By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk, July 22, 2021
Santa Barbara County is one of two agencies in California to receive a nearly $2.5 million Pathway Home Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to implement a re-entry program, providing 250 justice-involved individuals the services that will help them secure employment opportunities before their release from the jail system.
The Santa Barbara County Workforce Development Board, the Sheriff’s Department, Allan Hancock College and Santa Barbara City College will partner together to implement a program that provides education and vocational training to incarcerated individuals, as well as an incentive for employers to hire previously incarcerated individuals, according to the sheriff’s department.
“This program is designed to take away some of the barriers to successful re-entry, including employment and housing,” Chief Deputy Vincent Wasilewski told Noozhawk. “This is a hand up and will require a lot of work on the part of the incarcerated individual, but it is an opportunity for them not to be defined by their worst day.”
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