Texas Workforce Development Resources for Re-entry Services

Resources for Re-entry Services

Resources/Inspiration for Libraries to Build Their Re-entry Services

• Child Care and Early Learning Services – Find childcare scholarships from the Texas Workforce Commission, which enable parents to work, search for work, or attain their educational goals.
• Library Services for the Justice-Involved Mailing List
• Beginning Library Services for Incarcerated People (Video) - San Franscisco Public Library (SFPL)
  • Training videos on providing library services for people in the process of reentry
  • SFPL's Jail and Reentry Services (JARS) 
  • SFPL Expanding Information Access for Incarcerated People Initiative
• Supporting Formerly Incarcerated Individuals with a Fresh Start @ Your Library (Public Library Association) 
• Windham School District - Literacy Behind Bars Inside the World of Texas Prison Librarians (video)
  • Re-entry Classes and Programs  
  • Basic Academic Program
  • Special Education Program
  • Title I Program
  • English as a Second Language Program
  • CHANGES II Program
  • Cognitive Intervention Program
  • Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program
• Employer Services for Recruiting and Retaining Second Chance Individuals (Texas Department of Criminal Justice - TDCJ)
  • TDCJ Reentry and Integration Division Contact Information
• Expanding Information Access for Incarcerated People Initiative 
• Revisioning Standards for Library Services for the Incarcerated and Detained 
• Inside Books Project

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• Career and College Guide for Formerly Incarcerated People