DOWD Conference
Exhibitor Information
The Sponsorship and Exhibitor Application is available! Check out the DOWD Exhibit Hall for your booth location options. Update: The hall has been extended due to increased response. Please call NCDA directly for booth placement options at 918.663.7060.
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#308 AutoExec, Inc
Contact: Diana Chettleburgh
4053 Brockton SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
616.971.0080
diana@autoexec.com
AutoExec® Inc. designs customized mobile desk units that sit in the passenger seat of a vehicle providing much needed office support for the mobile environment. They provide organization and productivity tools designed to keep your mobile office efficient, organized and safe.
#2 Big Brothers Big Sisters/Amachi TX
Contact: Darrin Jones
450 E. John Carpenter Freeway
Irving, TX 76010
972.573.2385
djones@bbbstx.org
Amachi Texas is a specially-designed program within Big Brothers Big Sisters that supports one-to-one mentoring relationships for children impacted by incarceration. The Amachi Texas program has grown each year and has now served more than 5,400 children across the state of Texas.
#1 Business Access L.L.C.
Contact: Daylan Beamon
17101 Preston Road, Suite 260
Dallas, TX 75248
469.587.7850
dbeamon@business-access.com
Business Access is an industry leader in technology-based workforce development implementing 150 programs in 10 States with results including 94% employment and off welfare 7 years. Prison 2 Communities is our innovative program that reduced recidivism by 78% amongst participants in the New Jersey pilot according to the Rutgers University Study. http://www.business-access.com/about/P2C%20Quantitative.pdf
#215 C-Tech Associates, Inc.
Contact: Chuck Tindall
50 Station Road
Sparta, NJ 07871
973.726.9000
loril@c-techtraining.com
The ability to become successfully employed and stay out of the correctional system is the goal. C-Tech provides short-term, industry-recognized certified programs that employ a unique entry-level, hands-on, gender-neutral approach to Broadband Workforce Training. Our programs can help in the vocational training given within the correctional setting as well as the Transitional/Reentry services provided inside or outside of the correctional setting.
#408 Career Dimensions Inc.
Contact: Frank J. Minor
PO Box 998
Center Harbor, NH 03226
603.253.8536
frank@careerdimension.com
MCP is a computer assisted on-line career and education planning system for use by offenders and at-risk youths. The objective of this program is to help clients plan for economic self-sufficiency. This system guides the clients through a self-assessment of their personal qualities, discovery of occupations matching their profiles, decision making about their options and identification of training programs, schools and colleges that will satisfy their needs. Free trials offered.
#410 Career Edge System
Contact: Joan Sanger
3600 MacArthur
Waco, TX 76708
254.315.8825
sanger@golden.net
The online Career Edge SystemTM and Build Your Own BusinessTM Programs offer a comprehensive youth and adult offender career development and/or business start up program. The CESTM is at a simplified reading level, in English and Spanish audio, and can help a client start a business in tough economic times.
#108 Central Dallas Ministries
Contact: Andrea Bills
511 N Akard, Ste 302
Dallas, TX 75201
214.823.8710
abills@centraldallasministries.org
The WorkPaths Department at Central Dallas Ministries addresses barriers to employment through intensive pre-employment training programs equipping participants for living-wage jobs offering benefits and a career path. Programs combine training, case management, a simulated workplace environment and follow-up in a strategy to bridge the divide between unemployment and long-term jobs.
#203 CEV Multimedia, Ltd.
Contact: Gordon Davis
1020 SE Loop 289
Lubbock, TX 79404
800.922.9965
Gordon.davis@cev.multimedia.com
Through the power of multimedia and other learning devices, CEV's curriculum not only provides instruction on the technical skills relevant to many program areas, such as welding, building trades and safety, but also aims at providing the focus and preparation needed for everyday life, such as financial literacy, career exploration and personal development.
#301 The Change Companies
Contact: Mike Judnick
5221 Sigstrom Dr.
Carson City, NV 89706
888.889.8866
mjudnick@changecompanies.net
The Change Companies® is a national publisher of client centered, evidence based resources for behavioral change. Through the process of Interactive Journaling® we provide a true continuity of care providing individualized intervention and treatment specific to criminogenic needs areas. Through customized training options we ensure fidelity to program service delivery protocols, equipping facilitators to truly become Change Agents.
