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Over the last two decades, sectoral employment has emerged as a proven approach to workforce development that results in unemployed and underskilled workers earning significantly more, increasing their likelihood of consistent work, and working in jobs with higher wages and benefits. Sector initiatives have been shown to be effective with a wide range of job-seekers and workers, including people with criminal records. An impact study of sector initiatives performed by Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) showed that people with criminal records who participated in mature, well-implemented sector initiatives earned on average $5,947 more (and, in one initiative, as much as $11,522 more) than a randomly-selected control group with similar characteristics over a twenty-four month period. In this webinar, you will hear from one of the sector initiatives studied (Per Scholas) about how they achieved these results for participants with a significant barrier to employment – their criminal record. You will also hear about a model partnership between a manufacturing sector initiative and a jails collaborative to provide formerly incarcerated people the training and supports they need to get good jobs – and to work with employers to hire them.

Panelists:

• Plinio Ayala, President & CEO, Per Scholas
• Kelly Richardson, Vice President of Operations, Per Scholas
• Paul Anselmo, President, New Century Careers
• Amy Kent, Training Team Member, New Century Careers
• Kathy McCauley, Principal, McCauley Consulting
• Amy Kroll, Administrator of Re-entry Services, Allegheny County Jail

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