Maricopa County is investing in employment services for incarcerated veterans after it received more than $1 million.
The county received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. That money will go toward expanding workforce development services by creating individualized career planning, skills assessments, training and apprenticeships.
The county will also work with second chance employers.
The grant will fund a full-time veteran re-integration position to oversee the program and strengthen partnerships with organizations like the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Phoenix Veterans Affairs and the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services.
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Tennessee's top prisons official resigned after the botched attempted execution of Christa Pike. But this wasn’t the first time he oversaw executions that ran into problems — including here in Arizona. -
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by Arizona to block the start of a court-ordered takeover of healthcare operations in its prisons after the state was found to have provided inadequate care to incarcerated people and dragged its feet in making improvements. -
Court records say Elbert Bowie worked at the Lewis prison complex in Buckeye. -
Attorneys for incarcerated individuals in Arizona prisons are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a last-ditch bid by the state to delay federal control of its healthcare system. -
Attorneys for Ryan Thornell, director of the Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry, said the prison system has made "tangible progress” in improving healthcare for inmates.
