DOWD Conference
Exhibitor Information
The 2011 DOWD Conference Exhibitor Prospectus is now available! Click here to access the 2011 DOWD Exhibit Hall Floor Plan. Questions? Contact Debbie Gann at dgann@ncda.org
Virtual Exhibit Hall
SPONSORs:
Life Skills Education
Contact: Suzannah Y. Ciernia
314 Washington Street
Northfield, MN 55057-2025
800.783.6743 x202
syc@lifeskillsed.com
www.lse-online.com
For 30+ years, LSE booklets have helped at-risk populations turn their lives around. Stop by for free samples of new reentry series – developed from evidence-based practice. Covers addiction, relationships, anger, work readiness, job search, and more. Perfect for a new curriculum or supplementing existing one. Easy-to-use, affordable booklets average $ .79 each.
Molding Box
Contact: Russell Bloss
12278 S Lone Peak Parkway, Suite 106
Draper, UT 84020
801.307.2224 x1120
rbloss@moldingbox.com
www.moldingbox.com
Molding Box has been working with UDOWD since 2008. We specialize in Shipping and Handling, Full Service Digital Printing, and CD & DVD manufacturing. Offering these services under one roof, has allowed us to help many of our clients consolidate to one vendor, saving much needed time and energy.
BOOTH LISTINGS:
#34 ABA Training Center
Contact: Roy Potter
3100 Mill Street, Suite 100
Reno, NV 89502
775.843.2152
We help reduce recidivism! ABA Training Center provides pertinent vocational career training for individuals. We work with correctional facilities from a variety of different states. Let us, together, lead inmates and ex-felons to a better life by providing appropriate job skills.
#31 ACCI-Lifeskills
Contact: Trevor Lloyd
55 West 100 North, Suite B
PO Box 610
Richfield, UT 84701
800.316.0246 x 205
ACCI Lifeskills (www.offendercorrections.com) is a national leader in providing evidence-based cognitive lifeskills courses since 1975! Our mantra that guides our organization is, “ If we never change criminal thinking, we will never change criminal behavior”. Our unique home study approach has proven to successfully address several criminogenic needs.
#30 AGS Data Systems
Contact: Susan Harden
520 A Second Street
Hudson, WI 54016
866.403.3639
AGS Data Systems is the leading national provider of performance management software for the employment, training, and social services sectors. G*STARS™ reports on Participant Demographics, Services, Outcomes, and Follow-up for WIA, Youth, ARRA, NFWS, Pathways Grants, Sector Projects, Social Innovations plus literally millions of Customers. Stop by to see the system and play with the reporting.
#33 Career Edge System
Build Your Own Business
Contact: Joan Sanger
3600 MacArthur
Waco, TX 76708
254.315.8825
Career Edge System™ and the Build Your Own Business™, marketed with the American Probation and Parole Association, are offender career development programs, offering a simplified wording and audio components in English and Spanish. Offenders find sustainable career paths, address sabotaging behaviors and immediate survival needs. You track progress remotely.
#22 The Change Companies
Contact: Mike Judnick
5221 Sigstrom Drive
Carson City, NV 89706
888.889.8866
mjudnick@changecompanies.net
The Change Companies® is a national publisher of client centered, evidence based resources for behavioral change. Through the process of Interactive Journaling® we provide a true continuity of care providing individualized intervention and treatment specific to criminogenic needs areas. Through customized training options we ensure fidelity to program service delivery protocols, equipping facilitators to truly become Change Agents.
#14 Educational Data Systems, Inc (EDSI)
Contact: Ray Eibel
15300 Commerce Drive
Dearborn, MI 48120
919.366.9130
Educational Data Systems, Inc. (EDSI) is currently providing Non-Custodial Parent employment programs in Allegheny (Pittsburgh), Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia, counties in Pennsylvania, and in Washington, DC, and Prince George’s County, Maryland. Over $10 million in wage attachments has been collected in Philadelphia alone as a result of the program.
