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Pueblo hears pitch to renew pilot placing formerly incarcerated residents in city cleanup crews
Summary
Center for Employment Opportunities told the council a four‑month Pueblo pilot served 17 parole referrals with six job placements and daily‑paid transitional crews; CEO asked the city to renew its contract and council pressed for cost, scale and outcome details.
Casey Pfeiffer, vice president for policy and partnerships at the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), and Eric Abraham, CEO program manager, told the Pueblo City Council that a short pilot placing people returning from incarceration into city maintenance work served 17 parole‑referred participants and produced six full‑time placements.
The presenters described CEO’s six‑phase model — two days of paid orientation, transitional work crews, job coaching, job development, placement and a 12‑month retention program — and said participants receive…
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