Strengthening Workforce Training and Reintegration Supports for Justice-Involved Individuals
Young adults involved in the justice system often face more severe sentences for comparable offenses and typically come from communities that have experienced historical challenges. They also encounter greater barriers to labor market participation and educational enrollment after justice involvement.
Justice-involved individuals face complex and persistent barriers to long-term economic self-sufficiency—a challenge that is even more apparent among those who were incarcerated between the ages of 16 and 25. Accordingly, the PROPEL Center seeks to identify approaches that could help large numbers of justice-involved young adults connect to supports that lead to living-wage jobs and successful reintegration into society.
A Landscape Analysis
PROPEL is beginning this work with a landscape analysis of the current evidence on programs that engage justice-involved young adults in education and training, both pre- and post-release, with a focus on identifying promising practices and programs for future partnership.
PROPEL hopes to partner with promising programs and the youth they serve. Together, we aim to identify effective, developmentally appropriate, and culturally relevant approaches to help formerly incarcerated young adults connect to supports that will help them successfully transition into society with living-wage employment.
The PROPEL Center is directly supported by the AIR Opportunity Fund.