#17 EUREKA, CCIS
Contact: M.J. Abdal Bari
930 San Pablo Avenue, Suite A
Pinole, CA 94564
510.669.0996
EUREKA, Career Information System (CIS) is the missing link between the ex-offender's primary educational experiences and the huge opportunities that exist in this society. Properly supported exposure to EUREKA will reduce recidivism rates nationally. Come see what we mean, and learn about Sally Gelardin’s “Careerwell Teleconferencing Programs”.
#23 The Federal Bonding Program
Contact: Roland Brack
1725 DeSales Street NW-Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202.293.5566 x 271
Booth contains detailed information about US DOL’s Federal Bonding Program which promotes fidelity bonding as a vital tool in assisting at-risk job seekers obtain employment. Bonds are cost free to employers and job seekers. Written materials and videos including guidelines on how agencies/organizations can obtain bonds to use in their placement efforts are available.
#7 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Contact: Linda Washington-Douglas
3501 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22226
703.562.6072
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is an independent agency created by Congress in 1933. The FDIC supervises banks, insures bank deposits and helps maintain a stable and sound banking system.
#2 Jobview, LLC
Contact: Ryan Solberg
13961 W Preserve Blvd.
Burnsville, MN 55337
952.465.3802
Jobview 2nd Chance is a kiosk that helps offenders get a head start on their job search. Jobview is safe because it does not allow direct access to the internet. Jobview has 2 million current local and national job listings. A software version of Jobview is available for facility workstations.
#27 K-Slaw, Inc.
Contact: Karen Okulicz
PO Box 375
Belmar, NJ 07719
888.529.6090
K-Slaw, Inc. publishes the resources “Try! A Survival Guide to Unemployment”, “Decide! How to make any Decision” and “Attitude! For your best lived Life”. The books are utilized in Reentry and Workforce Development programs. Meet the author Karen Okulicz. She will be offering complimentary review copies.
#36 Life Skills Education
Contact: Suzannah Y. Ciernia
314 Washington Street
Northfield, MN 55057-2025
800.783.6743 x202
suz@lifeskillsed.com
www.lse-online.com
For 30+ years, LSE booklets have helped at-risk populations turn their lives around. Stop by for free samples of new reentry series – developed from evidence-based practice. Covers addiction, relationships, anger, work readiness, job search, and more. Perfect for a new curriculum or supplementing existing one. Easy-to-use, affordable booklets average $ .79 each.
# 11/12 Molding Box
Contact: Russell Bloss
12278 S Lone Peak Parkway
Suite 106
Draper, UT 84020
801.307.2224 x1120
Molding Box has been working with UDOWD since 2008. We specialize in Shipping and Handling, Full Service Digital Printing, and CD & DVD manufacturing. Offering these services under one roof, has allowed us to help many of our clients consolidate to one vendor, saving much needed time and energy.
#8/9 National Institute of Corrections
Contact: Francina Carter
320 First Street NW
Washington, DC 20534
202.514.0117
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons that provides training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development assistance to federal, state, and local corrections agencies. Through the Transition and Offender Workforce Development Division, NIC coordinates the efforts of corrections agencies and their partnering agencies to improve employment programs for defendants and offenders by assisting professionals who provide employment services.
#10 National Institute of Justice
Contact: Michael Lambert
2277 Research Blvd.
Rockville, MD 20850
304.519.6208
NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues. NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the state and local levels.
#21 SkillsUSA- Workforce Ready System
Contact: Sarah Morton
8051 Crescent Park Drive
Gainesville, VA 20155
703.655.7075
SkillsUSA is an applied method of instruction for preparing America’s high performance workers in public career and technical programs. It provides quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship and character development. It builds and reinforces self-confidence, work attitudes and communications skills.
#15 SmartWorkEthics
Contact: Joanie Stephen
195 Pemberton Loop
Fairhope, AL 36532
251.990.2507
Smart Work Ethics is a complete training system providing soft skills training for juvenile justice and re-entry clients. Participants are introduced to the critical skills needed to maintain employment and become responsible citizens in the community. Train your trainers in an interactive system focused on creating personal responsibility in the workforce.
#28 TBN Second Chance
Contact: Amy Fihn
2823 West Irving Blvd.
Irving, TX 75061
619.276.7020
afihn@tbn.org
www.tbnsecondchance.org
TBN Second Chance offers free faith-based rehabilitative television programming to correctional facilities and covers all costs of satellite installation with four networks targeting a diverse inmate population. Studies have shown that prisoner participation in faith-based activities can cut recidivism rates in half. Second Chance is now available to more than half a million inmates across 30 states.
