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IEL’s Young Offender Work Focuses on Apprenticeship

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IEL’s Young Offender Work Focuses on Apprenticeship

IEL launched the third wave of its Right Turn Career-Focused Transition Initiative, partnering with community based organizations in five communities around the country, including Houston, Tex., Lansing, Mich., Los Angeles, Calif., Nashville, Tenn., and Phoenix, Ariz. Right Turn provides a career development process to young adults ages 18 to 24 who have been involved with the justice system. Right Turn sites will focus on providing exposure to apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship opportunities in high-demand industries. READ MORE…