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Casting a Wide Net: Strengthening Families through Collaboration and Partnerships
GETTING A FRESH STARTONE STEP AT A TIME
Subsidized Transitional Employment Project
Next STEP was one step at a time in design:
Based on a fully funded, award winning model involving over a dozen local nonprofits
Curriculum based on best selling assessment tool, Strength Finder 2.0
Piloted with Tarrant County Department of Adult Probation
One STEP at a time has funding from:
Subsidized employment salaries paid by Department of Labor, Department of Health & Human Services
Staff salaries paid from the Department of Labor, TANF, United Way, and Texas Workforce Commission funds
Support services provided from all categories
First StepsDesign Funding
ONE STEP AT A TIME WITH OUR PARTNERS
STEP 2: In-depth assessment and assistance for mental health and cognitive functioning
Shipley – 2 for a quick estimate of overall cognitive functioning and impairment
WRAT-4 for measures the basic academic skills of reading, spelling, and mathematical computation necessary for effective learning, communication, and thinking.
TCU Criminal Thinking Scale for measuring entitlement, justification, personal irresponsibility, power orientation, cold heartedness, and criminal rationalization
ONE STEP AT A TIME WITH OUR PARTNERS
STEP 3: Texas Department of Pardons and Parole and the Federal Bureau of Prisons
Over 740,905 inmates in prisons in Texas
Over 7,000 prisoners reenter Tarrant County each year
Current unemployment rate of parolees in Tarrant County stands at approximately 50%
Average time to find employment for parolees is currently at 3-6 months
ONE STEP AT A TIME WITH OUR PARTICIPANTS
STEP 4: Commitment – much work is done before the transitional job begins:
Job Readiness Workshops
Individual and group therapeutic sessions
WorkInTexas registered
Working Resume
Testing the Labor Market
ONE STEP AT A TIME FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS
STEP 5: Assessments are a Strengths based approach – Strength Finders 2.0 Assessment:
Customized Workshops Centering on Strengths
Customized Job Search based on Strengths
Customized Job Development based on Strengths
ONE STEP AT A TIME FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS
Individualized job development and case management:
Relationships are built with each participant
Relationships are built with each employer
Three Tier Program assessment, development, & placement
Matching skills with employer needs for real jobs
STEP 6: Personalize services:
ONE STEP AT A TIME FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS
STEP 7: Next STEP is a package deal:
8 week subsidized wages at 100%, and 8 weeks of subsidized employment at 50% for a “get to know me” experience
Job Developer is always “on-call”
Case manager works with the customer to resolve personal issues
Tax credit after hiring
Fidelity Bonding
“The S.T.E.P. program better prepares employees when they come to the job. They take pride in what they are doing for the company. It is more of “what can I do for you” and not like the other candidates who want to know what we can do for them. The participant always was willing to do anything and didn’t feel anything was beneath him. He always went above and beyond our expectation. That is why it was with great pleasure that I offered him a full time job”. Marie – an HR Manager
ONE STEP AT A TIME FOR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
Because of our success with the pilot project, we started with over 12 private sector employers ready to hire
Employers are asking for more participants
Participants are able to meet their financial obligations
With employment, everyone wins
ONE STEP CONTINUES FORWARD IN 2012
• STEP philosophy continues in new grants for Tarrant County
Re-entry for Ex-offender grant partnering with Cornerstone Assistance Network
Enhanced Transitional Jobs GrantResponsible Fatherhood grantEvery grant we apply for now will include
transitional employment when allowed
Casting a Wide Net: Strengthening Families through Collaboration and Partnerships
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT STEP, CONTACT:
Debby [email protected]
(817) 528-0402