To improve public safety by restoring former offenders to productive roles in society through training, counseling and education programs that remove the barriers to meaningful employment and that teach skills for today's workforce.
Alternative Staffing Industry
Just showing up isn’t enough. You have to understand what is expected of you and meet those expectations...day after day after day
– Worker
Alternative staffing firms are social-purpose businesses created by community-based organizations
to “broker up” job seekers, starting with temporary assignments and forming bridges to livable wage
jobs. Customers use their services to screen potential hires and to fill entry-level positions, reporting
that Alternative Staffing Firms know more about their workers and are better equipted to support them
in work assignments than conventional staffing agencies. Customers also point out that these firms:
Better understand their priorities Provide higher quality screening
Are more responsive More effectively support workers
Françoise Carré discusses report findings on Alternatve Staffing Organizations.
The Center for Social Policy and Public/Private Ventures of Philadelphia released in-depth reports on the Alternative Staffing Demonstration, a three-year research project to assess the value of the alternative staffing model. The study analyzed both the business services and employment outcomes of four member alternative staffing organizations.
Brokering Up 
