Workforce Development and Justice Reform Consulting
Stop Funding Activity. Start Building Systems.
Strategic consulting for government agencies, workforce boards, employers, and nonprofits — building household-stability systems using the 2Generation Economy Blueprint.
Our Blueprint: The 2Generation Economy Workforce Ecosystem
Every engagement is built on this systems-level architecture — connecting employer engagement, parent economic mobility, child development, wrap-around family supports, and systems coordination.
Sentenced to Prison
(During my Second Incarceration)
the Blueprint
NARP
Your Reentry Programs Aren't Working
You're measuring individual employment. But without household stability, you're creating a revolving door.
The system measures the wrong thing. When the household is unstable, employment does not stick. The system calls it personal failure. It is not personal. It is architectural.
Who This Work Is For
Different sectors. Same structural problem.
Workforce Boards
Redesign programs around household stability, not just job placement.
Employers
Build retention systems that account for the whole household.
Government Agencies
Shift policy from individual compliance to household outcomes.
Foundations
Fund systems that create generational prosperity, not temporary gains.
How We Work
A disciplined process that moves from diagnosis to durable systems.
Diagnose
We assess your current systems, identify where the household is invisible, and map the failure patterns.
Design
We build a household-centered strategy using the 2Generation Economy Blueprint.
Deploy
We implement the Blueprint with your team, measure household outcomes, and build durable systems.
What We Build
Strategic Planning
Design 2Gen Economy programs for your community.
Blueprint Implementation
Build household-focused workforce systems.
Organizational Transformation
Shift from reentry to reinvention.
Measurement & Evaluation
Track household stability outcomes.
Trusted By
Partnerships, affiliations, and strategic collaborations include:
Reentry Professionals (NARP)
Ready to Build Household Stability?
Let's discuss how the 2Generation Economy Blueprint can transform your community.
Measure What Matters — The Durability Index
Our consulting engagements now include access to the Durability Index — a practical scorecard that measures household stability across five domains over 12–24 months. It turns "how many placements" into "what are we actually producing."
Download the Free Scorecard →The Problems Our Consulting Solves
Every sector we work with faces a version of the same structural problem: systems designed around individual compliance rather than household stability. Here is what that looks like in practice.
Workforce Boards and WIOA Operators
- Placement numbers look good but 90-day retention collapses
- Program design does not account for childcare, housing instability, or benefits cliffs
- WIOA metrics reward job starts, not household stability
- No infrastructure to measure what happens to families 12-24 months out
- Funders demand success stories that mask systemic failure
Employers and HR Leaders
- Second-chance hires leave within 90-180 days despite strong onboarding
- Managers lack training for workers navigating reentry challenges
- No retention infrastructure that accounts for household instability
- Cannot demonstrate ROI of second-chance hiring to leadership
- Diversity and inclusion initiatives do not reach justice-impacted talent pipelines
Government Agencies
- Reentry programs funded at scale but recidivism rates remain flat
- Supervision and compliance frameworks do not produce long-term outcomes
- Siloed agencies with no coordinated household-level strategy
- Difficulty demonstrating ROI to legislators and budget committees
- Programs designed to process individuals, not stabilize families
Foundations and Funders
- Grantees report positive outcomes that do not hold up at 18 months
- Portfolio lacks a coherent theory of change for reentry and workforce
- Metrics tied to grant cycles, not generational impact
- No standard for measuring household stability across grantees
- Funded programs compete rather than build coordinated systems
Nonprofits and Reentry Organizations
- Case management is crisis-driven, not pathway-driven
- Staff lack tools to address household-level instability
- Program models inherited from compliance-based systems do not fit the work
- Difficult to distinguish your organization outcomes in a crowded field
- Board and funders want evidence of impact that current data cannot show
If any of these patterns sound familiar, the problem is architectural. Our consulting practice exists to redesign the architecture.
Consulting Engagement Models
We offer three primary engagement types, each structured to meet organizations where they are in their transformation journey. Every engagement is grounded in the 2Generation Economy Workforce Ecosystem Blueprint.
Strategy Session
Half-Day or Full-Day
An intensive diagnostic and strategic planning session for leaders who need clarity fast. We assess your current system, identify the household gaps, and build an action plan tailored to your context.
Best for:
- Executive teams new to 2Gen strategy
- Organizations preparing for a larger engagement
- Funders assessing strategic alignment
- Teams stuck and needing outside perspective
Blueprint Implementation
90-Day to 6-Month Engagement
A structured implementation engagement where we work alongside your team to design, build, and deploy the 2Generation Economy Blueprint within your organization. From diagnosis to launch, we build the system together.
Best for:
- Workforce boards redesigning programs
- Government agencies building new reentry infrastructure
- Nonprofits transforming their service model
- Employers building second-chance retention systems
Ongoing Advisory
12-Month Retainer
Sustained strategic advisory for organizations committed to long-term systems transformation. Monthly consulting sessions, access to Khalil Osiris expertise, and ongoing support for implementation, measurement, and adaptation.
