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Creating a Workforce Development Culture to Reduce Reincarceration

Publication year: 2009 | Cataloged on: Sep. 25, 2009
Thumbnail preview ANNOTATION: Vermont’s Workforce Development Program is highlighted. Topics discussed include: creating a unique culture; the program’s core—a workforce development culture; Habits of Mind curriculum; workplace application; evidence of effectiveness; program replication; future of the program; and program costs. The reincarceration rate for male participants that successfully completed the program is 59%, at six months following release, compared to the control group’s rate of 74%; the rate for females is 38% versus 63% for the comparison group.
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