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Stats for disenfranchised voters

State		Prisoners		Parolees		Felony Probation		Jail		Ex-Felons		Total		Voting Age Population		Percent Disenfranchised
1.	Alabama		31,1764		9,006		22,017		1,536		198,031		262,354		3,647,277		Alabama: 7.19%
2.	Alaska		5,597		2,089		6,959		7		0		14,652		522,853		Alaska: 2.80%
3.	Arizona		40,130		7,993		54,135		1,583		95,893		199,734		4,763,003		Arizona: 4.19%
4.	Arkansas		16,204		21,106		27,250		633		0		65,193		2,204,443		Arkansas: 2.96%
5.	California		165,062		105,133		0		8,282		0		278,477		27,958,916		California: 1.00%
6.	Colorado		22,815		11,014		0		1,370		0		35,199		3,808,587		Colorado: 0.93%
7.	Connecticut		19,321		2,894		0		0		0		22,215		2,757,082		Connecticut: 0.81%
8.	Delaware		6,598		560		4,448		0		14,032		25,638		692,169		Delaware: 3.70%
9.	Florida		104,306		4,093		103,318		6,525		1,323,360		1,541,602		14,799,219		Florida: 10.42%
10.	Georgia		491,64		25,091		197,013		4,597		0		275,866		7,196,101		Georgia: 3.83%
11.	Hawaii		5,912		0		0		0		0		5,912		1,056,484		Hawaii: 0.56%
12.	Idaho		7,431		3,957		13,721		386		0		25,495		1,138,510		Idaho: 2.24%
13.	Illinois		48,418		0		0		2,085		0		50,503		9,701,453		Illinois: 0.52%
14.	Indiana		28,028		0		0		1,255		0		29,283		4,875,504		Indiana: 0.60%
15.	Iowa		9,455		3,197		8,862		374		0		21,888		2,318,362		Iowa: 0.94%
16.	Kansas		9,051		5,063		3,704		691		0		18,509		2,126,179		Kansas: 0.87%
17.	Kentucky		20,544		14,628		25,688		1,998		180,984		243,842		3,315,996		Kentucky: 7.35%
18.	Louisiana		39,445		26,202		42,599		3,648		0		111,894		3,415,357		Louisiana: 3.28%
19.	Maine		0		0		0		0		0		0		1,053,828		Maine: 0.00%
20.	Maryland		22,645		13,195		26,164		1,584				63,588		4,420,588		Maryland: 1.44%
21.	Massachusetts		11,312		0		0		1,448		0		12,760		5,128,706		Massachusetts: 0.25%
22.	Michigan		44,113		0		0		1,820		0		45,933		7,539,572		Michigan: 0.61%
23.	Minnesota		9,796		5,807		42,661		962		0		59,226		4,019,862		Minnesota: 1.47%
24.	Mississippi		21,067		6,434		26,793		1,173		127,346		182,814		2,211,742		Mississippi: 8.27%
	State		Prisoners		Parolees		Felony Probation		Jail		Ex-Felons		Total		Voting Age Population		Percent Disenfranchised
25.	Missouri		30,623		19,421		54,916		1,064		0		106,024		4,563,491		Missouri: 2.32%
26.	Montana		3,716		0		0		230		0		3,946		765,852		Montana: 0.52%
27.	Nebraska		4,587		941		4,080		312		7819		17,739		1,367,120		Nebraska: 1.30%
28.	Nevada		12,653		4,964		8,067		717		59,919		86,321		2,035,543		Nevada: 4.24%
29.	New Hampshire		2,761		0		0		184		0		2,945		1,029,236		New_Hampshire:_0.29%
30.	New Jersey		25,007		15,563		57,517		2,289		0		100,376		6,726,680		New Jersey: 1.49%
31.	New Mexico		6,659		3,146		17,781		781		0		28,367		1,540,507		New Mexico: 1.84%
32.	New York		56,656		48,542		0		2,935		0		108,133		15,053,173		New York: 0.72%
33.	North Carolina		40,116		3,621		36,869		1,826		0		82,432		7,253,848		North Carolina: 1.14%
34.	North Dakota		1,487		0		0		97		0		1,584		522,720		North Dakota: 0.30%
35.	Ohio		51,712		0		0		2,130		0		53,842		8,805,753		Ohio: 0.61%
36.	Oklahoma		26,252		2,627		21,642		970		0		51,491		2,821,685		Oklahoma: 1.82%
37.	Oregon		14,014		0		0		683		0		14,679		2,964,621		Oregon: 0.50%
38.	Pennsylvania		51,264		0		0		3,608		0		54,872		9,910,224		Pennsylvania: 0.55%
39.	Rhode Island		3,357		0		0		0		0		3,357		828,611		Rhode Island: 0.41%
40.	South Carolina		23,578		6,412		11,739		1,427		0		43,156		3,544,890		South Carolina: 1.22%
41.	South Dakota		3,434		2,843		0		145		0		6,422		611,383		South Dakota: 1.05%
42.	Tennessee		27,451		12,157		52,178		2,221		247,808		341,815		4,850,104		Tennessee: 7.05%
43.	Texas		173,649		104,763		247,136		6,939		0		532,487		18,279,737		Texas: 2.91%
44.	Utah		6,807		0		0		672		0		7,479		1,892,858		Utah: 0.40%
45.	Vermont		0		0		0		0		0		0		496,508		Vermont: 0.00%
46.	Virginia		37,410		2,624		56,654		2,840		351,943		451,471		6,147,347		Virginia: 7.34%
47.	Washington		18,235		6,956		26,785		1,114		0		53,090		5,143,186		Washington: 1.03%
48.	West Virginia		6,681		1,796		6,876		288		0		15,640		1,465,576		West Virginia: 1.07%
49.	Wisconsin		22,724		19,572		22,602		1,361		0		66,259		4,347,494		Wisconsin: 1.52%
50.	Wyoming		2,112		682		3,236		157		19,470		25,657		428,224		Wyoming: 5.99%
	State		Prisoners		Parolees		Felony Probation		Jail		Ex-Felons		Total		Voting Age Population		Percent Disenfranchised