#202 Changing Course Foundation
Contact: Cathi Neal
P.O. Box 1646
Cedar Hill, TX 75106
214.477.2673
cathi@changingcoursefdn.com
Changing Course has been changing the course of peoples' lives since 1998. We believe that everyone has the right to be valued as an individual. Services Provided: Trade Training, Community Service Opportunities, Employee Development Seminars, Staff Retreats and more.
#100 Community Partnership Council
Contact: Kelvin Bass
1010 Cadiz.
Dallas, TX 75215
214.467.0123
kelvin.bass@senate.state.tx.us
The Community Partnership Council was created by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and functions through TDCJ's Parole Division; whose mission is to assist in reentry. It brings together community, civic and faith-based organizations that in working with local TDCJ parole offices form a support network to assist former offenders with the reentry process and in addressing issues that could lead to recidivism.
#103 Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD)
Contact: Roberta W. Nicholson
1601 South Lamar St.
Dallas, TX 75215-1816
214.378.1723
rwnicholson@dcccd.edu
The Dallas County Community College District comprises seven individually accredited institutions - Brookhaven, Cedar Valley, Eastfield, El Centro, Mountain View, north Lake and Richland colleges (plus the virtual campus of the Dallas TeleCollege) - and serves more than 80,000 credit and 20,000 continuing education students each semester. DCCCD is the largest undergraduate institution in Texas.
#309 Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)Contact: Richard E. Hopkins
4900 N Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78751
512.424.4111
richard.hopkins@dars.state.tx.us
The DARS Division for Rehabilitation Services is designated as the state's principal authority on the vocational rehabilitation of Texans with disabilities, except persons with visual impairments and the legally blind. The Division's main purpose is to assist people with disabilities to participate in their communities by achieving employment of choice, living as independently as possible and accessing high quality services.
#110 Christian Intervention Program
Emmanuel Pentecostal Church
Contact: Marie Johnson
1200 Poplar Drive
Mesquite, TX 75149
214.240.4857
marie.trosclair@yahoo.com
Emmanuel Pentecostal Church´s Christian Intervention Program brings families together who are worlds apart. Life Skills classes, approved by courts for parole and probation, include these topics: ¨What Alcohol and Drugs Do To The Family; Parenting; Firm Steps Toward Financial Freedom; Developing Respect for Authority and Law Enforcement; and Strengthening Families.
#109 Experience Works
Contact: Janice Boase
924 Cherry Street - Suite 2
Graham, TX 76450
940.549.6363
janice_boase@experienceworks.org
Experience Works operates the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) funded under Title V through the U.S.Department of Labor and Texas Workforce Commission. These grants enable us to help thousands of low-income individuals, age 55 and older, throughout the United States. While enrolled in this program, seniors benefit from training, counseling and community service assignments leading to unsubsidized employment.
#200 Federal Bonding Program
Contact: Ron Rubbin and Roland Brack
1725 DeSales Street NW-Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
800.233.2258
ron4bonds@aol.com
Booth contains detailed information about US DOL's Federal Bonding Program which promotes fidelity bonding as a vital tool in assisting at-risk job seekers obtain employment. Bonds are cost free to employers and job seekers. Written materials and videos including guidelines on how agencies/organizations can obtain bonds to use in their placement efforts are available. More details at Bonds4jobs.com
#303 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Contact: Linda Douglas
3501 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22226
703.562.6072
linwashington@fdic.gov
The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) is an independent agency of the federal government. The FDIC was created in 1933 in response to the thousands of bank failures that occurred in the 1920s and early 1930s. Since the start of FDIC insurance on January 1, 1934, no depositor has lost a single cent of insured funds as a result of a failure. The standard insurance amount of $250,000 per depositor is in effect through December 31, 2013.
#113 H.I.S. BridgeBuilders
Contact: Kathy ‘KJ' Burleson
15950 North Dallas Parkway, Suite 725
Dallas, TX 75248
972.715.8444
kjburleson@hisbb.org
H.I.S. BridgeBuilders is a faith-based, non-profit organization that has an extensive history of serving low-income communities in Dallas. BridgeBuilders exists to see lives changed, communities transformed, and cities impacted. We accomplish this through five integrated program areas: Education and Employment Training, Medical Services, Economic Development, Employment Services, and Spiritual Development.
