23A75DJ000013

Lead agency organization location: Arizona

POC name: Michael Moss
POC phone: 480-662-8601
POC email: MICHAELMOSS@AZDES.GOV

Total funding request: $3,994,496
DOJ FSA funds (Stages 1 & 2): $1,170,341
DOL WIOA funds (Stage 3): $236,089

Target enrollment no. 200 a year, 800 for duration of grant

Service locations
Phase I - FCI Safford, USP Tucson Camp, FCI Phoenix Camp
Phase II - Working Alternatives (Flagstaff), Behavioral Systems Southwest (Florence and Phoenix), and Dismas Charities Inc (Tucson)
Phase III - Arizona

Proposed major activities
12-week curriculum at BOP facilities
8-week curriculum at RRC
Phase III - Initial 30, 60, 90 day follow up activities and continuous follow-ups based off participant needs

Expected outcomes
Strengthen employment skills (job readiness) of recipients.
Sustain employment for grant participants and reduce recidivism.
Enhance and establish new partnerships with community partners and employers.
Establish and sustain relationships with BOP and RRC facilities.

Proposed partners
BOP RRCs
Local workforce development areas (12)
Community based organizations such as:
Dress for Success
St. Joseph's the Worker
A New Leaf
Native Health
Rio Salado Community College
Arizona employers

Brief summary:
ADES plans to increase the presence of employment services with in-person and virtual services to the federally incarcerated reentry population.

ADES is requesting $3,994,496 to expand the PROWD II, to provide critical job readiness support and resources to soon-to-be released inmates from medium high security BOP approved residential facilities.

Through the activities funded under this project, ADES expects to leverage the successful models already in existence within Arizona to establish critical foundational processes and best practices to develop a sustainable model that will continue to support this population beyond the end of the grant.

ADES reentry program model reentry curriculum model can be modified to meet the unique needs and accessibility of each location.

The four ADES employment counselors will contribute 100 percent of their positions activities to the grant, while the supervisor will contribute 70 percent, the project manager will contribute 30 percent, the manager will contribute 20 percent, and the business service representative will contribute five percent of their activities to the grant.

This reentry team will provide services, supervision, reporting, and employer communication, and will participate in ongoing meetings with DOL.

ADES will explore subcontracting peer mentors to provide mentoring inside the prisons during Phase 1, and in the residential reentry centers (RRC) during Phase 2.

ADES plans to continue services after the grant and plans for BOP to remain a significant partner for ADES reentry program.

With approximately 148 medium high security releases from USP and FCI Tucson facilities per year, ADES plans on serving at least 100 a year from the Tucson facilities.

In Phoenix, FCI releases an average of 164 a year, and ADES plans on serving 100 from FCI Phoenix.

Serving a combined total of 200 participants per year, with 800 served participants over the four-year grant period.

Arizona Department Of Economic Security

17.270 - Reentry Employment Opportunities

Employment and Training Administration (ETA) [DOL]

Office of Workforce Investment [DOL - ETA]

Arizona United States

State-Wide

A-DJ-23-001