2025 ACA Winter Conference Orlando_Program Book

MONDAY, JAN. 13

9–10:30 A.M.

Presenter 2: Robert Vehock , Program Manager, Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Presenter 3: Hailea Molina , Graduate Research Assistant, Mississippi State University NSPARC, Starkville, Mississippi Reentry Workforce Innovations: Opening Doors to Careers and Long-Term Stability Room W230 D Overview: Securing stable employment is a key goal for many individuals exiting incarceration, yet it is often challenging to achieve due to collateral consequences and stigma. Additionally, unemployment has been shown to be a risk factor for crime and recidivism. Given their commitment to public safety, correctional agencies are valuable partners in preparing justice-involved people for employment through job training, educational opportunities and work release centers. This session will examine innovative work training programs and explore successful partnerships between correctional and community-based reentry agencies. It also aims to improve participants’ understanding of the reentry process and advance awareness of workforce partnerships.

Data-Driven Strategies for Post-Release Employment Success: Leveraging Labor Market Information for Reentry Planning Room W232 B/C Overview: Through the BJA 2018 Second Chance Act Adult Reentry & Employment Strategic (ARES) Planning Program, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections (LA DPS&C) has developed several strategic data-driven public safety initiatives to reduce recidivism by enhancing post-release employment success. As part of these initiatives, the LA DPS&C partnered with Mississippi State University NSPARC to leverage projected labor market information to enhance community reentry planning, assess the historic alignment of LA DPS&C Career Technical Education (CTE) programming with historic labor markets and individual occupational outcomes and examine the influence such programs had on post-release behavioral outcomes. Primary Presenter: Timothy T. Reling , Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Mississippi State University NSPARC, Starkville, Mississippi

WORKSHOPS Monday, Jan. 13 ▼ 9–10:30 a.m.

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