Best for:
- Organizations in active transformation
- Funders needing strategic portfolio guidance
- Government agencies navigating multi-year initiatives
- Networks coordinating across multiple grantees or partners
What You Receive
Every consulting engagement is structured to produce concrete deliverables and measurable outcomes. You do not leave with recommendations. You leave with infrastructure.
Deliverables
A detailed analysis of your current programs, identifying where the household is invisible and where structural failure patterns exist.
A customized strategic plan applying the 2Generation Economy Workforce Ecosystem Blueprint to your organization specific context, population, and goals.
A phased action plan with milestones, roles, timelines, and accountability structures for your team.
Access to our household stability measurement tool, tracking five domains over 12-24 months.
Structured workshops to align your leadership team, board, funders, and partners around the household-centered model.
A data collection and reporting system that tracks household outcomes, not just individual placements.
Outcomes and Impact
Significant improvements in 12-month employment retention compared to placement-only models.
A documented household-stability measurement framework makes your organization distinctively fundable.
Leadership teams leave with a shared language, a coherent theory of change, and a prioritized action plan.
Systems built around household outcomes produce measurably lower recidivism over 24+ months.
When households stabilize economically, children outcomes improve, breaking cycles of poverty and incarceration.
Household-centered metrics make it possible to show legislators, boards, and investors a compelling return on investment.
Representative Results and Impact
Our consulting engagements produce structural change that is measurable and durable. These representative outcomes illustrate the impact of applying the 2Generation Economy Workforce Ecosystem Blueprint across sectors.
Workforce Board Transformation
After implementing the 2Gen Blueprint, workforce boards have shifted from tracking 30-day job placements to measuring 12-month household stability indicators. This shift enabled programs to identify and address childcare disruptions, housing instability, and benefits cliffs before they caused employment failure. Organizations using the Durability Index report that their retention conversations with funders changed fundamentally, moving from defensive explanations to proactive strategy discussions grounded in household-level data.
Employer Retention Infrastructure
Employers who adopted the household-centered retention model moved beyond standard onboarding into structured support systems that accounted for the full context of their workforce. Manager training protocols were redesigned to recognize when household instability was driving absenteeism or performance decline. The result was a measurable improvement in 6-month and 12-month retention among second-chance hires, with significantly reduced turnover costs and stronger internal advocacy for inclusive hiring pipelines.
Funder Portfolio Alignment
Foundations and government funders who engaged our consulting practice restructured their grantmaking criteria around household stability outcomes. By adopting the Durability Index as a shared measurement standard, funders gained visibility into which programs were producing durable results and which were generating activity without lasting impact. This strategic clarity allowed funders to concentrate resources on high-performing approaches and hold underperforming grantees to evidence-based standards.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about working with Khalil Osiris Consulting.
Who is this consulting practice designed for?
Our consulting practice serves government agencies, workforce development boards, corrections and reentry organizations, foundations and funders, employers building second-chance programs, and nonprofits working with justice-impacted populations. If your work touches reentry, workforce development, or household stability and you are not getting durable results, this practice was built for you.
What makes this consulting approach different from other workforce or reentry consultants?
Most workforce and reentry consultants work within the existing paradigm. Our approach is built on a fundamentally different architecture: the 2Generation Economy Workforce Ecosystem Blueprint, which measures household stability rather than individual placements. Khalil Osiris brings 27+ years of lived experience, field-tested methodology, and a corrective systems approach that most consultants do not have access to.
How long does a typical engagement take?
Engagements range from a half-day strategy session to a 12-month advisory retainer. For Blueprint implementation projects, the typical timeline is 90 days to 6 months from diagnosis to deployment. We work with your team to determine the right scope based on your goals, organizational capacity, and resources.
What is the Durability Index?
The Durability Index is our proprietary household stability measurement scorecard, included in all consulting engagements. It tracks five domains over a 12-to-24-month window: employment retention and wage progression, housing stability, family economic security, child development indicators, and systems coordination.
How do I know if my organization is ready for this work?
You are ready if you have tried the standard approaches and are not seeing durable results. If your placements do not stick, your recidivism numbers have not moved, your funders are asking harder questions, or your leadership team senses that the problem is structural. Start with a strategy session and we will assess your readiness together.
Can Khalil Osiris speak at our conference or leadership event?
Yes. Khalil Osiris is an active keynote speaker on topics including the 2Generation Economy Blueprint, second-chance hiring, reentry systems reform, household stability, and criminal justice transformation. Learn more about keynote speaking.
How do I get started?
The first step is a brief discovery conversation. Request a strategy session here and we will schedule a call to discuss your organization current challenges, goals, and how our consulting practice can help.
Related Resources
The consulting practice is built on the framework presented in Khalil's book Stop Calling It Reentry. It's Reinvention. Learn about Khalil's 50-year journey studying criminal justice and workforce systems from both sides. Explore the latest research-driven insights on the blog, or start a conversation about your organization's needs.
