in the Las Vegas Valley. She joined the NSPS team from KRA Corp. as the Director of One-Stop Operations for Southern Nevada. As the Director of One-Stop Operations her role was to advocate for and create change in the One-Stop Delivery System (OSDS) under WIOA and in partnership with the seventeen (17) mandated partners as it relates to system integration in Southern Nevada. In addition, she developed innovative communication, policies, and procedures on system processes and operations.
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