Los Angeles Believes in Opportunities & Recidivism Reduction

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 City of Los Angeles will utilize funds to administer the LABOR2 program serving the communities of South and East Los Angeles, with a goal of reducing recidivism amongst young adults by addressing the need to more effectively coordinate and integrate services and resources with the Los Angeles County Probation Department, prior to the youths return to the community from the probation camp. The LABOR2 program will recruit, assess, enroll, and train 100 juveniles (youth ex-offenders ages 16 to 24) in the field of green automotive technology and green construction technologies prior to release.
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