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1 results foundAuthor: Ipsos MORI Title: Improving Financial Capability Among Offenders: An Assessment of Three Programmes Delivering Financial Capabilitiy Trining to Offenders Summary: The Financial Services Authority (FSA) together with the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) funded three pilot projects designed to increase financial capability among offenders. Project 1: Correctional staff training delivered by the crime reduction charity, Nacro. A nationwide training programme for correctional staff working with offenders in prison or the community. It provides training on the financial capability needs of offenders, and how staff can support offenders by delivering one to one guidance sessions and workshops to offenders with these needs. Project 2: Prison setting training for offenders and staff delivered by the Vale of Glamorgan Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) in conjunction with NOMS Cymru. Delivered in two prisons in South Wales, this programme provides financial capability guidance directly to offenders through one to one 'surgery' sessions and group workshops. Along with this the CAB also provide training to staff and peer information advisors1 in ord er to raise awareness of the programme for offenders running in the prisons, and encourage them to refer offenders with financial capability needs to it. Project 3: Probation setting training delivered by the Portsmouth CAB in conjunction with Hampshire Probation. Delivered in the Hampshire probation area this programme provided financial capability guidance directly to offenders through CAB Gateway Assessments and one to one training sessions in the community, along with workshops delivered in Approved Premises. The project also contained training for Offender Managers to raise awareness of the programme running for offenders in the Hampshire probation area, and encourage them to identify financial capability needs among offenders and refer them to this programme. This report brings together previous assessments of two of these schemes3 with new research by Ipsos MORI to assess the effectiveness of each project and comparative lessons learned. Each project is judged by its reach to offenders and staff, content of the training, effectiveness of its process and outcomes for offenders. Details: London: Ipsos MORI, 2010. 80p., app. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 26, 2010 at: http://www.cfebuk.org.uk/pdfs/20101012_ifcao_report.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.cfebuk.org.uk/pdfs/20101012_ifcao_report.pdf Shelf Number: 120091 Keywords: Correctional ProgramsFinancial GuidanceFinancial TrainingOffenders |