Websites

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www.abo-ncle.org
American Board of Opticianry and National Contact Lens Examiners (ABO and NCLE)
https://www.aca.org/ACA_Member/Standards___Accreditation/About_Us/ACA/ACA_Member/Standards_and_Accreditation/SAC_AboutUs.aspx/
American Correctional Association Standards
www.aicpa.org/
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - Risk Management and Internal Controls
https://www.appa-net.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?WebCode=NationalBranding
American Probation and Parole Association National Branding Initiative
http://www.aqinet.org/
American Quality Institute
www.almnet.org
Association for Linen Management (ALM) (Formerly NALM)
www.apics.org
Association for Supply Change Management/APICS
https://www.ase.com/
Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Training and Certification
https://www.bop.gov/inmates/custody_and_care/reentry.jsp
FBOP Mock Job Fairs
https://www.careeronestop.org/
CareerOneStop
https://as.cornell.edu/careers/student-resources#networking
Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences
https://cwdb.ca.gov/partnerships/workforce-corrections-partnership/
Corrections – Workforce Partnership & Prison to Employment
https://csgjusticecenter.org/nrrc/
Council of State Governments Justice Center - National Reentry Resource Center
https://nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/projects/mythbusters/
Council of State Governments Re-entry Myth Busters
https://nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/resources/reentry-myth-busters
Council of State Governments - After Prison: Roadblocks to Reentry
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/apprenticeship
US Department of Labor Apprenticeship Programs
http://www.exoffenderreentry.com/
Reentry website
https://www.franklinapprenticeships.com/employers/
Franklin Apprenticeships
https://www.gallup.com/workplace/245786/gallup-reports-share-leaders-2019.aspx
Gallup Reports
www.gao.gov/
Government Accountability Office - An Audit Quality Control System: Essential Elements
www.humansynergistics.com
Human Synergistics International
www.iso.org
International Organization of Standards
http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov/index.html
Lobby Disclosure Act
www.nam.org
National Association of Manufacturers
https://www.ncja.org/strategic-planning/planning-guide
National Criminal Justice Association Strategic Planning
www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=15352
National Conference of State Legislatures
https://nfb.org/programs-services/braille-certification
National Certification for the Blind – Braille Certification
https://nicic.gov
National Institute of Corrections
https://nicic.gov/series/achieving-performance-excellence-apex-guidebook-series
National Institute of Corrections – Achieving Performance Excellence (APEX)
https://nicic.gov/administrative-guide-offender-workforce-development-specialist-partnership-training-program-second
National Institute of Corrections – Offender Workforce Development Specialist
https://www.nist.gov/baldrige
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program website, Subject matters: Baldrige Criteria for
Performance Excellence
www.osha.gov
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
https://www.osha.gov/powered-industrial-trucks
OSHA Forklift Training Information
https://www.rand.org/news/press/2013/08/22.html
The Change Companies
https://www.changecompanies.net/bundles/ncia-collection.php

Rand News

https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/winter2019/Pages/default.aspx
Society for Human Resource Management
https://www.workforcegps.org/events/2018/03/12/15/04/Free-Resources-for-Apprenticeship-Work-based-Learning
WorkforceGPS – Free Resources for Apprenticeship & Work-based Learning
https://forms.act.org/research/policymakers/pdf/Work-Readiness-Standards-and-Benchmarks.pdf
Work Readiness Standards and Benchmarks

