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WorkforceAssistingwith Success at theDay ReportingCenters The Riverside County Probation Department Day Reporting Center (DRC) is a multi-agency collaboration designed to reduce recidivism primarily among those released from State institutions who have committed non-violent crimes and transferred to the County system. The collaboration seeks to identify and address the causes that lead to reoffending, and build a foundation of self-sufficiency through services designed to increase the success of at-risk parolees discharging from prison. Workforce Development staff worked part-time at the Day Reporting Centers managed by County Probation in Temecula, Riverside and Indio. AJCC staff stationed at the DRCs facilitated a condensed version of the Skills Path Boot Camp and helped individuals with follow-up services and job referrals. Parolees completing at least one workshop were offered this assistance. Of the individuals referred 48% (143) completed the workshops and 43% (62) of those found jobs within the fiscal year. There were 91 businesses throughout the county offering employment to these individuals.

Serving the Homeless

Riverside County’s Regional Homeless Statement of Principles includes the following: “Homelessness is not a crime, it knows no political affiliation and is not concerned with jurisdictional delineations. To better address this challenge, a regional approach is needed.” As part of the regional approach, our career coaches have attended three resource fairs during the year specifically to outreach to the homeless as well as network with other agencies that provide services. Of the 53 customers that self-identified as homeless and utilized services, 70% received assistance at the Indio AJCC. The higher numbers in the Desert may be attributed to regular outreach done in the past to both the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission and Martha’s Village and Kitchen. The numbers in Riverside can be attributed in part to the start up of coordination of homeless projects with the City of Riverside.

The Riverside Workforce staff is working with two City of Riverside initiatives to assist those recently housed with employment/ training options. One is titled Riverside At Work (RAW) and the other is Love Your Neighbor. The Love Your Neighbor Project is moving to streamline its approach to serving neighbors without homes. A key piece of this effort is to increase collaboration between the City, its churches, synagogues, temples, and public/non-profit organizations. The project is working closely with social work, psychology, and other social science students from La Sierra University, California Baptist University and Loma Linda University to collect information on services, resources, and ministries available to those that are struggling to support themselves, including neighbors without homes. Riverside AJCC staff met with the new coordinator of this project late in FY 17/18 to plan participation of Workforce’s involvement in this initiative.

53 Homeless Job Seekers received individualized Career Services

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