#8 Inmate Discipler Fellowship
Contact:Mark Hollis
5351 Catron Dr.
Dallas, TX 75227
214.828.5347
mark.hollis@charter.net
Inmate Discipler Fellowship (IDF) provides Christian discipleship resources to transform lives touched by the criminal justice system. IDF does this by independent inmate studies and by offering discounted resources of discipleship training materials to other Restorative Justice Ministries.
#314 International Community Corrections Association
Contact: Jane Browning
8701 Georgia Ave., Suite 402
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301.585.6090
info@iccaweb.org
ICCA represents agencies providing residential and other community corrections programs for juveniles and adults across North America. ICCA offers an annual "Doing What Works" conference, the Journal of Community Corrections, a monthly e-newsletter, and advocates for community corrections and the successful reintegration of our clients back into society.
#204 JIST
Contact: Athena Wampler
875 Montreal Way
St. Paul, MN 55102
800.328.1452
awampler@jist.com
JIST Publishing is an authority on the topics of career, job search, business, and families in crisis. JIST materials help people help themselves in career and life by offering practical, self-directed products and training tools that are used in employment and training, corrections, education, business, counseling, therapy, and school settings.
#300 Jobview, LLC
Contact: Robert Bro
13961 West Preserve Blvd.
Burnsville, MN 55337
952.465.3801
jobinfo@jobview.com
Jobview, LLC sells and supports 2nd Chance job search kiosks and software for behind bars and beyond bars facilities. Jobview 2nd Chance systems facilitate offender and ex-offender job search opportunities both before release and after release requiring minimal technology skills or aptitude. Offenders have access to over 1 million jobs throughout the United States updated daily.
#404 JobShop, Inc.
Contact: Sherry S. Pearson
PO Box 654
Shaklefords, VA 23156
804.785.2475
sherry@jobshopinc.com
Job Search Guides will provide your clients with affordable, effective and easy-to-read information on nearly every aspect of the job search. When displayed in a reception area or career resource center, the 76 single-page Guides and 44 Youth Guides become an attractive self-help job-search information delivery system.
#101 K-Slaw, Inc.
Contact: Karen Okulicz
P.O. Box 375
Belmar, NJ 07719
888.529.6090
karen@okulicz.com
K-Slaw, Inc. is a GSA contractor that publishes the resources "Try! A Survival Guide to Unemployment", "Decide! How to make any Decision" and "Attitude! For your best lived Life". The books are utilized in Reentry and Workforce Development programs. Meet the author Karen Okulicz. She will be offering complimentary review copies.
#412 Life Skills Education
Contact: Suzannah Y. Ciernia
314 Washington Street
Northfield, MN 55057-2025
800.783.6743 x202
syc@lifeskillsed.com
For 30+ years, LSE booklets have helped at-risk populations turn their lives around. Stop by for free samples of new reentry series - developed from evidence-based practice. Covers addiction, relationships, anger, work readiness, job search, and more. Perfect for a new curriculum or supplementing existing one. Easy-to-use, affordable booklets average $ .79 each.
#3 Mercy Heart
Contact: Roger Hollar
PO Box 163783
Fort Worth, TX 76161
817.366.6657
roger@mercyheart.org
Mercy Heart - a vision born in 1995 out of a need for the local church to respond to the wounded, discarded, families, and children in the crisis of incarceration; "families on the gallows of criminal justice". Our mission is to "inspire help and hope" to these families leading to restoration.
#302 National Fatherhood Initiative
Contact: Tim Red
20410 Observation Drive Suite 107
Germantown, MD 20876
301.948.0599
info@fatherhood.org
The National Fatherhood Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes involved, responsible, and committed fatherhood. Career Development programs across the country are using our high-quality resources to help men deal with the stress of fatherhood as they development career development plans. Learn more at www.fatherhood.org/community and www.fathersource.org.
#214 National Institute of Corrections (NIC)
Contact: Francina Carter
320 First St NW
Washington, DC 20534
800.995.6423 x40117
fccarter@bop.gov
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons that provides training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development assistance to federal, state, and local corrections agencies. Through the Transition and Offender Workforce Development Division, NIC coordinates the efforts of corrections agencies and their partnering agencies to improve employment programs for defendants and offenders by assisting professionals who provide employment services.
#400 National Institute of Justice
Contact: Michael Lambert
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
301.519.5500
michael.l.lambert@lmco.com
National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, and it is dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues. NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the state and local levels.