Studies

Articles and Reports

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  • Reducing Recidivism, 1995.
  • Angel, D., Harney, E. (1997). No One is Unemployable: Creative Solutions for Overcoming Barriers for Employment. Pasadena, CA: Worknet Training Services.
  • Antonowicz, D.H., Ross, R. R. (1994). Essential Components of Successful Rehabilitation Programs for Offenders. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 38 (2), 97-104.
  • Bianca, Audra. What Constitutes the Most Important Part of Employee Development? Chron.
  • Demand Media.
    https://work.chron.com/constitutes-important-part-employee-development-3613.html
  • Blanchard, K. (2009). Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations . Upper Saddle River, NJ: FT Press
  • Blakely, L. (2010, Oct. 6). Why I Hire Former Convicts and Gang Members . CBSNews.com. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-i-hire-former-convicts-and-gang-members/
  • Bradford, R., Duncan, P., Tarcy, B. (2000). Simplified Strategic Planning: A No-nonsense Guide for Busy People Who Want Results Fast! Worcester, MA: Chandler House Press.
  • Bragg, S.M. (2011) Inventory Best Practices (2nd Ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Bruner, R. F., Eaker, M. R., Freeman, E. R., Spekman, R. E., Teisberg, E. O., Venkataraman, S. (2003). The Portable MBA (4th Ed.) Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Buchholz, S., & Roth, T. (1987). Creating the High-Performance Team. New York, NY: John
  • Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Bushway, Shawn, and Apel, Robert. “A Signaling Perspective on Employment-Based Reentry Programming,” 2012 American Society of Criminology, Criminology & Public Policy, Volume 11, Issue 1.
  • Bushway, S., and P. Reuter. “Labor Markets and Crime Risk Factors” Chapter 6 in L.S. Sherman, D. Gottfredson, D. MacKenzie, J. Eck, P. Reuter, and S. Bushway, Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn’t, What’s Promising (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 1997), pp. 6–17.
  • Carter, M., et al (2005). Collaboration: A Training Curriculum to Enhance the Effectiveness of Criminal Justice Teams. Reston, VA: Criminal Justice Institute.
  • Collins, J., Porras, J. (1994). Built to Last. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
  • The Conference Board. Are They Really Ready to Work? Employers’ Perspectives on the Basic Knowledge and Applied Skills of New Entrants to the 21st Century U.S. Workforce .
    https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED519465
  • Council of State Government’s Justice Center (2005). Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council: Charting the Safe and Successful Return of Prisoners to the Community. https://csgjusticecenter.org/publications/report-of-the-re-entry-policy-council-charting-the-safe-and-successful-return-of-prisoners-to-the-community-3/
  • Council of State Government’s Justice Center (2013). Integrated Reentry and Employment Strategies: Reducing Recidivism and Promoting Job Readiness
    https://csgjusticecenter.org/publications/integrated-reentry-and-employment-strategies-reducing-recidivism-and-promoting-job-readiness/
  • Covey, S. (1989). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change. New York, NY: Free Press.
  • David, F. R. (2009) Strategic Management (14th Ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. (Dr. David also maintains a strategic planning web site, Checkmate Plan)
  • Duran, L., Plotkin, M., Potter, P., Rosen, H. (2013). Integrated Reentry and Employment Strategies: Reducing Recidivism and Promoting Job Readiness . https://csgjusticecenter.org/publications/integrated-reentry-and-employment-strategies-reducing-recidivism-and-promoting-job-readiness/
  • Flaherty, Carol and Zonis Associates. (2007). Building Culture Strategically: A Team Approach for Corrections.
    Available at https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.nicic.gov/Library/021749.pdf
  • Foley, J., & Kendrick, J. (2006). Balanced Brand: How to Balance the Stakeholder Forces That Can Make or Break your Business. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Freeman, R. E., et al. (2007). Managing for Stakeholders: Survival, Reputation, and Success. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
  • Hansen, M. T. (2009). Collaboration: How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity, and Reap Big Results. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press.
  • Houston, M., ‘ A Report from the Office of Correctional Job Training and Placement, National Institute of Corrections, 2001.
    https://nicic.gov/offender-job-retention-report-offender-workforce-development-division-national-institute-corrections
  • Kouzes, J. M., & Barry Z. Posner. (2003). Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Kouzes, J. M., & Barry Z. Posner. (2008). Leadership Challenge . San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Lagan, Ph.D. Timothy and Barton, Ph.D. Margaret and Holloway-Lundy, M.S. Anne. Workforce
