Program Benefits

• Paid Work Experiences and on the job training

• Paid incentives and stipends for programing & reaching milestones

• Needs Related and Supportive Services Assistance

• Legal Services (Record Expungement and Sealing)

• Career Navigation Exploration & Job Placement Assistance

• Group & mentorship opportunities (Community Violence Intervention Mentorship Program, Bereavement Support, YA Mentoring Groups (Male / Female)

• Assistance Applying for Financial Aid

• Academic Services (GED / HS Diploma obtainment)

(See full list below)

The Goal

The goal of Project Restore is to introduce and prepare justice involved young people for the world of work, through placement into paid work experiences, and on a path to more equitable career opportunities with their peers.  In addition to paid work experiences, the program encompasses occupational education and training in in-demand industries, leadership development, a mentorship component, and post work experience placement into unsubsidized employment or post-secondary education”.

“The Goodwill® LifeLaunch: Growth Opportunities 4 Program, an employment and training program for justice-impacted individuals, is made possible with a $799,765.00 grant award, covering 98 percent of operating costs, from the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration. Goodwill is contributing leveraged funding valued at $177,686 to cover the remaining 2 percent of operational costs”

Bear Barley
Program Manager
(520) 904-7485
BBarley@goodwilltucson.org

Taimar Escamilla
Program Supervisor
520-490-5973
TEscamilla@Goodwilltucson.org

Our Partners

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Within the next few business days, someone from our Reentry team will contact you with next steps and program requirements (See list above).

In partnership with Pima community college, the public workforce system, employers or employer associations, unions providing training, labor-management partnerships and the criminal justice system to provide eligible participants the following services:

• Career exploration activities, including information on barriers to employment and requirements for entering their occupation;
• Case management services, including the development of a comprehensive and personalized Learning Plan, which may be incorporated into the Individual Development Plan (IDP) that identifies strategies for achieving participants’ employment goals, including overcoming barriers and acquiring supportive services;
• Assistance with linking participants to the social services required to help participants transition back to their communities, such as substance abuse and mental health treatment, healthcare, transportation, childcare, housing, legal aid, and other social services;
• Job preparatory experiences;
• Employment-focused services that lead to hiring, including the following approaches:
• occupational education leading to industry-recognized stacked & latticed credentials
• Registered Apprenticeship
• work-based learning or
• work experience
• group opportunities: community violence intervention program, mentorship, and bereavement support
• Assistance with applying for financial aid
• Tuition assistance, where financial aid is not available
• Job placement services
• Legal services (record expungement, diversion, modifying child support arrears, or obtaining a state driver’s license)
• 12 months of follow-up services

PROGRAM PARTNERS

PRESS

• Goodwill Project Restore, Ellie Skelly PKG (kold.com)