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The Institute is committed to providing opportunities for people to live successfully in the community after involvement with the criminal legal system. Capitalizing on our position within a large public university and recognizing the transformational power of education, our work focuses on increasing access to higher education and career pathways for people with conviction histories. The Institute’s comprehensive and strategic approach includes direct service, research, training, and technical assistance.  \nLearn more about our services and find our other publications at  \n[www.justiceandopportunity.org](www.justiceandopportunity.org)  \nSuggested Citation:  \nThe John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity. Design and Implementation: The Navigator Certificate in Human Services and Community Justice. New York: The John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity, December 2022.  \nSummary  \nIn 2019, the John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity (the Institute) launched a training program to prepare people with lived experience in the criminal legal system for employment and promotions in human services. The Institute believes that workforce and leadership development for people with lived experience in New York City’s criminal legal system are crucial for reform of that system and for an equitable pandemic recovery.  \nThis report offers key learnings of the Navigator Certificate in Human Services and Community Justice (the Navigator Certificate) to others who share the Institute’s commitment to leadership development and career pathways for people impacted by the legal system.  \nThe report features essential elements of program design, highlights the journeys of Navigator students, and celebrates alumni perspectives.  \nThe Institute gratefully acknowledges the vision and support of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Criminal justice (MOCJ), which in 2017 asked the Institute to develop a “forensic peer navigator” certificate training. As part of the Mayor’s “Jails to Jobs” initiative (now known as the Community Justice Reentry Network), MOCJ sought to prepare people directly impacted  \nby the criminal legal system for jobs helping others make the transition from jail and prison to communities in NYC.  \nIn response to MOCJ’s guidance, the Institute examined human services workforce access for people impacted by the criminal legal system and the labor market needs of employers. Rooted in the institute’s core values of spurring systemic and individual change, the needs assessment explored:  \nWhat lay at the heart of success in the human services workforce for people with lived experience in the criminal legal system?  \nWhat obstacles prevented formerly incarcerated people and others with legal system involvement from getting hired for human services jobs, retaining their jobs, and advancing?  \nWhat training already existed, and where were there gapsin training? How could a new training be complementary rather than duplicative? How had certification trainings been realized in mental health/ behavioral health fields?  \nWhat jobs were available, and what competencies were required for those jobs?  \nWhat competencies were required to advance from entry-level jobs, and how could the institute strengthen career pathways for people with lived experience in the criminal legal system?  \nIn the training design process, the Institute engaged with people impacted by the criminal legal system who were working in human services, employers at nonprofit and government agencies, training providers, and partners in academia and professional studies. We also convened an advisory comm","cbCaiim0Th7OIySM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiim0Th7OIySM","pdf",466901,51,"English","# Summary\n## Program purpose and background\n## Needs assessment questions\n## Training and stakeholder engagement\n## Takeaways from the research and design process","[{\"question\":\"What was the purpose of launching the Navigator Certificate training in 2019?\",\"answer\":\"The training was launched to prepare people with lived experience in the criminal legal system for employment and promotions in human services. It aims to strengthen workforce and leadership development to support reform and an equitable recovery.\"},{\"question\":\"What topics did the needs assessment explore?\",\"answer\":\"It examined success factors for the human services workforce, barriers to hiring and advancement for people with legal system involvement, gaps in existing training, and how a new program could avoid duplication while complementing what already exists. 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