  • and Succession Planning for Mission Critical Occupations. Center for Talent Service (CTS). United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). http://annex.ipacweb.org/library/conf/07/lagan.pdf
  • Larson, Carl E., & Frank M.J. LaFasto (1989). Teamwork: What Must Go Right, What Can Go Wrong. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Lencioni, Patrick. 2002. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass.
  • Liptak, John J., Ed.D. Barriers to Employment Success Inventory (BESI). 5th Ed. Jist Publishing.
    https://www.clsr.ca/
  • Marrelli, A. (2001). Introduction to Competency Modeling. New York: American Express.
  • Marrelli, A. (2001). How to Implement Performance Improvement Step-by-Step. In M Silberman (Ed.), The consultant’s toolkit: 45 high-impact questionnaires, activities, and how-to guides for diagnosing and solving client problems (pp. 210–218). New York: McGraw-Hill.
  • Minter, R. L. & Thomas, E. G. (2000). Employee Development through Coaching, Mentoring and Counseling: A Multidimensional Approach. Review of Business, 21(1/2), 43-47. National Institute of Health (NIH) Workplace Planning Instructional Guide
  • Oglesby-Neal, A, Yahner, J., Reimal, E., Semuels, J. (2019). Replication Validation of the Employment Retention Inventory: An Assessment Tool of the National Institute of Corrections
    https://nicic.gov/replication-validation-employment-retention-inventory-assessment-tool-national-institute-corrections
  • O’Tool, J. & Lawler III, E.E. (2006). The New American Workplace. Palgrave (Society for Human
  • Resource Management), Macmillan.
  • Piasecki, D. J., (2003). Inventory Accuracy: People, Processes, & Technology. Kenosha, WI: OPS Publishing.
  • Plotkin, M., Duran, L., Potter, P., Rosen, H. (2013). Integrated Re-entry and Employment Strategies: Reducing Recidivism and Promoting Job Readiness . https://www.bja.gov/publications/csg-reentry-and-employment.pdf
  • Richmond, K. (2014). Why Work While Incarcerated? Inmate Perceptions on Prison Industries Employment. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 53 (4), 231-252. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2014.902005
  • Rollo, N. (1988) Ninety-Nine Days and a Wake Up: A Post Release (2 nd Ed.). Garland, TX: Open, Inc.
  • Saylor, W. G., Gaes, G. (1997) Training Inmates through Industrial Participation and Vocational
  • and Apprenticeship Instruction. https://www.bop.gov/resources/research_projects/published_reports/recidivism/oreprprep_cmq.pdf
  • Schmitt, J, & Warner, K. (2010). Ex‐offenders and the Labor Market.
    https://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/ex-offenders-2010-11.pdf
  • Smith, C. J., Bechtel, J., Patrick, A., Smith, R. R., Wilson-Gentry, L. (2006). Correctional Industries Preparing Inmates for Re-entry: Recidivism & Post-Release Employment .
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  • Simonsen, P. (1997). Promoting a Development Culture in Your Organization: Using Career
  • Development as a Change Agent. Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black Publishing.
  • Swets, Paul M. 1983. The Art of Talking So that People Will Listen : Getting through to Family, Friends & Business Associates. New York, NY: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
  • Taylor, P. Elizabeth (2010). Employment Retention: A Question of Public Safety. Corrections
  • Today. American Correctional Association.
  • UNICOR/Federal Prison Industries. Factories with Fences: 75 Years of Changing Lives. 2019. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290990119_Factories_with_fences_75_years_of_changing_lives
  • UNICOR/Federal Prison Industries. 10 Top Reasons to Purchase.
    https://unicor.gov/FAQ_TopTen.aspx
  • U.S. Department of Justice. 2010. Career Resource Centers: An Emerging Strategy of Improving Offender Employment Outcomes. Washington, DC: National Institute of Corrections.
  • U.S. Department of Justice. 2010. How to Build Partnerships with Employers and Market Offender Workforce Development Initiatives. Washington, DC: National Institute of Corrections.
  • U.S. Department of Labor. Veterans Incarcerated Workbook. Washington, DC: Veterans’ Employment and Training Service/Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program.
  • Waal, A. A. (2010). The characteristics of a high performing organization. Business Strategy Series, 8 (3) 2010.
    Available at https://www.hpocenter.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Business-Strategy-Series-2007-HPO.pdf
  • Washington State Institute for Public Policy. (2006). Evidence-Based Public Policy Options to Reduce Future Prison Construction, Criminal Justice Costs, and Crime Rates.
    Available at http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/ReportFile/952/Wsipp_Evidence-Based-Public-Policy-Options-to-Reduce-Future-Prison-Construction-Criminal-Justice-Costs-and-Crime-Rates_Full-Report.pdf
  • Watkins, Michael. 2003. The First 90 days. Boston, MA. Harvard Business Press.
  • Womack, J. P., Jones, D. T., Roos, D. (2007). The Machine that Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production. New York: Free Press.