	US Totals:		1,391,123		524,092		1,233,412		76,949		2,626,604		5,852,180		234,564,071		2.50%

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Prisoner Reentry- Ready 4 Work

The Ready4Work demonstration program addresses the critical needs of ex-offenders through faith-based and community organizations. This program is a collaborative effort between the Department of Labor, the Department of Justice, Public/Private Ventures, and the Annie E. Casie Foundation. The initiative seeks to reduce recidivism by focusing on case management, mentoring, and job training/placement. Four essential sectors are tapped to deliver these services: business, faith, the justice sector, and community.

Ready4Work creates a partnership between businesses, faith-based and community organizations, criminal justices officials, local government, and the workforce investment system to improve outcomes for ex-prisoners and the communities in which they live. The faith-based and community organizations provide volunteer mentors to help ex-offenders become job-ready so they can be referred directly to an employer.

Ready4Work is operating in sixteen sites across the country. Each site received a three year grant that will operate until 2006. Site contacts are listed below. If you have any additional questions on Ready4Work, please contact:

The Department of Labor

Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

200 Constitution Ave., Room S-2235

Washington, DC 20210

Sites (until 2006)
BOSTON: (Juvenile Site)
Straight Ahead Ministries
43 Hopkinton Road
Westboro, MA 01581
(508) 353-2700
BROOKLYN: (Juvenile Site)
Office of Kings County District Attorney
Renaissance Plaza
350 Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 250-2219
CAMDEN: (Juvenile Site)
Volunteers of America Delaware Valley
235 White Horse Pike
2nd Floor
Collingswood, NJ 08107
(856) 854-4660
SEATTLE: (Juvenile Site)

