Ready for Work

32 - Preparing Workforce Ecosystems for Returning Citizen Success


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Unprecedented skill shortages in labor markets across the U.S. often intersect with a desire for Justice System reform that provides pathways for Returning Citizens to thrive. When optimized in a regional workforce ecosystem, Returning Citizens are a high-performing group of working learners to boost a regional talent pipeline. Episode 32 is the second in our two part series on Preparing Workforce Ecosystems for Returning Citizen Success. We’ll look at a five P’s framework of partnerships, planning, preparation, pathways, and performance with tips to launch or optimize regional re-entry initiatives.


Guest Contributors


  • Dr. Roderick Nunn, Executive Vice President of Concordance Academy in St. Louis
  • Neil Volz, Deputy Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
  • Curtis Campogni, Founder of Speak4MC
  • Michael Williams, Education Consultant, North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice
  • Will Coppage, Executive Director of the Washington County, Mississippi, Economic Alliance
  • Presiding Judge Charles Elliot, Morgan County, Alabama

  • Resources


    • Sign up for the ACT Workforce Toolkit on Preparing Workforce Ecosystems for Returning Citizen Success
    • Episode 31 on Life Changing Asset and Skills-Based Solutions in Alternative Sentencing
    • Episode 19 on Missouri Making the Most of Second Chances
    • Episode 7 on Empowered Re-Entry
    • ACT Workforce Solutions
    • ACT Work Ready Communities
    • ACT's Monthly Workforce Newsletter

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      Ready for WorkBy Jasen Jones, ACT Work Ready Communities

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