The Road To Re-Entry Program is a unified effort of four key organizations: St. Julien Communications Group, Houston Crime Coalition, Professional Sales Institute, and Restoration Assistance Program.
Our objectives are to:
Help ex-offenders to prepare for and help locate employment through job readiness training, specialized training, employer accessibility, and retention support.
Among ex-offenders, lower the frequency of recidivist individuals upon society and the Texas criminal justice system.
Lower costs and increase tax dollar savings by assisting in smoothly transitioning the participant back into society with tangible, certified and highly desirable skill sets.
Develop a portal of hope for the participant and their respective families by restoring their lifestyle, societal normalcy and self-esteem.
Serve as a practical and positive influence for others with physical and/or mental disabilities and inmates looking forward to re-entry and are uncertain how to make significant transformations in their life and future.
We accomplish this through taking our clients through a 3 step process. Â See below:
Step 1:
Participant will receive a thorough Intake that includes health (mental and medical), education/literacy, housing and transportation issues.
Participant will receive a Job Assessment that focuses on client’s work history and skill set, including transferable skills.
Participant will participate in the development of an Individual Employment Plan, establishing goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely.
Participant will receive Case Management that will address issues identified during the intake process, as well as, gaining proper Identification.
Participant will receive email accounts for communication regarding employment opportunities.
Participant will receive Case Management and Job Coaching as needed throughout program participation.
Participant will receive follow up Case Management for a minimum of three (3) months post employment if employed within 30 days of graduation from Professional Sales Institute.
Participant will receive Substance Abuse Counseling and/or Referrals as needed.
Step 2:
Participant will attend Professional Sales Institute (PSI) for a certified professional sales training course. PSI is a state wide outreach program designed to provide vocational services to recently released inmates on the processes and techniques involved in developing a sales or sales related career. PSI’s career/job preparedness training will provide sales and sales related communication and interaction skill sets as well as customer and workplace etiquette techniques. For those re-entering into the workplace after certification, our goal is to position you to find employment after receiving a passing grade after completing the course objectives.
Step 3:
After a number of graduates have completed Professional Sales Training, we administer an employment fair which focuses on the following goals:
To balance public safety and promote the integration of people coming home from prison
To increase employment opportunities available to people who are struggling to successfully integrate and remain crime-free
To encourage employers to make individualized determinations about a persons specific qualifications, including the relevance of a criminal record, rather than having flat bans against hiring people with criminal records
This fair also presents many benefits such as:
There are many key benefits that an employment fair of this focus will offer:
Employers benefit from incentive programs by the federal government when hiring someone with a criminal record.
The Federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) provides a tax credit for employers that hire ex-offenders.
The state of Texas can beginning to unload prisons and add taxpayers to the system instead of spending taxpayer’s money on welfare abuse, increased police, etc.
Small business will increase profits by hiring ex-offenders through improving productivity, cutting costs, and reducing turnover.
It will benefit ex-offenders by providing a supportive workplace, and by creating happier employees who are learning honesty, responsibility, and integrity.
An ex-offender who is able to support him or her self legally is less likely to commit crimes to get money and will have a greater sense of self respect, will be a better family role model, will have more control over his/her destiny, and will have a sense of accomplishment.
3 Steps
The Road To Re-Entry Program is a unified effort of four key organizations: St. Julien Communications Group, Houston Crime Coalition, Professional Sales Institute, and Restoration Assistance Program.
Our objectives are to:
We accomplish this through taking our clients through a 3 step process. Â See below:
Step 1:
Step 2:
Participant will attend Professional Sales Institute (PSI) for a certified professional sales training course. PSI is a state wide outreach program designed to provide vocational services to recently released inmates on the processes and techniques involved in developing a sales or sales related career. PSI’s career/job preparedness training will provide sales and sales related communication and interaction skill sets as well as customer and workplace etiquette techniques. For those re-entering into the workplace after certification, our goal is to position you to find employment after receiving a passing grade after completing the course objectives.
Step 3:
After a number of graduates have completed Professional Sales Training, we administer an employment fair which focuses on the following goals:
This fair also presents many benefits such as:
There are many key benefits that an employment fair of this focus will offer: