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TRICOR was created in 1994 by the Tennessee General Assembly and is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Governor. Our board members represent various fields including manufacturing, business and corporate law, fiscal management, human resources, agriculture, organized labor, the Department of Correction, and the Tennessee State Employees Association. The agency was created to provide occupational and life skills training for Tennessee’s incarcerated population through job training, program opportunities, and transitional services designed to assist offenders with a successful reintegration into society. TRICOR’s philosophy is to effectively manage revenue supported industry, agriculture, and service operations for the purpose of employing and training offenders, providing quality products and services, and assisting in transition services, all of which reduces the cost of government. The corporate level mission defines the purpose of TRICOR’s existence, our vision continues to act as the compass by which we look to the future, and our values are the principles that guide our actions. Our Purpose We teach offenders the skills necessary to compete in the job market. Our Mission In partnership with our stakeholders, TRICOR is a financially self-sustaining organization offering programs where offenders learn and practice occupational skills using the tools necessary to compete in the job market upon release. Our Vision TRICOR will be a preferred source of skilled labor for the workforce in Tennessee. Our Values Service: We use sound business practices to provide resources and innovative solutions to those we serve with an impact extending to society at large. People: We empower a workforce that honors and respects the unique contributions of its diverse membership leading to a stronger, more successful organization. Communication: We are dedicated to keeping our workforce and other stakeholders informed. We embrace the free exchange of ideas in an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect. Ethics and Integrity: We demonstrate courage and conviction by acting with integrity and ethical behavior. Learning: We are committed to personal, professional and organizational development through education and training. Continuous Improvement: We operate a business model that continually provides quality products and services to meet our stakeholders' on-going needs.
TRICOR is financially self-supporting, generating 100 percent of our revenue through the sale of quality products and services. Our operations, in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC), are located in ten facilities throughout the state. In Fiscal Year 2009, we provided occupational skills training to over 1,640 offenders. Through this partnership, TRICOR saved taxpayers nearly $3,789,000 in supervision and programming costs last year. Through private industry partnerships and service operations, TRICOR's offender workforce has cumulatively transferred approximately $653,100 from deductions in wages into the Tennessee Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund for victims' compensation.
TRICOR operates in three spheres of influence which include business, social, and government. We must continually evaluate our performance in these sectors to assure the organization maintains its focus and balance, ensuring our double bottom line – working together to operate a financially sound business while moving forward with the social mission of providing opportunities for people to make significant life changes – is met.
Almost 700,000 people are released annually from prisons across the nation. Over 15,550 of those people are released from Tennessee prisons and jails. On any given day, TRICOR works with as many as 875 men and women to prepare and equip them to function more successfully while incarcerated and upon their return to the community. TRICOR recognizes that it must operate as a learning organization to fully embrace our mission and realize our vision. We must link individual performance with organizational performance, which includes our entire workforce of both staff and offenders. Through our Workforce Development Initiative, we are providing individual and collective learning opportunities for the entire TRICOR workforce. This systems-thinking approach has made TRICOR a unique leader in the field of correctional industries.
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