#111 New Name Ministries
Contacts: Jon and Cynthia Cordeiro
PO Box 11694
Fort Worth, Texas 76110
817.920.5886
newnameministries@sbcglobal.net
New Name Ministries (NNM) Fort Worth, Texas, provides faith based Therapeutic Community styled residential reentry for sex offenders. NNM has developed a reproducible culture of honor; transforming character rather than changing behavior. Focusing on protecting relationships rather than rules, mercy has triumphed over judgment.
#312 North Texas Small Business Development Center
Contact: Gordon Edwards
1402 Corinth Street
Dallas, TX 75215
214.860.5841
g.edwards@dcccd.edu
The North Texas Small Business Development Center, an exhibitor at DOWD, provides professional counseling and training services to small businesses in 49 North Texas counties. The Center also has a training class for ex-offenders in entrepreneurship.
#402 PLATO Learning
Contact: Tom Cook
10801 Nesbitt Ave South
Bloomington, MN 55437
281.574.8356
clienhart@plato.com
Uniquely designed to provide opportunities to acquire and improve literacy and math skills, PLATO Adult Education solutions build the confidence needed for adults to become self-sufficient. Optimized learning paths map PLATO® instructional content directly to objectives on standardized tests-including the ASVAB, CASAS, GED, NRS, and TABE-to focus instruction and improve learner performance.
#213 The Potter's House
Contact: Carla Williams
6777 West Kiest Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75104
214.325.8391
cjwilliams@tdjakes.org
The Potter's House of Dallas is a multicultural, multigenerational church. Our pastor, Bishop T.D. Jakes is on e of the world's most sought after leaders and we are delighted to feature his messages on CD and DVD today. Ask us about the conference and event facilities. We offer abundant meeting space and state of the art technology.
#210 Prison Fellowship
Contact: Debbie Simmons
PO Box 54987
Hurst, TX 76054
281.236.8792
debbie_simmons@pfm.org
Based on the premise that at the heart of every criminal act is a destructive decision, PF volunteers and staff equip churches and communities to help prisoners, ex-prisoners, and youth at risk reject crime and become contributing members of their families and communities. Our mission is to seek the transformation of prisoners and their reconciliation to God, family, and community through the power and truth of Jesus Christ.
#304 The Quality Group, Inc.
Contact: Carol Dierdorff
5825 Glenridge Drive Suite 3-101
Atlanta, GA 30328
800.772.3071
cdierdorff@thequalitygroup.net
WinAt-Work, the interactive employability "soft-skills" program, helps you provide more effective training, more efficiently while improving job ready skills and employment opportunities for your Defendant/Offender WFD and Reentry participants. The four online modules provide six to eight hours of skills training, simulation exercises, and activities. Our system automates essential record keeping, performance tracking, and complete reporting.
#313 Ready To Work
Contact: Cherri Darthard
7441 Marvin D. Love Freeway, Suite 208
Dallas, TX 75237
972.780.2300
lsmith@rtwpeople.com
ReadyToWorkTM is organized to provide student post-secondary transition services, workplace certification, outplacement/ career transition services and workforce re-entry. Through the utilization of practical workforce development tools ReadyToWorkTM help individuals, organizations and communities meet the skills demand of America's continuously changing economy.
#112 Restorative Justice Ministries
Contact: Bill Kleiber
1232 Ave J
Huntsville, TX 77340
936.291.2156
kleiber@sbcglobal.net
Restorative Justice Ministry Network's purpose is to inform and educate the church, government, media, businesses, and the public at large regarding the need to minister Christ into the many criminal justice venues. We endeavor to encourage, equip and motivate these groups to implement restorative rather than retributive justice solutions.
#5 Starting Out!, Inc.
Contact: Daniel R. Goldenson
PO Box 68
Damariscotta, Maine 04543
207.563.3800
dan@startingout.com
Starting Out! The Complete Re-Entry Handbook is a 450-page book with chapters on 80 life skills, plus re-entry resources. Includes www.startingout.com with state, career, and benefit databases. Also available is the Re-Entry Workbook in a Q & A format (also available in Spanish) Sold in bulk for $7.00 for English and $9.50 for Spanish. Also publishers of Regional or State-Specific Resource Directories, and a Mentoring Ex-Offenders Guidebook. Available from Starting Out!, Inc. Box 68, Damariscotta, ME 04543. Contact: Graham Walsh, VP for Transitional Education, Marketing & Sales, graham@startingout.com
#106 TBN Second Chance
Contact: Amy Fihn
4080 Hancock St., #3910
San Diego, CA 92110
619-276-7122
afihn@tbn.org
TBN Second Chance offers free faith-based rehabilitative television programming to correctional facilities and covers all costs of satellite installation with four networks targeting a diverse inmate population. Studies have shown that prisoner participation in faith-based activities can cut recidivism rates in half. Second Chance is now available to more than half a million inmates across 30 states.
