Second chance hiring means that your business as well as the community benefit in unique ways because you are giving individuals with blemished records the opportunity that we all seek to be engaged, challenged, and productive.

Below are key resources related to second chance hiring, but this is just the beginning.  Reach out and let us know what other questions you have and how we can help. 

Understanding & Mitigating Risk

• Federal bonding program through Indiana
• FACT SHEET: federal bonding
• EEOC Guidance 

Leveraging Unique Opportunities

• Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) ​
• FACT SHEET: Work Opportunity Tax Credit
• HIRED (tax abatement for Indianapolis businesses hiring ex-offenders; must also be approved for capital-based tax abatement)
• Skills Enhancement Fund (SEF) 
• Workforce Ready Grant: Technical training through Ivy Tech or Vincennes University

Connecting With Candidates

• PACE
• Recycle Force
• Edna Martin Christian Center​
• StepUp
• ​HIRE (through Dept. of Workforce Development)
• PEN Industries (work within prisons)

Fostering Success

• Lyft for Business
• Uber for Business
• ​Commuter Connect
• Onboarding 

Evaluating Candidates

• Background checking: Barada & Associates and Safe Hiring Solutions
• BOOKLET: Best practices in using criminal history records in hiring​

General Information

• Reentry MythBusters
• Washington Post article on hiring at Johns Hopkins

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From May 18th Lunch & Learn

• Slide deck
• PANELIST: Susan Spangler, Beacon Human Resources
• PANELIST: David Gaspar, True Brands
• PANELIST: Tracy Hartman, EmployIndy
• PANELIST: John Smith, Department of Workforce Development
• PANELIST: Jennifer Foley, Merchandise Warehouse
• ​PANELIST: Yvonne Smith, PACE
• FACILITATOR: Dana Harrison, Synergy Consulting Services