I would be pretty specific about perhaps even doing focus groups with some of those groups, and maybe separately, as well, because there are a few things we don't understand. LASS is a great resource, but it's quantitative research. There hasn't been a lot of qualitative research done with those groups to better understand their satisfaction with their employment and their bumpy road post-release back to parity in terms of earnings, and why they are moving so often between employers in the first few years. I think we need to understand that more qualitatively than we do now. That doesn't usually come from any kinds of open consultations that require people to come forward. The most vulnerable groups are the least likely, in any research or any types of outreach efforts, to come in. They need to be targeted quite specifically.
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