Michigan Department of Corrections Training Program
Business Case for Hiring Returning Citizens
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a federal business credit available to private, for-profit employers who hire workers from targeted groups that experience difficulty finding work. These labor pools include veterans; ex-felons; long-term unemployment recipients; Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or Social Security recipients; workers with physical or mental disability; or applicants who live in the Rural Renewal Counties (RRC)
Fidelity Bonding
The Fidelity Bonding Program from the State of Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity gives employers the peace of mind to safely provide job opportunities to all individuals with limited risk. The Fidelity Bonding Program was created to assist high-risk, but qualified, job seekers who have bona fide offers of employment. Typically, some employers may view ex-offenders, former substance abusers, and other individuals who have questionable backgrounds as high-risk and potentially untrustworthy workers. With the Fidelity Bonding Program, employers can bond job seekers who are facing barriers to employment for the first six months on the job.
Michigan Department of Corrections Career & Technical Education Programs
- Teaching Foundations of Restaurant Management & Culinary Arts
- ServSafe Manager
- Registered Pre-Apprenticeship Program
- Preparing students for the industry with hands-on training
Michigan Department of Corrections: Vocational Village
The vision of the Michigan Offender Success Model is that every offender released from prison will have the tools needed to succeed in the community and the opportunity to utilize those tools to be productive, self-sufficient citizens. The mission of the Michigan Offender Success Model is to reduce crime by implementing a seamless plan of services, supervision, and opportunities developed with each offender and delivered through state and regional collaboration with the goal of obtaining employment and self-sufficiency. The mission is accomplished by targeting service provision to meet the identified needs of returning offenders, thereby reducing their risk of recidivism and enhancing their employment opportunities.
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Prisons with Programs
Carson City Correctional Facility (DRF)
10274 Boyer Road Carson City, MI 48811 989-584-3941 Instructor: Scott May Mays1@michigan.gov Chippewa Correctional Facility (URF) 4269 W. M-80 Kincheloe, MI 49784 906-495—2275 Instructor: Brent Blair blairb@michigan.gov Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility (LRF) 2500 S. Sheridan Drive Muskegon Heights, MI 49444 231-773-9200 Instructor: Mike Shaw ShawM1@michigan.gov G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility (JCF) 3500 N. Elm Road Jackson, MI 49201 517-780-5000 Instructor: Peter Julian Julianp3@michigan.gov Gus Harrison Correctional Facility (ARF) 2727 East Beecher St. Adrian, MI 49221 517-265-3900 Instructor: Tabetha Harvey HarveyT1@michigan.gov Lakeland Correctional Facility (LCF) 141 First St. Coldwater, MI 49036 517-278-6942 Instructor: Jimmy Hill hillj6@michigan.gov |
Macomb Correctional Facility (MRF)
34625 26 Mile Rd. Lenox Township, MI 48048 586-749-4900 Instructor: Matt Dunaj DunajM@michigan.gov Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility (MTU) 1728 Bluewater Highway Ionia, MI 48846 616-527-3100 Instructor: Tara Ripley RipleyT@michigan.gov Saginaw Correctional Facility (SRF) 9625 Pierce Rd. Freeland, MI 48623 989-695-9880 Instructor: Denise Fahrenbruch fahrenbruchD1@michigan.gov Thumb Correctional Facility (TCF) 3225 John Conley Drive Lapeer, MI 48446 810-667-2045 Instructor: Greg Veit VeitG@michigan.gov Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV) 201 Bemis Road Ypsilanti, MI 48197-0911 734-572-9900 Instructor: Charles Johnson JohnsonC122@michigan.gov |