3/10/2010

TACE IV Webinar

Technical Assistance & Continuing Education Center, Southeast Region is presenting a webinar: “Addressing Job Barriers Faced by People with Disabilities-Involvement in the Criminal Justice System.” Presenter will be Stephan Haimowitz.  During this webinar we will review and discuss employment strategies for assisting individuals with disabilities and criminal histories to gain employment. Discussion will include the interplay between mental illness, substance use and legal problems, the impacts of a criminal record on job prospects, ways to address those employment barriers, and models for human services-criminal justice collaboration. As the laws and programs related to these issues vary widely between states, the webinar will outline a range of approaches which can be adapted to specific situations.

Topics to be discussed will include:

• Criminal records – types and impacts
• Laws which limit employers’ use of applicants’ criminal records
• Legal tools which enable individuals to “expunge” their criminal record
• Handling criminal records on job applications and in interviews
• System collaborations aimed at slowing the “revolving door”
• How to locate information and assistance

 
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Central Time)

CRCC and CEU are currently pending.  Registration is required for this event.  Regsitration deadline: March 7, 2010.To register, go to the at http://tacesoutheast.org/webinars/2010/031010/index.php. If you have any questions or need further assistance on these training events, please feel free to contact us via email tacesoutheast@law.syr.edu or phone: 866-518-7750 [voice/tty].  Find more TACE Region IV events on this Calendar at http://tacesoutheast.org/events.php.