#35 Vocational Research Institute
Contact: Krista Biesecker
1845 Walnut St., Suite 660
Philadelphia, PA 19103
800.874.5387
For nearly 50 years, the non-profit Vocational Research Institute has been a leader in career development and special needs assessment. We offer CareerScope®, a valid and reliable interest and aptitude assessment with accommodation options for individuals with special needs. CareerScope is available on CD or Online.
#37 Wonderlic
Contact: Bill Walker
400 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 200
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
512.777.8963
Wonderlic is the recognized leader in educational and workforce testing. The Wonderlic General Assessment of Instructional Needs (GAIN)® test measures basic English and math skills of adult learners. GAIN provides shorter testing time, motivational reports and diagnostics linked to Steck-Vaughn’s GAIN Essentials curriculum. GAIN is approved by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor.
#18 Workin’ It Out
Contact: Dr. Steve Parese
623 N. Main Street
Danbury, NC 27016
336.593.3533
“Workin’ It Out” is a cognitive behavioral work-readiness series implemented with 30,000 people nationwide since 1997. The “Makin’ It Work” version, specifically designed for current or former offenders in transition to employment, is in wide use by US Probation, prisons, jails and community based agencies across the country.
#38 Worldwide Interactive Network, Inc. (WIN)
Contact: Joe Moscato
1000 Waterford Place
Kingston, TN 37763
614.807.3121
WIN Career Readiness Courseware for Correctional Facilities delivers applied academics and foundational workplace skills in a format designed for learners of all levels. For populations not well-served by traditional educational methods, WIN provides a variety of delivery options while aligning to assessments such as GED, WorkKeys, TABE and CASAS.
#16 CareerBuilder.com
Contact: JP Moran
200 N. LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60601
312.698.0916
jp.moran@careerbuilder.com
www.careerbuilder.com
CBiOasis, a Correctional Virtual School System-the first Educational System of its kind that fulfills the educational requirements, endless educational opportunities to build skills in a simple, low-cost, interactive way. It helps to meet re-entry goals and offenders gain the necessary job and life skills to thrive to their communities upon release.
# 29 Veteran’s Health Administration
Frank Dawson
15 Veterans Way, Suite 111
Lowell, MA 01852
978.446.0214
fdawson@comcast.net
The Department of Veterans Affairs is a strong community partner providing a comprehensive range of homeless services, medical and psychological treatment and the Compensated Work Therapy program is an excellent referral source for veterans with mental health, criminal justice, and vocational issues. CWT programs utilize evidence-based best practices to provide outreach, Mental Health treatment, case management, job development, job placement, follow-along support, and community partnership development.
#6 Rubicon Programs, Inc.
Contact: Rhody McCoy
101 Broadway
Richmond, CA 94804
510.412.1709
rhodym@rubiconprograms.com
www.rubiconprograms.org
The mission of Rubicon Programs Inc. is to help people and communities build assets to achieve greater independence, Rubicon provides employment, housing, mental health, legal and other supportive services to more than 4,000 low-income individuals each year in some of the East Bay’s hardest hit communities.
#3 Business Access
Contact: David Buchholz
17101 Preston Road, Suite 260
Dallas, TX 75248
972.931.4198
dbuchholz@business-access.com
www.business-access.com
For over a decade, Business Access has been an industry leader in technology-based education and employment solutions. Our suite of technology and wrap around services have a documented success rate of 78% reduction in recidivism (Rutgers University 2009) supporting the transition of offenders from prison to communities.
#5 CCE- Center for Credentialing & Education
Contact: Gabriela Welch
3 Terrace Way
Greensboro, NC 27403
336.48.2856
gwelch@cce-global.org
www.cce-global.org
The Center for Credentialing and Education, Inc. (CCE), an NBCC affiliate and leader in professional credentialing, offers certifications for clinical supervisors, distance counselors, career development facilitators, human services professional, correctional staff, and coaches. Visit us to learn how our credentials can benefit you in your professional practice.
