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1. Mentoring Ex-Prisoners: A Guide for Reentry Programs — (PDF)

   This manual provides guidelines and recommendations intended to address the challenges and to increase the benefits of mentoring adult ex-prisoners as part of their involvement in reentry programs.

2. Ready4Reentry: A Prisoner Reentry Toolkit — (PDF)

   This toolkit is a guide for faith-based or community organization interested in establishing or enhancing their prisoner reentry program. This document covers a variety of topics, such as recruiting, case management, job placement, mentoring, and forming successful partnerships.

3. Just Out

   This promising practices guide examines the early implementation of Ready4Work and reports on the best emerging practices in four key program areas.

4. Making a Difference Through Strategic Business Partnerships (PDF)

   This booklet reveals and highlights effective strategies for ways in which non-profit organizations can form fruitful partnerships with businesses to provide jobs for their clients.

5. Compassion at Work: The Faith-Based and Community Initiative at the Department of Labor (PDF)

   This booklet is a glossy report, filled with pictures of successful people who help tell the story of how the Department of Labor implemented President Bush's Faith-Based and Community Initiative. It recounts some of the stories of people's lives who have been changed as a result. If ordered, it comes with an additional booklet inserted in the back cover entitled, "U.S. Department of Labor Faith-Based and Community Initiative Grants: Fiscal Years 2002-2004."

6. Compassion at Work: Promising Practices from the U.S. Department of Labor Grantees (PDF)

   This is a glossy picture-filled publication describing model partnerships derived from the excellent work of the Department of Labor's grantees during years 2002-2004.

7. U.S. Department of Labor Faith-Based and Community Initiative Grants Fiscal Years 2002-2004 (PDF)

   This publication lists all of the grants awarded by the Department of Labor during years 2002-2004. If ordered, it comes as an insert in the back of the “Report on Accomplishments of the U.S. Department of Labor Center for Faith-based and Community Initiatives,” listed above.

8. Employment Assistance is One-Stop Away (HTML version / PDF version )

   This booklet is a guide for non-profit organizations to learn how to partner with their local One-Stop Career Center System. Additionally, it provides information about grant programs and opportunities at the Department of Labor.

9. Bridging the Gap (PDF)

   This document provides information on two promising practices from Dept. of Labor grantees. United Way of Brevard, Florida worked with local faith-based and community organizations and the Brevard Workforce Board to create "Mini Career Centers" in impoverished neighborhoods. Job Service North Dakota created Project SHARE (Sharing How Awareness of Resources Empowers) that effectively created 400 new partnerships between the One-Stop Career Centers and North Dakota faith-based and community organizations.

10. Touching Lives and Communities (HTML version / PDF version)

    Provides an overview of CFBCI's mission, activities, and projects.

General Information

These publications are only available in PDF form.

• White House Guidance for Faith-Based and Community Organizations on Partnering with the Federal Government (PDF version)

  This document contains valuable information on frequently asked questions about the federal grant system, do's and don'ts for faith-based organizations, and more.

• Developing Quality Grant Proposals (PDF)

  This publication is a guide to help organizations create strong grant applications.

• Catalog of Grantees

  CFBCI seeks to empower faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) as they help low-income adults and youth enter, succeed and thrive in the workforce. We aim to involve those organizations that provide valuable services but do not have a history of partnering with government programs. To accomplish this mission, CFBCI works to remove administrative and regulatory barriers and develop innovative.

• Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Centers Contact Information