Technology Career Training Apprenticeship Project

The Second Chance Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-199) provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of incarcerated adults and juveniles who are released from prison, jail, and juvenile residential facilities and returning to communities. The Second Chance Act will help ensure that the transition individuals make from prison, jail, or juvenile residential facilities to the community is successful and promotes public safety. Section 115 of the Second Chance Act authorizes federal awards to states, units of local government, territories, and federally recognized Indian tribes to provide technology career training to persons confined in state prisons, local jails, and juvenile residential facilities.

The goal of the Second Chance Act Technology Careers Training Demonstration Projects for Incarcerated Adults and Juveniles is to increase the post-release employability of offenders in related technology-based jobs and career fields. The objective of the program is to establish and provide technology career training programs for incarcerated adults and juveniles during the 6-18 month period before release from a prison, jail, or juvenile facility.

The San Diego Superintendent of Schools will utilize funds to administer the Technical Career Apprenticeship Training Project (TCATP) for incarcerated youth, ages 17 to 19. The recipient will provide occupational training services at three detention facilities in San Diego and will transition youth back into the community with established partnerships with colleges, schools, occupational training providers, San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP), American Job Centers, community-based organizations and employers willing to hire youthful offenders. Supportive services will be identified and enhanced by mentors, rehabilitation agencies, and SDWP staff. The goal of TCATP is to reduce the recidivism rate in San Diego County, California.
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