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Provides paid job training, paid transitional employment, and career development support for people who are often excluded from the workforce. The training and experience are in the environmental sector - planting trees, building trails, caring for green infrastructure, and other related projects.

Supports individuals, particularly women, as they transition back into the workforce following incarceration and/or recovery from substance use disorder. Specifically designed for these groups, the curriculum uses an evidence-based, trauma-informed approach that incorporates mindfulness and creative activities. Also includes one-on-one coaching and wraparound supports to help ensure successful re-entry.

Provides comprehensive jobseeker assistance, including job readiness training, resume development workshops, job finding assistance, and more. Also provides employment services to persons formerly incarcerated (reentering / returning citizens or ex-offenders).

Helps TANF recipients and ex-offenders find employment or advance in their current jobs. Offers work readiness, life skills training, literacy tutoring, community work experience, case management, counseling, and job placement.

Provides comprehensive jobseeker assistance, including job readiness training, resume development workshops, job finding assistance, and more. Also provides employment services to persons formerly incarcerated (reentering / returning citizens or ex-offenders).

Provides services that include: A) Job Readiness (resume writing, Interviewing skills, etc.) B) GED Prep and Testing C) Job Training in High Priority D) Occupations (EX: HVAC, Electrical, CNA, Plumbing, Machine Operator, etc.) E) Supportive Services such as: Books, tools, boots, and uniforms provided for work and school, ID/Licenses, etc.

Provides a range of employment and educational services. Offers training programs for certifications, support for dislocated workers, and job retraining assistance. Also assists with applying for benefits through the Department of Human Services, filing an initial Unemployment Claim, and Workers' Compensation Benefits.

Provides services and programming for individuals involved in the justice system and those with similar barriers to employment.

• Employment assistance includes employment preparedness, resume writing, financial literacy, education/skill assessments, computer lab access, and employment placement.
• Registered pre-apprenticeship program that provides career and technical education, hands-on learning, and an employment-focused curriculum with job readiness skills.
• Workforce development program for individuals with a criminal record and mental health diagnosis and currently receiving case management services at SAM, Inc.
• Workforce development program for individuals with a criminal record and an opioid use disorder and currently receiving case management services.
• Assistance with transportation and IDs.

Provides comprehensive jobseeker assistance, including job readiness training, resume development workshops, job finding assistance, and more. Also provides employment services to persons formerly incarcerated (reentering / returning citizens or ex-offenders).

Southwestern Pennsylvania Re-entry Coalition was created by Mon Valley Initiative to coordinate resources for individuals whose criminal record creates barriers to self-sufficiency, through collaboration among agencies in Southwestern Pennsylvania. SPARC brings representatives from these participating organizations together to find the best way to provide formerly incarcerated individuals with the services and resources they need to successfully re-enter society and the workforce. SPARC currently works to: A) Identify potential career paths for people re-entering the workforce (excluding those from which individuals with criminal backgrounds are banned by law) B) Increase the number of employers willing to hire formerly incarcerated individuals through education about incentive programs C) Address policy issues through information and advocacy

Promotes jobs, provides work experience, cleans and maintains parts of the city, provides opportunities to low income individuals, and provides business assistance.

Provides one on one peer mentoring, job placement, ID/licensure, and birth certificate.

Provides re-entry services. Assists with housing, mentoring, education, and employment.

Offers paid apprenticeships that gives justice-impacted young people the opportunity to develop marketable job skills and reconnect with their community through mural making, carpentry, and other creative projects. Curriculum includes job readiness and life skills training, professional development, and mentorship. Participants develop skills in professional communications, teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving, digital etiquette, résumé-building, and interview preparation.

Provides a reentry organization support and meetings to advocate and coordinate services for ex-offenders (barriers to employment for returning citizens, resume and job application assistance). Meetings are held at CareerLink (100 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17104).

Works to reduce the rate of recidivism among people returning home from prison by providing immediate paid employment, skills, training, and ongoing career support.

Provides career-connected education and paid work experiences. Engages disconnected young adults and returning citizens in advancing their lives through service.

Supports re-entering citizens upon release from Philadelphia Department of Prisons. Offers paid training in horticulture, landscape maintenance, greenhouse operations, carpentry, and masonry. Training includes job readiness, conflict resolution, health education, and occupational therapy. Also offers social support services. Program graduates receive continued case management support and job placement with partnering employers.

Works to reduce the rate of recidivism among people returning home from prison by providing immediate paid employment, skills, training, and ongoing career support.

Offers a 4-week program to fully reintegrate individuals with criminal records into the economic and social mainstream through job training and employment opportunities, intensive case management, and peer-to-peer supportive services. Provides social-emotional coaching; cognitive behavioral therapy; financial supports for critical job readiness assets like credentialing; work uniforms; or down payments for affordable apartments; and job opportunities with partner employers.

Provides direct assistance through classes and/or one-on-one. Assistance includes, but is not limited to: resume preparation, mock interviews, job search assistance, completion of on-line applications, job readiness techniques, one-on-one mentoring to assist clients in obtaining gainful employment. Focuses on providing guidance in the areas of vocational training, certification and/or license, in the field of Real Estate, Paralegal, Forklift, and OSHA Certifications to help enhance and build credentials for employment.

Assists people with a criminal background in starting their own business. Provides entrepreneurship education through in-person and online courses.

Provides one on one peer mentoring, job placement, ID/licensure, and birth certificate.

Offers services to young adults with criminal justice involvement who reside in designated high-poverty, high-crime communities in the Philadelphia area. Services include educational training (HiSET/GED); vocational training (manufacturing, construction, and hospitality); case management; financial incentives; referrals for mental health and other resources; transportation assistance; career readiness and life skills training; job finding help; and support for a year after program completion.

Providing career services, placement, and reentry services. After enrollment program details, including participant responsibilities, are reviewed as well as any barriers the participant has that need to be addressed such as securing identification (photo ID, driver's license, birth certificate, social security card., etc.). While the participant is still incarcerated (pre-release), job readiness services are provided along with career exploration and discussions of education and occupational skills training opportunities. Post-release we continue to coordinate education, training, and employment activities while also encouraging participants in their continuation with any, court ordered or voluntary, mental health services and/or drug and alcohol treatment. We also continue to provide supportive services such as bus passes, work clothing, etc. From the date of initial enrollment, we are in contact with participants for about two or more years.