The document discusses the COFFE! program, which provides a nationwide database of employers willing to hire felons, aimed at aiding their reintegration into society. It outlines processes for enrollment, employer matching, and the benefits for facilities, releasees, and the community, emphasizing that the program is free for all participants. The program claims to reduce recidivism and improve economic outcomes by helping releasees gain employment.

1. How To Get Some To Releasing Felons Across The United States DOWD Conference San Francisco April 20, 1:30 - 3:00

2. Our Agenda What is ? How Does It Work? What Does It Cost? (Hint… It’s Free!) How Does Using It Benefit Our Organization?

3. What is ? While interview preparation is a common pre-release offering, CoFFE actually provides job leads to reentry professionals to dispense to releasing candidates The only nationwide database of Felon Friendly Employers available to releasing felons and Corrections Agencies across the United States

4. Sources of Employers who have signed up Employers who hire TNS-enrolled felons Employers who hire foreign workers (H2B – non agricultural) Employers of offenders from 1300+ re-entry facilities contained in The Next Step database Trade associations and select employer groups Employer leads from other agencies/entities, federal and state, government and private Over 4,500 Employers seeking over 110,000 Workers

5. Our Agenda What is ? How Does It Work? What Does It Cost? (Hint… It’s Free!) How Does Using It Benefit Our Organization?

6. How Does Work? A B C Releasing felons sign up in pre-release classes or at a post-release facility Post-release facilities who participate in the CoFFE! program receive location-specific leads for Releasees Employer information is provided to the CoFFE! by the post-release facility, growing the CoFFE! database

7. The Process Step 1: Releasing Felon Enrolls http://www.thenextstep99.com Click on Enroll Fill out all fields and Submit Must have Facility Code to enroll Information is collected, transmitted and stored securely (SSL encryption) Information goes to a CoFFE! Matcher

8. The Process Step 1: Releasing Felon Enrolls Enrollee gives consent for information to be used.

9. The Process Step 2: Matching Employers Matcher creates employer leads based on location and job skills Leads are emailed to Case Manager

10. The Process Step 3: Facility Reports Hires Case Manager provides “Job Reports” to TNS database is updated with employer information

11. The Process Step 4: Employers Get WOTC WOTC Solutions gathers and submits the employer Power of Attorney, the Employee 8850 and monitors the employee pay history.

12. Live Demonstration Looking for: “Felon-Friendly” Landscapers in/near zip code 80221

13. Case Study: How Colorado Dreamscape Pays $6.00/hr for a $10/hr employee Hours Rate WOTC “ True” Cost 160 (~1 mo) $10.00/hr $ 400 $ 7.50/hr 400 (~2.5mo) $10.00/hr $ 1,600 $ 6.00/hr 600 (3.75 mos) max credit hrs $10.00/hr $ 2,400 max credit $ 6.00/hr 1,920 (1 yr)* $10.00/hr $ 2,400 $ <$10/hr

14. Our Agenda What is ? How Does It Work? What Does It Cost? (Hint… It’s Free!) How Does Using It Benefit Our Organization?

15. What Does Cost? It’s FREE!!!

16. What Does Cost? Free to Enrolled Releasees Free to Participating Corrections Agencies Puts money in the pockets of employers …… FREE!!!

17. Our Agenda What is ? How Does It Work? What Does It Cost? (Hint… It’s Free!) How Does Using It Benefit Our Organization?

18. How Do We Use To Benefit Our Organization? What You Need To Do -- 1. Sign up your facility to receive full access to the nationwide database 2. Allow and encourage your residents to enroll online at www.thenextstep99.com 3. Provide any current employer data, as available 4. Provide timely employment information for enrollees, growing the database … that’s it!

19. The Benefits of Using Benefits to your Agency or Facility -- 1. Enhanced opportunity for residents/clients to find jobs 2. Employed releasees are better behaved, recidivate less 3. A portion of their income is paid to releasing facility 4. Your success rate of placing felons in jobs goes up, adding prestige and recognition to your facility

20. The Benefits of Using Benefits to the Releasee -- 1. Enhanced opportunity to earn a job in today’s tough economy 2. Those with jobs have less idle time, less temptation to engage in non-productive activities 3. Job-holders have money for themselves and their families, increasing self-worth 4. The data is clear: Employed felons have a dramatically lower rate of recidivism

21. The Benefits of Using Benefits to our communities and our country -- 1. Employed releasees stay out of mischief, making our communities safer 2. Employed releasees provide for their families better, reducing domestic issues and welfare issues 3. Employed releasees enable employers to find less expensive labor, keeping costs down 4. Employed individuals buy products and pay taxes, adding money to the national, state and local tax bases and economies

22. The Benefits of Using The Next Step and the are about: Saving taxpayer dollars Making communities safer Adding to the economy and tax base Improving lives and families

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