PARTNERS • Friends Outside - Los Angeles (Contract Administrator; Post-release Case Manage- ment; Employment Services) • Friends Outside – National Office (Prison In-reach; Pre-release Case Management) • South Bay Workforce Investment Board Inglewood One-Stop Center (Service Site; Assessments; Job Development) • Community Career Development Compton WorkSource Center (Service site; Assessments; Job Development) • Amity Foundation (Mentoring) • Behavioral Health Services, Inc. (Substance Abuse Treatment; Housing) • U.S. VETS (Veteran’s Services, including Housing) • The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Parole Division (Referrals) • Los Angeles County Probation Department (Referrals) • U.S. Probation Office (Referrals) • Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (Referrals) • Francisco House (Housing) BACKGROUND In May, 2012, Friends Outside in Los Angeles County received a $1.2 million, 27-month grant from the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, for its project, “Passport to Success.” The project will provide employment services to 404 persons who reside in south Los Angeles and surrounding communities and who were recently released (within 180 days) from prison or jail. Services will include pre- and post-release case management, mentoring, job readiness, employment supports, job referrals, job placement, and job retention. Additionally, the project will help clients address employment-related needs, such as substance abuse treatment, mental health services, health services, and housing. An Employment Program for Recently-released Prisoners ®
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PARTNERS•FriendsOutside-LosAngeles (Contract Administrator; Post-release Case Manage-
ment; Employment Services)
•FriendsOutside–NationalOffice (Prison In-reach; Pre-release Case Management)
•SouthBayWorkforceInvestmentBoard Inglewood One-Stop Center (Service Site; Assessments; Job Development)
•CommunityCareerDevelopment Compton WorkSource Center (Service site; Assessments; Job Development)
BACKGROUNDIn May, 2012, Friends Outside in Los Angeles County received a $1.2 million, 27-month grant from the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, for its project, “Passport to Success.”
The project will provide employment services to 404 persons who reside in south Los Angeles and surrounding communities and who were recently released (within 180 days) from prison or jail. Services will include pre- and post-release case management, mentoring, job readiness, employment supports, job referrals, job placement, and job retention.
Additionally, the project will help clients address employment-related needs, such as substance abuse treatment, mental health services, health services, and housing.
An Employment Program for Recently-released Prisoners
Inglewood One-Stop Center – The Center is located on the corner of La Brea Avenue and Queen Street, across from Inglewood City Hall. TheFriendsOutsideofficeislocatedonthefirstfloor.
Compton WorkSource Center – The Center is located between the 710 and 91 freeways, near theDelAmoexit,offofS.SusannaRoad.AskattheFrontDeskfortheFriendsOutsideoffice.
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MAKEAREFERRALInglewood One-Stop Center110 S. La Brea Avenue Inglewood, CA 90301Telephone: (310) 680-3727 Fax:(310)[email protected]
Compton WorkSource Center2909E.PacificCommerceDriveCompton, CA 90221Telephone: (310) 638-1600 Fax:(310)[email protected]
Administration Friends Outside in Los Angeles County 464 E. Walnut StreetPasadena, CA 91101Telephone: (626) 795-7607www.friendsoutsidela.org
Friends Outside in Los Angeles County is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1972 to provide specialized services to inmates, ex-inmates, and their children and families.