#114 Texas ReEntry Services
Contact: Vince Bollen
3001 Race Street
Fort Worth, TX 76111
817.834.2833
vbollen@txrs.org
Texas ReEntry Services, Inc. (TXRS) was founded in 1998 with the vision of helping ex-offenders reintegrate back into society. Offenders are met with various roadblocks which can lead to frustration and cause people to give up and then return to their pre-incarceration lifestyle. We are a social service agency that takes a comprehensive approach when meeting the needs of the clients we serve in hopes of breaking the cycle of repetitive crime and re-incarceration.
#315 Texas State Technical College
Contact: Rose Horst
650 East Hwy 80
Abilene, TX 79601
325.734.3638
rose.horst@tstc.edu
Texas State Technical College is an innovative, career-oriented technical college for business and industry clients who want quality training and services.
#305 Tortal
Contact: Cordell Riley
128 S Tryon St, Ste 880
Charlotte, NC 28202
704.644.8156
cordell@tortal.net
Tortal is a leading Online Training Provider that works with organizations to deliver online training and reduce overall training costs. Tortal has been working to aid in reducing recidivism by linking training programs with national employers in high demand career fields. Tortal maintains of the Meineke training program for BOP.
#102 Treasure Hunter Ministries
Contact: Rod Edwan
9201 Newport Lane
McKinney, TX 75071
214.551.5331
jredwan@aol.com
COTRI/Treasure Hunter Ministries is a worldwide ministry which provides help for individuals and families, both physically, mentally and spiritually not only in the United States but in other parts of the world. The North Church is a local church in the Dallas, Texas area who is part of COTRI and provides this assistance locally.
#212 Urban League of Greater Dallas
Contact: Yvonne Young
3911 S. Lancaster Rd.
Dallas, TX 75216
214.372.7315
yyoung@ulgdnctx.com
For 43 years the Urban League of Greater Dallas has provided a holistic approach to "empowering communities and changing lives". We provide programs, services and an environment where education and training are chosen paths to self-reliance; clients are prepared for employment; homeownership is within reach with planning; health education reduces risk; seniors make meaningful contributions; and formerly incarcerated adults and youth are given a "second chance". In 1999, the League opened its first permanent headquarters/computer center. Building on the success of our efforts, listening to the community and understanding the future needs of the area, the League now prepares for the construction of a 50,000 square foot Industry Trade/Vocational Training Center. It will be located next to our headquarters. The new Center will offer training for several trades including electrical, welding, plumbing, CADD, HVAC and green technology.
#6 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-Dallas Office
Contact: Chrystn Davila-Lopez
525 Griffin Street
Room 860
Dallas, TX 75202
214.767.4143
chrystn.k.davila@hud.gov
HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. To fulfill this mission, HUD will embrace high standards of ethics, management and accountability and forge new partnerships--particularly with faith-based and community organizations--that leverage resources and improve HUD's ability to be effective on the community level.
#414 US Probation-NDTX
Contact: Theresa Shults
7220 S. Westmoreland, Suite 100
Dallas TX 75237-4247
972-709-6098, Ext. 227
Theresa_Shults@txnp.uscourts.gov
In Texas Northern US Probation and Pretrial Services, we serve 100 counties via 11 offices. Using our individual strengths, our goal is to assist defendants and offenders to lead successful, meaningful lives by recognizing how they can best use their own strengths. Our motto: "United Strength, United Vision".
#310 Veterans Administration
Frank Dawson
15 Sheraton Way
Lowell, MA 01852
978.970.0164
fdawson@comcast.net
The Department of Veterans Affairs is a strong community partner providing a comprehensive range of homeless services, medical and psychological treatment and the Compensated Work Therapy program is an excellent referral source for veterans with mental health, criminal justice, and vocational issues. CWT programs utilize evidence-based best practices to provide outreach, Mental Health treatment, case management, job development, job placement, follow-along support, and community partnership development.
