This article describes the Jlaryland Comprehensive Offender Jlodel Program (CO.\IP), designed to deliver manpoa'er services to offenders while they are incarcerated and until they are placed in training or employment. Counseling was based on the Reality Therapy model with a high structured format for group sessions. The G.\TB and S:\TB were used for vocational planning; Holland's Self-Directed Search was the most effective interest instrument. Supportive services were minimal and consisted mainly of arranging housing and temporary public assistance grants. Over half of the placements stemmed from individual job development and this resulted in a placement rate higher than that usually achieved with applicants \vho do not have multiple barriers to employment.
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