From the Battlefront to the Homefront: Welcoming Employees Back to Work

The government deploys thousands of valuable corrections employees to serve the country each year. Thus, it is in the best interest of correctional agencies to be proactive in establishing programs that ease the process of deployment and the employees’ return to work.

This 3-hour program, broadcast on May 13, 2009, addresses strategies to help manage the effect of these deployments on an organization by accessing existing programs and resources. Participants will be able to:

• 'raise awareness of how military service members’ deployment and subsequent return to work affect your agency;
• address operational issues unique to the correctional setting;
• recognize why retaining and recruiting military service members makes good business sense;
• identify successful strategies and promising practices;
• and increase awareness of existing resources and programs for your military service employees.