CEO's approach is to offer employment services to clients at their most vulnerable point - when they are first convicted or released from incarceration. By putting people to work, CEO is offering the foundation needed to address the complicated issues that arise from re-entry.
After placing participants in transitional work, CEO then works with them to find long-term employment.
The CEO model includes:
- Pre-employment job readiness training
- Transitional work
- Paid transitional work at one of CEO's supervised worksites
- Placement services
- Post placement support
In the State of New York, 89% of all probation or parole violators are unemployed at the time of violation
People with criminal records have a hard time finding a job due to lack of skills, limited work history and employment discrimination
CEO prepares over 2,000 people each year to move into mainstream employment