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Offender Workforce Development Resources - LEAP

  • Bridging Workforce Development and Corrections Cultures: Issue Brief—Early Lessons from LEAP (2016)

    Princeton, NJ, and Oakland, CA: Mathematica Policy Research and Social Policy Research Associates.

    This brief draws on data from visits to all 20 LEAP sites and focuses on the strategies the grantees used during the early planning and implementation period to build common ground between jail and workforce staff in promoting successful reentry for participants.

  • Internet Access for Pre-Release Job Search Training: Issue Brief—Early Lessons from LEAP (2016)

    Princeton, NJ, and Oakland, CA: Mathematica Policy Research and Social Policy Research Associates.

    "This brief uses data from site visits to 8 of the 20 Linking to Employment Activities Pre-release (LEAP) sites to explore the role of Internet access in pre-release employment services as well as the resources, staffing, and infrastructure needed to establish Internet access for a jail-based AJC [American Job Center]."

  • Structuring Employment-Based Services Within Jail Spaces and Schedules: Issue Brief—Early Lessons from LEAP (2016)

    Princeton, NJ, and Oakland, CA: Mathematica Policy Research and Social Policy Research Associates.

    This brief discusses how LEAP workforce development staff worked with jail administrators to gain access to jail space and their strategies for scheduling services inside the jail-based AJC[American Jail Center].

  • Expediting the Launch of Service Provision: Issue Brief—Early Lessons from LEAP (2016)

    Princeton, NJ, and Oakland, CA: Mathematica Policy Research and Social Policy Research Associates.

    "Linking to Employment Activities Pre-Release (LEAP) grantees were permitted to spend the first 9 months of the 24-month project period on planning and start-up activities before enrolling participants into their jail-based American Job Centers (AJCs). This brief uses data ... to explore the factors that enabled them to complete these activities more quickly than the time allotted."

  • Staffing Jail-Based American Job Centers: Issue Brief—Early Lessons from LEAP (2016)

    Princeton, NJ, and Oakland, CA: Mathematica Policy Research and Social Policy Research Associates.


    This brief "explores their approach to staffing jail-based AJCs, including the varying staffing configurations, key staff qualifications, hiring and onboarding processes, and strategies to expedite hiring based on lessons learned".

  • DOL Evaluation of the Linking to Employment Activities Pre-Release Program Issue Briefs (Set of 5)

    This series of issue briefs from the Evaluation of the Linking to Employment Prerelease (LEAP) grants explores key challenges in establishing American Job Centers [AJCs] in local jails.