A project was conducted to help prison inmates in Will County, Illinois, make an effective transition to employment in the community. During the project, an eight-session, in-jail job search course in career exploration and preemployment skills and a follow-up program for jail residents in transition were developed. A volunteer target population of 20 jail residents was followed throughout their transition from jail to community and was evaluated in a summary profile report. Problem areas encountered by jail residents when making a transition into the community (especially into the job market) were thus identified. Local church and civic groups were contacted and asked to work with jail residents during their transition back into the community, and an advocate training program for citizen advocates was developed. Problems with advocate recruitment, training, and performance were then identified and addressed. Various community service agencies were contacted. Those willing to do so were linked in a network to assist jail residents in transition. A brochure describing step-by-step procedures for obtaining help during the jail-to-community transition was then developed and distributed to jail residents. Next, problems in forming a network of community agencies willing to provide job training and job placement services to jail residents in transition were identified. The bulk of this document consists of four appendixes which include: profiles of the 20 inmates forming the target population and related data; the job search syllabi for students and teachers and related materials including the project brochure; a set of product abstracts; and two participant success stories. (MN)