Applicant: goodwill industries of kentucky, INC project: aspire goodwill industries of kentucky, INC. (GWIK) is the applicant for funding in response to the funding opportunity announcement for…

Applicant: goodwill industries of kentucky, INC project: aspire goodwill industries of kentucky, INC. (GWIK) is the applicant for funding in response to the funding opportunity announcement for pathway home 4, FO-ETA-23-04. GWIK requests DOL funding of 3,995,264 to support our asipre program serving louisville, kentucky. GWIK intends to serve at least 400 participants through pathway home 4, and the cost per participants is 9,988.16.gwiks mandatory partner will be the kentucky department of corrections (KDOC), which will support the delivery of pathway home 4 services at seven state correctional facilities identified in the chart below.roederer correctional complex population: malejessie ferguson, WARDEN4000 morgan road – LA grange, KY 40031LUTHER luckett correctional complexpopulation: male AMY robey, warden 1612 dawkins road – LA grange, KY 40031KENTUCKY correctional institute for women population: femalevanessa kennedy, warden 3000 ASH avenue – pewee valley, KY 40031BLACKBURN correctional complex population: male abigail R. Caudill, warden 3111 spurr road – lexington, KY 40511EASTERN kentucky correctional complexpopulation: malejames david green, warden 200 road to justice – west liberty, KY 41472LITTLE sandy correctional complex population: male shawn mckenzie, warden 505 prison connector – sandy hook, KY 41171WESTERN kentucky correctional complex population: male and femalebobbi JO butts, warden 374 new bethel church RD – fredonia, KY 42411OTHER partners providing a letter of commitment to support the aspire programjefferson community technical collegekentucky workforce innovation boardmaryhurstkentuckianaworks (louisville WDB)legal aid societymission behind bars beyondkentucky association of manufacturersmartin muir counselingtransformative justice mental health CLINIC2THE program will serve 42-census tracts within louisville, kentucky of which 15 have been identified as opportunity zones which are identified on the following table.211110002012111100150021111002401211110028002111100350221111000202211110018002111100240221111003000211110037002111100060021111002300211110027002111100350121111007101GOODWILL industries of kentucky, INC. Will provide pathway home 4 services in alignment with the opportunity accelerator framework currently deployed by goodwill member organizations to serve returning citizens. The opportunity accelerator framework incorporates three phases of activities designed to amplify impact by helping people launch careers and helping employers get talent. The three phases include: 1. Assess plan 2. Equip connect and 3. Launch elevate. This framework will incorporate 6 months of pathway home 4 planning and start-up, 24 months of program services, and 12 months of follow-up. GWIK will track program performance according to the following objectives and outcomes throughout program operations.400 individuals residing in a state correctional facility enroll in the PROGRAM100 of enrolled participants develop an individual development plan outlining action steps for their personal, education and career GOALS100 of participants will receive pre- and post-release case management services provided by an aspire career coach facilitator and have a plan of action for their personal, education and career goals.credential attainment: 60 of participants enrolled in an education or training program will attain a recognized postsecondary credential during participation in the program or within one year after exitemployment rate second quarter after exit: 70 employment rate fourth quarter after exit: 65 median earnings: 33,280MEASURABLE skills gains: 60 recidivism rate lower than the baseline recidivism rate reported by kentucky dept of corrections