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PROGRAM
PAROLE OPERATIONS VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROJECTS
PROGRAM INFORMATION
POPULATION SERVED: Adults
SERVICES PROVIDED: On-the-job training or internships, job search, counseling, wage subsidy, entry-level skills training, employability skills instruction, and life skills instruction
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY: Division of Parole
ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS: Other
SOURCE OF FUNDING: State/Federal
AUTHORIZATION: State Budget
DESCRIPTION: Funding is provided to four programs serving ex-offenders: Parolee Vocational Rehabilitation Services (PVRS); Neighborhood Work Project (NWP); Vocational Development Program (VDP); and the Wildcat Program.
PROGRAM DATA
FISCAL YEAR: 1996
(1996-97)
1997
(1997-98)
1998
(1998-99)
1999
(1999-00)
2000
(2000-01)
APPROPRIATIONS($): 6,735,871 6,758,413 7,014,400 7,014,400 7,014,400
NUMBER ENROLLED: 1,462 (PVRS); 1,426(NWP); 1,427 (VDP); 637 (Wildcat) 1,464 (PVRS); 1,396 (NWP); 1,336 (VDP); 567 (Wildcat) 1,367 (PVRS); 1,225 (NWP); 1,252 (VDP); 485 (Wildcat) 1,509 (PVRS); 1,372 (NWP); 1,244 (VDP); 491 (Wildcat)
OUTCOME DATA: 530 employed, 82 trained (PVRS); 624 employed, 48 trained (VDP); 1,279 employed (NWP); 161 employed, 552 supported work placements (Wildcat) 518 employed, 115 trained (PVRS); 641 employed, 54 trained (VDP); 1,396 employed (NWP); 172 employed, 347 supported work placements (Wildcat) 516 employed, 112 trained (PVRS); 614 employed, 87 trained (VDP); 1,249 employed (NWP); 220 employed, 390 supported work placements (Wildcat) 518 employed, 119 trained (PVRS); 707 employed, 57 trained (VDP); 1,451 employed (NWP); 270* employed, 280 supported work placements (Wildcat)
CONTACT
NAME/AGENCY: THERESA SALO, Division of Parole
PHONE NUMBER: 518-473-5199

* A total of 97 were directly placed in unsubsidized employment without participating in supported work.