32 - Preparing Workforce Ecosystems for Returning Citizen Success Ready for Work

Unprecedented skill shortages in labor markets across the U.S. often intersect with a desire for Justice System reform that provides pathways for Returning Citizens to thrive. When optimized in a regional workforce ecosystem, Returning Citizens are a high-performing group of working learners to boost a regional talent pipeline. Episode 32 is the second in our two part series on Preparing Workforce Ecosystems for Returning Citizen Success. We’ll look at a five P’s framework of partnerships, planning, preparation, pathways, and performance with tips to launch or optimize regional re-entry initiatives.



Guest Contributors




Dr. Roderick Nunn, Executive Vice President of Concordance Academy in St. Louis
Neil Volz, Deputy Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
Curtis Campogni, Founder of Speak4MC
Michael Williams, Education Consultant, North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice
Will Coppage, Executive Director of the Washington County, Mississippi, Economic Alliance
Presiding Judge Charles Elliot, Morgan County, Alabama



Resources




Sign up for the ACT Workforce Toolkit on Preparing Workforce Ecosystems for Returning Citizen Success
Episode 31 on Life Changing Asset and Skills-Based Solutions in Alternative Sentencing
Episode 19 on Missouri Making the Most of Second Chances
Episode 7 on Empowered Re-Entry
ACT Workforce Solutions
ACT Work Ready Communities
ACT's Monthly Workforce Newsletter