Post-Conference Resources and Workshop Presentations
General Overview: Reentry and Education
- US Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education. (2012). A Reentry Education Model: Supporting Education and Career Advancement for Low-Skill Individuals in Corrections. Washington, D.C.: US Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education.
- Travis, Jeremy. (2011). Rethinking Prison Education in the Era of Mass Incarceration. Keynote address.
- Gaes, Gerald G. (2008). The Impact of Prison Education Programs on Post-Release Outcomes. Paper presented at the Reentry Roundtable on Education, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, March 31.
- Nixon, Vivian, Patricia Ticento Clough, David Staples, Yolanda Johnson Peterkin, Patricia Zimmerman, Christina Voight, and Sean Pica. (Autumn 2008). Life Capacity Beyond Reentry: A Critical Examination of Racism and Prisoner Reentry Reform in the U.S. Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Perspectives, Volume 2, Number 1, pp. 21-43.
Collective Impact
- S. Sturm & L. Pope, (2013), NYREN as a Driver of Collective Impact: A Preliminary Analysis. (Powerpoint)
- Corcoran, Mimi, Fay Hanleybrown, Adria Steinberg and Kate Tallant. (2012). Collective Impact for Opportunity Youth. FSG.
- Hanleybrown, Fay, John Kania, and Mark Kramer. (January 2012). Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work. Stanford Social Innovation Review.
- Kania, John and Mark Kramer. (Winter 2011). Collective Impact. Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Workshop 1: Partnerships for College Access and Success
- Sturm, Susan, Kate Skolnick and Tina Wu. (2011). Pathways of Possibility from Criminal Justice to College: College Initiative as a Catalyst Linking Individual and Systemic Change. Report. New York: Center for Institutional and Social Change.
- M. Weissman. (2013). Criminal History Records and Higher Education: Leveraging Second Chances (Powerpoint)
- Gaes, Gerald G. (2008). The Impact of Prison Education Programs on Post-Release Outcomes. Paper presented at the Reentry Roundtable on Education, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, March 31.
- Fine, Michelle, Maria Elena Torre, Kathy Boudin, Iris Bowen, Judith Clark, Donna Hylton, Migdalia Martinez, “Missy,” Rosemarie A. Roberts, Pamela Smart, and Debora Upegui. (2001). The Impact of College in a Maximum-Security Prison: Effects on Women in Prison, the Prison Environment, Reincarceration Rates and Post-Release Outcomes. Report. New York: The Graduate Center of the City University of New York & Women in Prison at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.
Workshop 2: The Power of Peers: The Importance of Credible Messengers and Community Builders
- Resilience and the Community Mentoring Approach to GED and College Completion. Future Now. (Powerpoint)
Workshop 3. The Interdependence of Employment, Workforce Development, and Reentry Education
- MacKensie, D.L. (2012). The Effectiveness of Corrections-Based Work and Academic and Vocational Education Programs. The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections. Oxford University Press.
- Press Release, (2012). Governor Cuomo Announces "Work for Success" Employment Initiative for the Formerly Incarcerated.
- Visher, Christy A. and Jeremy Travis. (2012). The Characteristics of Prisoners Returning Home and Effective Reentry Programs and Policies. The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections. Oxford University Press.
- The Doe Fund. A Guide for New York State Employers - Understanding Article 23-A: How to evaluate qualified job seekers with conviction histories.
- The Independent Committee on Reentry and Employment. (2006). Report and Recommendations to New York State on Enhancing Employment Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated People.
Workshop 4. Criminal Justice Agencies as Levers for Education
- Weissman, M. (2013). Criminal History Records and Higher Education: Leveraging Second Chances (Powerpoint)
- Center for Community Alternatives. (2013). Criminal History Screening in College Admissions: A Guide for Attorneys Representing College Applicants and Students During and After Criminal Proceedings.
- Fischer, Brian. (2012). Testimony of Brian Fischer, Commissioner NYS Dept. of Corrections and Community Supervision Before the NYS Assembly Standing Committee on Corrections.
- Weissman, Marsha, Alan Rosenthal, Patricia Warth, Elaine Wolf, and Michael Messina-Yauchzy. (2011). The Use of Criminal History Records in College Admissions Reconsidered. Center for Community Alternatives. Accessed January 18, 2013
- Center for Community Alternatives National HIRE Network. (n.d.). Closing the Doors to Higher Education: Another Collateral Consequence of a Criminal Conviction.
Workshop 5. Basic Education, High School Equivalency, and Beyond: The Critical Importance of High Quality Programs and Educational Pathways for People In the Criminal Justice System
Workshop 6. Educational Access and Bridges to Work for Court-Involved Youth: Sharing Strategies and Resources from the Community Education Pathways to Success Model
- Community Education Pathways to Success (CEPS) - Serving Court-Involved Youth. Youth Development Institute. (Powerpoint)
- Butts, Jeffrey A., Gordon Bazemore and Aundra Saa Meroe. (2010). Positive Youth Justice: Framing Justice Interventions Using the Concepts of Positive Youth Development. Report. Washington, D.C.: Coalition for Juvenile Justice.
- Campbell, Patricia B., Tom R. Kibler, and Jennifer L. Weisman. (Sept. 2009). Youth Development Institute: Community Education Pathways to Success (CEPS) Final Evaluation Report. New York: Youth Development Institute.
- Garvey, John. Towards a New Model of Success for Disconnected Youth: CBO-Community College Partnerships. Youth Development Institute.
Workshop 7. Large Scale Social Change: Funding for Collective Impact
- Large Scale Social Change: Funding for Collective Impact. FSG. (Powerpoint)