While many job developers seem to find working with ex-offenders a particular challenge, one company has found a successful niche in outcome-based prison-to-work (and welfare-to-work) programs. With operations in New York City; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; Baltimore; Newark and Mount Laurel, […]
MDRC/DOL study tests effectiveness of employment programs
RecycleForce of Indianapolis has not only found success in hiring ex-offenders, it managed to win a $5.5 million grant to participate in a large-scale federal research project. That research project, involving seven grantees across the nation, may assist U.S. government […]
RecycleForce works to help ex-offenders enter workforce
While businesses created to hire ex-offenders remain few and far between, Gregg Keesling of Indianapolis is proving that they’re not only possible but profitable as well. His nonprofit RecycleForce has found success in not only providing innovative recycling services throughout […]
CEO expands its reach to help more ex-offenders find employment
CEO, the Center for Employment Opportunities, has expanded beyond New York State, where it began, to more widely offer employment services to those with recent criminal convictions. Focusing its attention on California, the nonprofit opened offices in San Francisco and […]
Milk Not Jails promotes dairies, opens minds, helps ex-offenders
In a unique New York endeavor, probably the only one of its type in the country, an organization known as Milk Not Jails is working to develop the dairy industry as an alternative to the prison economy as a means […]
S.F. Bay Area labor shortage offers ex-offenders opportunities
With an estimated $20 billion worth of construction-related projects underway and planned for the next few years, the San Francisco Bay Area is already facing a labor shortage that offers opportunities for ex-offenders who have skills or who are willing […]
Correctional facility One-Stop helps inmates prepare for employment
In a unique venture that may be the only one of its kind in the country, MongtomeryWorks of Montgomery County, Md. sponsors a One-Stop Career Center at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in the town of Boyds. Operated by Workforce […]
Emphasizing strengths can help ex-offenders find employment
As job developers, when you deal with ex-offenders it’s important to assess them using a strength-based process rather than beginning with the many barriers they face. Or so says Larry Robbin, a nationally known expert in the area of workforce […]
Kindness can help you in your job search and your life
While kindness may not be a qualification listed on too many job descriptions, being kind to others and to yourself will go a long way toward making you attractive as a potential employee and a person others will want to […]
Home of Chicken & Waffles’ Derreck Johnson creates recipe for success
There’s no denying that hiring ex-offenders can be challenging, but more people have to do it if we’re ever going to lower the recidivism rate. And maybe they would if they listened to Derreck Johnson, owner of San Francisco Bay […]