Employment

CJI worked with the Greater Lowell Ex-Offender Reentry Partnership through the Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board, and the Career Center of Lowell, to develop a three-year strategic plan to begin to slow the revolving door of incarceration in the community of Lowell, MA.

With support from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, CJI conducted a three-county examination of the preparation of prisoners for employment upon release.

Examining the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) system and its impact on ex-offenders seeking employment and housing.

With funding from the Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation, CJI manages, produces, and distributes the Coming Home Reentry Resource Directory, a compilation of services available to ex-offenders returning to or living in Greater Boston communities.

CJI collaborated with Cornerstones for Kids and CPS Human Resource Services to conduct a national assessment of the condition of the juvenile justice workforce, to explore the impact of juvenile justice reform on the workforce, and to produce a report on aligning workforce efforts with reform goals.