Reports 
NLEN 2008 Program Methodologies Report
We offer this summary of our program methodologies to share our wealth of experience serving formerly incarcerated persons to assist other organizations that work with this population, set policies that affect them, and fund programs that serve them.
Hitachi Foundations Learning from Business-Community Partnerships
A Cluster Evaluation Report
Drugs, Crime, and Consequences: Arrests and Incarcernation in North Lawndale
The North Lawndale Employment Network (NLEN) and the Center for Impact Research (CIR) have partnered on the Alternatives to Incarceration Project. For the first phase of the project, NLEN and CIR conducted research to document the high rates of involvement of North Lawndale adults in the criminal justice system as there is no single data set that provides this information.
The project's second phase will entail research, including working with community advocates as court watchers, to determine the extent to which sentencing alternatives are available to and used by low-income, minority offenders.
The research process will provide information for planning an advocacy campaign and will build the capacity of community leadership to promote alternatives to incarceration for non-violent drug-related offences. This project is funded by the Woods Fund of Chicago.
Reducing Recidivism through Work: Barriers and Opportunities for Employment of Ex-Offenders
The University of Illinois at Chicago Great Cities Institute
Svenja Heinrich
September 2000
This paper highlights the obstacles that ex-offenders face in securing gainful employment and proposes strategies for better addressing the employment needs of ex-offenders, drawing lessons from model employment programs for ex-offenders. The paper concludes with a discussion of continuing challenges for practice and policy.
Understanding Entry-Level Health Care Employment in Chicago
Chicago Jobs Council
August 2000
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