At first glance the facilities at Dave’s Killer Bread in Milwaukie, Oregon, look like any normal, bustling bakery. What most visitors don’t realize is that a majority of the 230 … [Read More...]
Solving Arizona’s Skills Gap
In most prisons, news that some of the inmates have gotten hold of hand tools and are going to work on a wall would ordinarily be cause for alarm. But every rule has its exception, […]
Serving Up Opportunity
Have a look around the next time you’re having dinner in one of your favorite restaurants. There’s an increasing chance one of your waiters—or the chef or a kitchen worker—has a prison record. It’s not […]
Grocers: A New Source of Skilled Retail Workers
The value proposition for Uplift’s workforce training program is pretty clear: spend six weeks in the classroom learning some of the soft and hard skills required to succeed in the workforce, and one of […]
The Case for Hiring Ex-Offenders
A Q&A with David Rattray, executive vice president of the Center for Education Excellence and Talent Development at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Representing more than 1,650 member companies with 650,000-plus employees, the […]
The Next Step For Criminal Justice Reform—Jobs
By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr, president and CEO of the Society of Human Resources Management One in three working-age adults has a criminal record—more than have college degrees—and one in 100 currently is in prison. […]
Sweat Equity
By Coss Marte, founder of ConBody What if you were known for the worst thing you’ve ever done? Think about it. Well, I am. At 19, I was making over $2 million a year running […]
Bonus: Coss’ Story
Coss’ Story Coss Marte, founder of fitness company ConBody, shares how he went from the streets of New York City to felon to entrepreneur with a gym inside of Saks Fifth Avenue and a team […]
Women Welders Rebuild Indiana’s Workforce
The tight labor market makes it hard for businesses of all kinds to hire enough workers. Welders are among those in demand, especially in Indiana, where a new program responds to employer needs by giving […]
The Last Mile
To the north of San Francisco and Silicon Valley sits California’s renowned San Quentin State Prison, home to some 4,000 inmates. Those two worlds, far apart in nearly every respect but geography, are forging a […]
Building Stronger Prisoners
By W. Todd Johnson, Global Channel Leader of Entrepreneurship and Job-Creation, Gallup Two years ago, the founder of an innovative reentry program called RISE shared some staggering statistics about the way we deal with the […]
Vocational Village
“This is good money here,” says Michael Smith, 41. “The benefits are gonna be good. This is probably the best job I’ve had. Since November, Smith has been working as an auto mechanic at the […]
Bonus: Vocational Village
Vocational Village Across Michigan, 400 businesses are hoping to hire graduates of the Vocational Village program, where 66 percent have jobs waiting for them before parole. The first-of-its-kind training program is a result of a […]
Last Word from Piper Kerman
Like millions of Americans, I have a criminal record. I served 13 months in federal prison for a drug offense and was released in 2005.
Bonus: Project Jumpstart
Project JumpStart is a pre-apprenticeship training program that provides classroom and hands-on training to Baltimore City residents. It trains low-income city residents to enter the building trades on a construction career track that will help […]
Getting Talent Back to Work Toolkit
Each year in the United States, nearly 700,000 men and women are released from prison and re-enter society, where many want to find jobs. […]
