Providing Employment and Training Opportunities to Formerly Incarcerated Individuals in Recovery

Ashley N. Moore, Workforce Analyst, Innovation and Partnership Unit, Office of Workforce Investment
Amy Ambrose, Workforce Analyst, Innovation and Partnership Unit, Office of Workforce Investment

Amir Zandi-Karimi, Workforce Analyst, Reentry Employment Opportunities, US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration
Casey Tiefenwerth, MSW, Special Grants Program Manager, Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning, Maryland Department of Labor
Jessica Cardott, Project Lead, Support to Communities Program, Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Employment Development (MOED)
Veronica Jackson, Executive Director, PIVOT Baltimore

Through various funding opportunities, including the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act) grant, the Maryland DOL and its sub-grantees are serving the re-entry population in various capacities. More specifically, Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County see a high prevalence of individuals who were formerly incarcerated utilizing the SUPPORT Act and S2C, Supporting to Communities: Fostering Opioid Recovery Through Workforce Development grant. The state has re-entry navigators for those areas who are very active in connecting returning individuals to employment and training.

OWI’s Reentry Employment Opportunities Unit will provide an overview of the reentry program while the Maryland DOL and its partners, Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Employment Development (MOED) and PIVOT Baltimore will provide best practices in serving formerly incarcerated individuals in recovery on the local level.

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