The Church Council of Greater Seattle

4759 15th Avenue, NE

Seattle, WA 98105-4404

(206) 525-1213 ext. 3913

CHICAGO:
SAFER Foundation
571 West Jackson Street
Chicago, IL 60661
(312) 922-2200
DETROIT:
Detroit America Works
2990 West Grand Boulevard
Suite 400
Detroit, MI 48202
(212) 599-5627
NEW YORK:
Exodus Transitional Community, Inc.
161 East 104th Street
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10029
(212) 722-6037
HOUSTON:
Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church
3826 Wheeler Avenue
Houston, TX 77004
(713) 748-5240
JACKSONVILLE:
Operation New Hope
1830 North Main Street
Jacksonville, FL 32206
(904) 425-6001
(904) 425-6002
LOS ANGELES:
Adult Site
Union Rescue Mission
545 South San Pedro Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 673-4839
Juvenile Site

Los Angeles TenPoint Coalition

c/o West Angeles Church of God in Christ

3045 S. Crenshaw Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90016

(323) 292-3301

MEMPHIS:
City of Memphis
125 North Main Street
Memphis, TN 38103
Second Chance/Ready4Work Program
444 North Main Street
2nd Floor
Memphis, TN 38106
(901) 545-0343
MILWAUKEE:
Word of Hope Ministries
2677 N. 40th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53210
(414) 447-1967
OAKLAND:
Allen Temple Housing & Economic Development Corporation
8501 International Boulevard, C101
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 567-1490
PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia Consensus Group/Search for Common Ground

1601 Connecticut Avenue, NW

Suite 200

Washington, DC 20009

(202) 265-4300

WASHINGTON, DC:
The East of the River Clergy-Police-Community Partnership
4105 First Street, SE
Washington, DC 20032
(202) 373-5767
Disability Employment and Training Services

Employment and training services to assist people with disabilities are available at One-Stop Centers and through other federal partners. The Disability Employment and Initiatives Unit of the Employment and Training Administration and the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) help identify policies and provides technical assistance to address barriers to work for people with disabilities.

ODEP funds a toll-free Job Accommodations Network (JAN), 1-800-526-7234. JAN is a free consulting service to increase the employability of people with disabilities by: 1) providing individualized worksite accommodations solutions, 2) providing technical assistance regarding the ADA and other disability related legislation, and 3) educating callers about self-employment options.

Native American Employment and Training Program

Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians are eligible to receive employment and training services on reservations and in their communities under the Workforce Investment Act.

Services are targeted to assist unemployed, underemployed, or economically disadvantaged individuals with the goal of expanding their occupational, academic, and literacy skills and enhancing their job prospects. Programs also are intended to support economic and social development in these communities. Contact information can be found by calling 1-877-US2-JOBS

Older Workers Employment Program

The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) serves low-income individuals who are at least 55 years old and have limited employment prospects. This initiative provides older Americans with part-time community service jobs in settings such as day-care centers, hospitals, and schools in occupations ranging from literacy tutoring and conservation, to financial counseling and economic development.

Assignments can be for up to 1,300 hours per year and pay (at least) the minimum wage. Job training, classroom training, counseling, and placement in unsubsidized jobs also are offered. Participants can use their experience as a bridge to other employment. Contact information can be found by calling 1-877-US2-JOBS

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Second Chance Reauthorization Act Introduced; CSG Justice Center Releases Report on Grantee Successes

On Wednesday, November 12, 2013, the Second Chance Reauthorization Act was introduced in the Senate by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and in the House by Congressmen Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Howard Coble (R-NC), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Spencer Bachus (R-AL) and Steve Chabot (R-OH). The bill expands the number of grant programs available and promotes increased accountability and outcomes from grantees.

At the Second Chance Act Reauthorization event, the Council of State Governments Justice Center released Reentry Matters: Strategies and Successes of Second Chance Act Grantees Across the United States (Reentry Matters). The publication features snapshots of programs around the country that illustrate the positive impact these initiatives can have on successful reentry into the community by focusing on employment, education, mentoring, and substance abuse and mental health treatment.