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Show !, iWX.TIIE DAILY III RALO. I'rovo, Utah Sunday, November - Page 1:7 UTAH VALLEY CHAMBER NEWS Companies needed to provide employment for offenders By CHRISTA TADY For The Daily Herald PROVO As the old saying hands are the devil's workshops." In an effort to get more offenders working, the Provo Office of Adult Probation and Parole is asking community and business leaders to provide meaningful work opportunities for supervised adult goes, "Idle offenders. are looking for work opportunities which can help offenders sustain families, pay restitution to victims, pay court fines and supervision fees," said "We Will Fowlke, assistant regional for Adult administrator Probation and Parole. In Utah, Wasatch, Millard and Juab Counties, there are more than 2,472 adult offenders who are supervised by Adult Probation and Parole and approximately 60 percent of these individuals are now employed. "Last fiscal year, these individuals paid more than $1 million in restitution to victims, percent. We hope to achieve this goal by appealing to local leaders to increase meaningful work opportunities for capable individuals." The reason more offenders are not carrying their own weight in society is because there are many obstacles that they need to overcome before they can obtain meaningful employment. Some of these obstacles include: a reluctance of an employer to hire someone that has been convicted of a criminal offense, the struggle for them to maintain knowledge, court fines and supervision fees," Fowlke said. "We have set a new goal to increase the number of offenders employed by 10 Gross to address chamber at forum By CHRISTA TADY For The Daily Herald PROVO executive Department Robert Gross, director for the of Workforce Services, will be the speaker for the ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce's Friday Forum Nov. 13 at the Provo Marriott. While the forum is normally the first Friday of every month, it has been moved to the second Friday due to the Board A new memRetreat, Nov. ber reception mix and mingle will kick off the luncheon to give members an opportunity to network. In January 1998, Gross returned to his duties at the of Workforce Department Services after serving as Governor Leavitt's Chief of Staff. Under Gross's direction, DWS has made great strides in ff' ihfi ij S? ' as senior vice president and Retail Division manager and vice senior president and general coun sel for First By CHRISTA TADY For The Daily Herald From all reports, PROVO one of the biggest technology challenges chamber members will face over the next two years is the "Year 2000" or "Y2K" issue. The major concern with Y2K is that many computer systems that have a dating Bank. Prior to First Interstate Bank, he was vice president and general counsel for the Continental Bank and Trust Company, Moore Financial of Utah and FMA Financial 5-- two-numb- system automatically assume that the first two numbers will be "1" and "9." Unless those sys 379-256- need You don't need Act. mainstream Some offenders have court community. Finally, employment is a significant step in helping offenders to improve their attitudes, as well as self esteem. Working with an offender is an important community service. For more information order conditions that require them to be employed full time. In some cases, agents may motivate offenders to obtain employment by taking sanctions against them, including: requesting the courts to revoke their probation, starting their probation period over or in extreme cases, receiving jail time. about Adult Probation and Parole or to begin an employ- ment program, contact Paul Collins at 374-705- to attend the seminars should bring their laptop computer. This will allow Greer and Winegar to walk each member through the four different phases. Another offering available to Chamber members is a video, "Your Business, Your Bank & the Year 2000." This video outlines the Y2K challenge and offers suggestions on where to seek assistance in developing a Y2K plan. To order a copy of the video, call (800) Utah Manufacturing Extension Partnership are scheduled to teach the hour-loncourses. Instructions on taking inventory was addressed during the first phase Oct. 30. Phase two, the criticality rating will be g Nov. taught 6. Remediation, phase three, will be the focus of the Nov. 13 class. The final phase, contingency planning, will finish up the course Nov. 20. Greer and Winegar suggest that chamber members planning 338-062- .74 7 Board Retreat Thursday and Friday rate a until 5199 with a $5,000 minimum advance Phase Two Friday, 9 a.m. .00 Historic County Courthouse Bring your laptop computers Free for Chamber members starting 5199 Y2K W., Orem roof. new APR Prime-l.2- 6 Homestead Resort New Seasons Grand Opening Wednesday, 11 a.m. a that goes through it. Chamber Calendar 1200 tems are reprogrammed, the system will recognize "00" as 1900 and not 2000. This could cause computers to shut down or malfunction. The ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce, along with the U.S. Chamber is offering valuable information on this critical issue to its members. The Chamber Y2K seminars are in session. The four phase seminars are offered free to Chamber members. James Greer and James Winegar of You s. N. Others believe that if anything goes wrong of the job that they will be blamed. And of course there are those with poor working habits, interpersonal skills or a negative attitude about employment. Adult Probation and Parole Agents use several methods to encourage and assist offenders in obtaining employment. They often act as employment counselors or coaches and encourage offenders to take advan It is important for offenders be employed in meaningful jobs so they can be self-- supporting, pay taxes and take care of their families. It also gives them an opportunity to identify with the Corporation for seven years. Gross plays an active role in the community and supports a variety of causes and organiza- affiliations tions. Current include board membership as a of member the Utah National the Partnership, Alliance of Business Western of Board the Trustees, of Utah Crimson University improving and streamlining Club and as a member of the the programs and services Salt Lake Rotary Club. offered to the citizens of Utah. Gross received his B.S. DWS has also been recogfrom Utah State degree nized at the national level for and his Juris University its innovative approach in proDoctorate from the Pettit viding and integrating these College of Law at Ohio services. Northern University. He is also Gross has lectured nationan honors graduate of the wide on a variety of subjects Pacific Coast Banking School including: banking law, busiof the at University ness law, customer service, Washington. and workforce The cost of the Friday leadership Forum is $12 for Chamber development systems. 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