1. Placing Ex-Offender Populations into Jobs
ARRA Grantees Technical Assistance Webinar
Wednesday, November 30
3:30 - 4:30 pm ET

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6. Placing Ex-Offender Populations into Jobs
Welcome to Today’s Webinar
Placing Ex-Offender Populations into Jobs
Facilitator: Susan Golonka
Director, Human Services Program
National Governors Association
Center for Best Practices

7. Placing Ex Offenders
Approximately 65 million adults in the United States, or one out of every four, have a criminal record.
In general, males who are formerly incarcerated work nine fewer weeks and earn 40 percent less each year than their counterparts without a criminal record

8. Innovative Approaches your peers are trying:
Promising Practices
Innovative Approaches your peers are trying:
Reviewing state and local statutes to dispel any misconceptions on statutory prohibitions regarding hiring ex-offenders;
Promoting the skills, formal degrees and certificates of ex-offenders in order for employers to understand the value of hiring individuals with a prior conviction – this also involves helping ex-offenders build functional resumes which focus on skills and knowledge, rather than employment history;
Conducting 30 day, 60 day, and 90 day follow-up meetings with employers after an ex-offender has been hired to resolve any potential issues and to provide case management services to the individual;
Hosting annual recognition events that create positive ripple effects among ex-offenders, their families, employers, and members of the community, all of whom can play an important support role in the individual’s efforts to move forward.

9. Today’s Discussion with Employers
Discussion Topics for Employers:
Why are you willing to hire ex-offenders? 
What attributes or characteristics do you look for? 
What are the biggest challenges you face in hiring and retaining ex-offenders in your business?
What supports or services provided by training programs or community organizations have been most beneficial to you?
What advice do you have for training providers who are trying to approach a new employer about hiring a person with a criminal history?
How should ex-offenders present their criminal background to employers?
Other Topic or Question?

10. Question
Which of these topics are you most interested in? [Select All That Apply]
Why are you willing to hire ex-offenders? 
What attributes or characteristics do you look for? 
What are the biggest challenges you face in hiring and retaining ex- offenders in your business?
What supports or services provided by training programs or community organizations have been most beneficial to you?
What advice do you have for training providers who are trying to approach a new employer about hiring a person with a criminal history?
How should ex-offenders present their criminal background to employers?
Other Topic or Question?

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13. Resources Additional Resources on Employment and Ex-Offenders
Helping Ex-Offenders Secure Employment Fact Sheet: This working paper from the T.A. Partnership describes examples of strategies, policies and programs that can help ex-offenders secure employment and advance in the labor market.
Federal Resources and Information:
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs:
Federal Bureau of Prisons, Employing Ex-Offenders:
U.S. Department of Labor, Reintegration of Ex-Offenders Resources and Publications List:
National Institute of Corrections, Best Practices Tool-Kit: Employing Ex-Offenders after Release from Prison:
Resources for Employers:
Federal Fidelity Bonding Program: -
Federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit:
State and Local Examples of Prisoner Re-entry Efforts:
National H.I.R.E. Network – National Clearinghouse of Information on Workforce Development and Criminal Justice:

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