PHILADELPHIA RE-ENTRY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM ("PREP") FOR RETURNING CITIZENS

Philadelphia Code tit. 20, ch. 20-1700

in effect

Philadelphia Code § 20-1701 Duties of the Managing Director. 115

§ 20-1701. Duties of the Managing Director. 115 (1) The Managing Director shall coordinate the implementation of the Philadelphia Re-Entry Employment Program set forth in this Chapter. (2) By July 1 of each year, the Managing Director shall submit a written annual report to the Mayor, with a copy to the President and Chief Clerk of Council, which shall include the following information for the prior calendar year: (a) A summary and evaluation of the efforts of City agencies in carrying out the Philadelphia Re-Entry Employment Program, including a summary and evaluation of how the duties specified in this Chapter were performed. (b) A summary and evaluation of the efforts of City contractors and recipients of financial assistance to cooperate with the City in providing employment opportunities for Returning Citizens, as that term is defined in subsection 19-2604(9), as required by Chapter 17-1800. 116 (c) The number of Qualifying Employees under subsection 19-2604(9)(a)(.2) certified during the year, the number of Qualifying Employees whose certification expired during the year, and a summary of the reasons for such expiration, all as prepared by the Revenue Department. (d) A list, as prepared by the Department of Revenue, of all businesses that participated in, and the tax expenditure associated with, the PREP tax credit program under subsection 19-2604(9). (e) Recommendations for improvement of the Philadelphia Re-Entry Employment Program. Notes 115 | Amended, Bill No. 100369 (approved June 30, 2010). 116 | Amended, Bill No. 130769 (approved December 4, 2013).

Philadelphia Code § 20-1702 Duties of the Personnel Director.

§ 20-1702. Duties of the Personnel Director. (1) Within forty-five days after this Section becomes law, the Personnel Director shall transmit to the Mayor, the President of City Council, and to the Civil Service Commission recommended guidelines for the City's hiring of Returning Citizens, and recommendations for increasing public, private and non-profit sector employment of Returning Citizens, including identifying barriers to such employment and ways to remove such barriers. (2) In developing the recommendations required by subsection (1), the Personnel Director shall first develop, in cooperation with the Director of R.I.S.E. (as defined in subsection 9-2604(9)(a)(.6)), the Philadelphia Prison System, the Department of Human Services (DHS), Community Behavioral Health (CBH), the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, any other appropriate city, state or federal agencies, the Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation, chambers of commerce, other business advocacy organizations throughout the City, and organizations that provide re-entry/Returning Citizen services, a matrix of job titles and work categories matched to Returning Citizen's criminal offenses and work skills that can be used to help the City and other employers identify jobs appropriate for potential employees with criminal records. 118 Notes 117 | Amended, Bill No. 130769 (approved December 4, 2013). 118 | Amended, Bill No. 100369 (approved June 30, 2010).

Philadelphia Code § 20-1703 Duties of the Commissioner of the Philadelphia Prisons System.

§ 20-1703. Duties of the Commissioner of the Philadelphia Prisons System. (1) The Commissioner of the Philadelphia Prisons System, in concert with the Director of R.I.S.E. (as defined in subsection 19-2604(9)(a)(.6)), shall ensure that the Philadelphia Prisons System and R.I.S.E. carry out the following program for each Returning Citizen who was a Philadelphia resident and is to be released from a period of sentence in the Philadelphia Prison System: (a) Each such Returning Citizen shall, at least three months prior to release, be advised of the opportunity to participate in the Philadelphia Re-Entry Employment Program set forth in subsection 19-2604(9). (b) Every Returning Citizen who expresses an interest in participating shall be given a pre-release assessment of his or her current education, job training level and future job prospects, physical and mental health status, and the housing and family circumstance to which he or she expects to return to in Philadelphia upon release, and based on that assessment, an individualized package of basic education, job training and retention, financial and life skill management training, and other support services will be designed to assist the prisoner in securing employment, housing or other life improvement services as soon as possible after release. (c) A PREP Employee's Agreement will be prepared in accordance with subsection 19-2604(9)(e). (2) In consultation with the Commissioner of the Philadelphia Prisons System, the Director of R.I.S.E (as defined in subsection 19-2604(9)(a)(.6)) shall seek to enter into cooperative arrangements with federal, state and other non-City correctional facilities located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through which the same program set forth in subsection (1) will be provided to Returning Citizens who were Philadelphia residents and who are to be released from a period of sentence in such facilities. Notes 119 | Amended, Bill No. 100369 (approved June 30, 2010); amended, Bill No. 130769 (approved December 4, 2013).

Philadelphia Code § 20-1704 Duties of the Revenue Commissioner.

§ 20-1704. Duties of the Revenue Commissioner. (1) The Revenue Commissioner shall make available to all businesses holding a commercial activity license in Philadelphia information about the PREP Tax Credit provided under subsection 19-2604(9). Notes 120 | Amended, Bill No. 100369 (approved June 30, 2010); amended, Bill No. 110758 (approved December 21, 2011), effective May 1, 2012.

Source: City of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Code and Home Rule Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/philadelphia/latest/philadelphia_pa/0-0-0-301546Fetched: 10/27/2026