#208 Vocational Research Institute
Contact: Krista Biesecker
1845 Walnut St., Suite 660
Philadelphia, PA 19103
800.874.5387
info@vri.org
For nearly 50 years, the non-profit Vocational Research Institute has been a leader in career development and special needs assessment. We offer CareerScope®, a valid and reliable aptitude/interest assessment with accommodation options for individuals with special needs; and WorkPlace Mentor®, a community-based assessment planning system for your hardest-to-serve consumers.
#104 Volunteer Center of North Texas
Contact: Jean Wells
2800 Live Oak Street
Dallas, TX 75204
214.821.8711 x401
jeanw@vcnt.org
The Volunteer Center of North Texas (VCNT) was organized in 1971 to match volunteers with nonprofit's needs. Its mission is "Making volunteerism a part of everyday life." Currently, 1,655 nonprofit organizations in Dallas, Collin and Tarrant Counties receive services related to volunteerism. A number of dynamic programs target and recruit volunteers from the community, corporations, private and public schools, faith-based organizations and the courts.
#205 Volunteers of America Texas - Hutchins
Contact: Randall Kahan
800 Wintergreen Rd.
Hutchins, TX 75141
817.307.9178
rkahan@voatx.org
Volunteers of America provides services to re-entry populations and a continuum of proven service models to help offenders rebuild their lives and re-enter their communities. Programs are operated through agreements with the FBOP, U.S. Probation, states and counties in over 50 residential re-entry facilities across the country.
#105 Welcome Back Tarrant County
Contact: Michael D. Winfrey
3500 Noble Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76111
817.554.4459
pastormw@yahoo.com
Welcome Back Tarrant County is a non-profit-faith-based ministry, that ministers to the holistic needs of individuals returning to the Tarrant County area from Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDJC) and Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Currently we train and connect releases with mentors through our WBTC Mentor Program.
#209 Wild Bills Western Store
Contact: Bill Dewbre
311 N. Market
Dallas, TX 75202
214.954.1050
For over 40 years, Wild Bills Western Store has been sharing the warmth of Texas hospitality. The store is filled with beautiful cowboy boots, hats, belts, buckles, western clothing, jewelry and Texas gifts. There is something for every budget and our prices are guaranteed to be the best in Texas.
#115 Wilkinson Center
Contact: Rachael Berhe
PO Box 720248
Dallas, TX 75372
972.284.0311
Rachael_berhe@wilkinsoncenter.org
The CareerWorks program provides job seekers the tools needed to plan a career and to find their "Field of Fascination". Job Seekers will identify employment barriers and how to minimize or eliminate red flags. Students will learn how to create their "Qualified Selling Points" and how to answer difficult interview questions.
#311 Windham School District
Contact: Marjie Haynes
PO Box 40
Huntsville, TX 77342
936.291.5335
marjie.haynes@wsdtx.org
Windham School District provides academic, vocational and life skills programs for offenders incarcerated in Texas prisons. The programs are designed to meet the needs of adult offenders and address the goals of reducing recidivism, reducing the cost of confinement, promoting positive behavior, and increasing success in obtaining and maintaining employment.
#4 Workforce Partners Management Group, Inc.
Contact: Melvin Collins
P.O. Box 26191
Austin, TX 78755
512.215.0862
melvin@adaptpublishing.com
Workforce Partners Management Group, Inc. and ADAPT Publishing Company have developed over 20 publications, training seminars, and videos. WPMG has successfully delivered over 20 years of job search, job-readiness and outplacement services and is now proud to introduce its website, wpmgnetwork.com, providing innovative tools to aid those seeking continued self-improvement.
#201 Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas
Contact: Katrina Eddings
2707 N. Stemmons Fwy Ste. 120
Dallas, TX 75207
214.424.3372
Katrina.eddings@twc.state.tx.us
Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas is the local workforce system that administers a broad range of programs to address local workforce issues with business-directed objectives, including job training, workplace education, child care and educational initiatives to provide the necessary support for every citizen of Dallas County to be successful at work.
#211 Worldwide Interactive Network (WIN)
Contact: Joe Moscato
1000 Waterford Place
Kingston, TN 37763
614.807.3121
jmoscato@w-win.com
WIN Career Readiness Courseware for Correctional Facilities delivers applied academics and foundational workplace skills in a format designed for learners of all levels. Relevant for those populations not well-served by traditional educational methods, WIN provides a variety of delivery options and is aligned to assessments: GED, WorkKeys, TABE and CASAS.
