Workforce Investment Board Kicks Off "Second Chance Project"
By: Rachel Polansky
Updated: August 21, 2012
The Workforce Investment Board is giving previously incarcerated women a
second chance. With the support of law enforcement and community
leaders, the Workforce Investment Board of Herkimer, Madison, and Oneida
counties kicked off it's Second Chance Project today. The executive
director says the program will provide employment and support services
to help former offenders as they make their transition back into the
community.
"They have 1 strike against them, we want to save them from another one. And we want to make them contributing members of the community. I think that this will go a long way in making the community a safer environment, and also giving them an opportunity to contribute to that environment," says Alice Savino, Executive Director Workforce Investment Board.
The project is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. And Utica was one of only 9 in the nation to be selected for this program.
"They have 1 strike against them, we want to save them from another one. And we want to make them contributing members of the community. I think that this will go a long way in making the community a safer environment, and also giving them an opportunity to contribute to that environment," says Alice Savino, Executive Director Workforce Investment Board.
The project is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. And Utica was one of only 9 in the nation to be selected for this program.
