Project Reentry expands and supplements services offered through the Department of Justice Affairs to recently released youth offenders. Services include academic, employability, life, and occupational skills training. EDC provides technical assistance to the project that focuses on program design issues. EDC assesses curriculum provided by partnering institutions, researches and reports on best practices of similar projects, and provides recommendations for program modification based upon surveys of participants and community stakeholders.
EDC Project Director: Joseph Ippolito
Duration: 2006–Arra
Funder: Ohio Department of Youth Services
Partner: Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, Youth Opportunities Unlimited, David's Challenge, Catapult, Cuyahoga Community College
(EDC is a subcontractor on this project to Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Department of Justice Affairs.)