The goal of the Kennel Care and Transitional Jobs program is to support and connect returning residents to career navigation, job training, and temporary subsidized jobs that will stabilize participants with a source of income, help them identify and overcome their barriers to employment, and prepare them for entry-level employment with CACC or another quality job opportunity. For this RFP, DFSS has partnered with the CACC to identify a partner to manage the program for returning residents and offer temporary work assignments and valuable job skills to returning residents and system-impacted individuals with nonviolent criminal offenses residing in the city of Chicago. DFSS seeks to partner with community-based organizations that have: • Expertise creating pathways to quality job opportunities for returning residents, • Experience serving returning residents successfully with strong performance outcomes, and • Currently funded workforce programming options for returning residents in the city of Chicago
