On Oct. 21, the Ebensburg CareerLink crafted a presentation on Flagger Force for the Altoona District Parole Office. Flagger Force is a certificate program used in temporary locations for traffic direction and road crew safety. While incarcerated, inmates can obtain a Flagger Force certification.
Flagger Force was invited by the Altoona DO ASCRAs to present a workshop on their company. They taught about hiring, certifications and their mentoring programs for new hires. Every reentrant is paired with a mentor who guides them through their daily work routine. The mentor offers rides, explains company procedures, work rules and regulations. Mentors serve to answer questions and guide the reentrants. The workshop was attended by: reentrants, supervisors, agents, institutional staff from the education departments, social workers and RPA's. Reentrants had the opportunity to fill out job applications and ask questions, too.
The Altoona District Parole Office exchanged contacts with the Flagger Force representatives and agreed to contact SCI staff to present this workshop in institutions. Flagger Force is hiring in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana and Ohio. They hire all across Pennsylvania in numerous counties. This was a wonderful collaboration between the SCI's and the field staff to better serve the re-entrant population.