The Parole Officer Aide Program of Ohio employs qualified ex-offenders as Parole Officer Aides (POA). The POA is given on-the-job training for six months and assumes the identical tasks as parole officers with the exception of signing parole violation reports. The POA's background and familiarity with local situations gives him the ability to…

The Ohio comprehensive statewide study of vocational rehabilitation is reported. Attention is given to the study's philosophy and development as well as to Ohio's rehabilitation needs, program potential, variables affecting programs, and criteria for establishing priorities. Recommendations reviewed regard the state's Rehabilitation Services…

The work of six citizen task forces in comprehensive planning for vocational rehabilitation in one region in Ohio is described. Their combined findings are summarized and recommendations presented in the areas of facilities and programs, personnel, coordination, public information, and finance. The regional study plan is defined in terms of its…

This guide contains a brief orientation to the Community Offender Resource Program (CORP) implemented in the Clark County Jail (Springfield, Ohio). A brief introduction describes the CORP program which contains three integrated components: counseling, career development, and family referral. Next, a need for the program is discussed, and the CORP…

This facilitator's guide is one of three documents recommended for use in the development of a local level linkage system for the referral of severely handicapped students from education to rehabilitation. Introductory materials include a discussion of right versus entitlement and overview of the facilitator's role. The first section provides a…

The rising number of individuals returning to communities from prison and jail represents one of the defining issues of time. Individuals reentering society face myriad challenges, not the least of which is securing viable employment; in addition, each individual has a unique set of experiences, needs and resources. This project stems from the…

Designed to assist administrators in identifying relevant issues, this report is one of three documents recommended for use in the development of a local level linkage system for the referral of severely handicapped students from education to rehabilitation. It presents materials from four regional meetings at which parents, administrators,…

Project INTERACT was designed to develop a local model linkage system, an interagency effort between the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission (RSC) and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE), Division of Special Education (DSE) to improve the joint delivery of services to severely handicapped students. It was also intended to design and/or…

This guide for parents and professionals is one of three documents recommended for use in the development of a local level linkage system for the referral of severely handicapped students from education to rehabilitation. An introductory section includes a discussion of right versus entitlement. The first section provides general information…

This guide to the use of PAK materials is the first of the five-part Comprehensive Community-Based Services for Offenders Information PAK that provides guidelines for developing a system to improve ex-offender service delivery. (Parts 2 and 3, which also contain printed information, are available separately.) The first section discusses the need…

This paper describing a system for delivering comprehensive services to offenders is the third of the five-part Comprehensive Community-Based Services for Offenders Information PAK that provides guidelines for developing a system to improve exoffender service delivery. (Parts 1 and 2, which also contain printed information, are available…