Youngphillypolitics.com has posted the legislation in its entirety. There are some strings attached, of course. But even if there's a little corruption or the program ends up needing a few tweaks, it still seems like a good incentive to hire ex-offenders, given that there's no incentive (that I know of) currently.
http://youngphillypolitics.com/goode_introduces_nutter_prep_legislation Andrew Quoting Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hey Andrew, > > Yesterday in the Inky was an interesting article about > the police commissioner, Sylvester Johnson. He > believes the stop and frisk policy would be a > disaster. His focus is how this will turn the clock > back on police/community relations and destroy, > perhaps in months, the gains which have taken years to > forge. He cites the recent request for community > volunteers and getting 10,000 people to show up as > evidence of improving relations. > > I have not seen details of this $10,000 tax credit > first alluded to in the primaries. In my experience, > this tax credit strategy sounds much better than it > turns out to be. > > Over a decade ago, I looked for employers for > individuals with chronic substance abuse disease. I > think all those I worked with counted as ex-offenders > too. > > The employers weren't interested in the federal tax > breaks available. As a large industrial janitorial > contractor explained to me, when the details come out: > there is so much work and little hope for actually > qualifying. > > This same employer was very interested in the program > I was offering to help bridge the gap to employment. > For 6 months, I maintained case management services > for the referrals with an up-front agreement for > three-way open communication to assist the individuals > maintain their jobs. My referrals succeeded very well > but in almost all cases minor problems arose that > could have easily caused termination in those first > six months. > > Now does this reward only kick-in after the first six > months of employment? That would suggest to me lots > of hoops for legitimate employers, lots of fraud, and > very little impact on maintaining employment or > reducing recidivism. > > The intervention I worked on was a small pilot > project but was successful because it was a good > design based on previous empirical evidence not sound > bites. Unfortunately, there is no political will > among the people to expand good policy when sound > bites are available to our political leaders. > > I believe these tax break strategies are akin to > "creaming." The individuals most at risk for criminal > recidivism will be those most at risk to lose their > jobs in the first six months. These strategies look > like some incredible attempt to solve the problem > around elections yet do almost nothing for the problem > while distracting society from looking at the > underlining problems and implementing sound policy. > > Then, the reports come about the brilliant plan > failing because the individuals are beyond all hope. > I've seen this pattern repeat so many times that now > the fear in society has become so extreme that we are > considering policies to end civil liberties and the > bill of rights for the majority of people/criminals in > our midst. > > I'm sorry I feel compelled to disagree so strongly > with something that sounds so positive. > > I would very much like to see the full plan. If the > details for the employers are not available, I will > continue to dismiss it as political rhetoric and poor > policy. I saw this tax credit suggested in the > primary without any details which I could find. > > Andrew you seem good at this. If you can get the > details, please share. I'd love to change my mind or > get folks to talk to the next mayor about the problems > I outlined. > > Thanks, > Glenn > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > I don't know if anyone else made it to Michael > > Nutter's community forum the > > other night, but he mentioned a bill that I believe > > will be before city council > > this week. Somehow it had escaped my notice thus > > far. It calls for a $10,000 > > credit against the business privilege tax for > > companies that hire ex-offenders > > for 6-months or more. He also cited a staggering > > 72% recidivism rate in the > > city. The proposal was extremely popular with the > > crowd, and he couldn't > > resist adding a couple of pull-up-your-pants > > applause lines at the end. I > > posted a video clip here: > > > > http://malcolmxpark.org/?p=494 > > > > Andrew > > ---- > > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to > > the > > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive > > information, see > > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
