Wisconsin Statutes 106.36 – Offender reentry initiative
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 106.36
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) In this section, “offender” has the meaning given in 29 U.S. Code § 3102 (38).
(2) The department shall align its workforce development activities under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 U.S. Code § 3101 to 3361, with the department of corrections’ initiatives to reintegrate offenders into the community by doing all of the following:
(a) Training staff of the department of corrections in the use of assessment tools to assess the educational and vocational needs and skills of offenders who are incarcerated.
(b) Providing in its guidelines for the development of local plans under 29 U.S. Code § 3123 a specific requirement that local workforce development boards established under 29 U.S. Code § 3122 outline in their local plans how they will work with local and statewide offender reentry initiatives supported by the department of corrections.
(c) Appointing a representative of the department of corrections to serve on any subcommittee of the state workforce development board established under 29 U.S. Code § 3111 that is responsible for the planning and operation of, and other issues relating to, the state workforce development system to ensure that workforce development programs made available through that system provide workforce development activities serving offenders.
(d) Integrating offender reentry initiatives supported by the department of corrections with the job center network under s. 106.14 (1) to ensure that offenders are aware of the comprehensive career planning, job placement, job training, and other resources available to them through the job center network.