Lead agencyorganization locationpoc namepoc phonepoc emailcalifornia workforce development BOARD800 capitol mall, suite 1022 sacramento, CA 95814JOE flores travis BAKER951-522-7638JOE.flores…

The California Workforce Development Board received a $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration under the Reentry Employment Opportunities (CFDA 17.270) program. The project aims to integrate the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3) pre-apprenticeship training into federal correctional facilities' career and technical education offerings, and provide warm handoff wraparound services to assist individuals transitioning from federal prison into employment. Key activities include partnering with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the California State Building Trades Council, North America's Building Trades Unions, and community-based organizations to deliver these services at up to 25 locations across California over the 4-year grant period from September 2023 to September 2027. The expected outcomes include incarcerated individuals receiving MC3 certifications and soft skills training, as well as formerly incarcerated individuals receiving comprehensive reentry support to aid their transition to employment.

Lead agencyorganization locationpoc namepoc phonepoc emailcalifornia workforce development BOARD800 capitol mall, suite 1022 sacramento, CA 95814JOE flores travis BAKER951-522-7638JOE.flores cwdb.CA.GOV travis.baker cwdb.CA.govtotal funding request 4,000,000TARGET enrollment no.service locations: 20 to 25 participants per year at 2 sites to serve 150 -300 individuals. Greater LOS angeles, inland empire, greater SAN diego, SAN joaquin valley, BAY areaproposed major activitiespartnering with the california department of corrections and rehabilitation (cdcr), california state building trades council, and north americas building trades unions (nabtu), integrate multi-craft core curriculum (MC3) into BOP CTE offeringspartnering with anti-recidivism coalition and other cbos, provide competitive warm handoff grants to assist individuals transitioning out of BOP supervision and into employmentpartnering with cdcr, create and add ajcc referral system into existing digital infrastructures at BOP and U.S. Probation officepartnering with anti-recidivism coalition, recruit, assess, and train federally incarcerated individuals for MC3 certificationexpected outcomes:BOP integrates MC3 curriculum into select facilities CTE OFFERINGSMC3 hosts a professional skills (i.e. soft skills) curriculum modules that are not included in nccer nor count toward the nccer curriculum a number of formerly incarcerated individuals receive warm handoff wraparound services to assist their transition from prison to employmentbop and U.S. Probation add an ajcc referral system into their existing digital infrastructure and begin referring federally supervised individuals to dedicated reentry services at their nearest ajccproposed partnersdol, BOP organizations and staffu.s. Probation officeanti-recidivism coalition (nonprofit) and other identified nonprofit MC3 training partnerscalifornia department of corrections and rehabilitationnorth americas building trades unionscalifornia state building trades councilcalifornia workforce development boardsbrief summary:IT is californias intention to implement best practices learned with our prison to employment (P2E) program and use the prowd grant to directly assist our federally incarcerated individuals who are currently in a minimum- or low-security federal prison facilities and individuals who are currently located at a californian residential reentry center (RRC). Specifically, cwdb intends to leverage the statewide infrastructure developed through P2E to meet the main goals of prowd. Our plan is:stage 1: during incarceration in a minimum- or low-security federal prison- partner with cdcr, nabtu, and california state building trades council to integrate MC3 pre-apprenticeship training into federal facilities CTE offeringsstage 2: during time spent in a residential reentry center (RRC), commonly known as halfway houses, or on home confinement-partner with the federal bureau of prisons existing digital infrastructure to add a P2E referral system for individuals under federal supervisionstage 3: after release from RRC into the community-partner with the U.S. Probation office existing digital infrastructure to add a P2E referral system for individuals under federal supervision-partner with anti-recidivism coalition and other cbos to provide warm handoff wraparound services to individuals transitioning from prison to employment