We are dedicated to the successful new beginnings of people who are returning to our community after incarceration. 📍Nashville 📍Chattanooga
Tennessee, USA
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Justice-impacted job candidates are often discriminated against in the labor force. Join us in calling for more limitations on background checks in the hiring process. morethanabackground.org #MoreThanABackground
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Work is critical to #reentry success for returning citizens with a criminal record. Unnecessary government barriers to licensed work that are not grounded in #publicsafety should be removed.
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Congrats to @ProjectReturnTN on their nomination for a TN's Best Award for Neighborhood Stabilization! Project Return, with some help from THDA, acquired a brownstone in historic East Nashville able to accommodate five formerly incarcerated residents.
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Through its #FairChanceHiring social contract, @CEOAction for Racial Equity calls on the business community to destigmatize #reentry and engage with an untapped talent pool of individuals, many of whom are talented, reliable, and eager to work. Read why: bit.ly/3jhQ3gs
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"Employers are looking for talent. … We have talented individuals that haven’t been given the opportunity to get that education and get that career pathway. If you can invest and support reentry and #FairChanceHiring, you can really grow and diversify your talent pool."
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Persevere’s own @stacey_books , Senior Director of Growth, spoke on the @nashchamber panel this week for Second Chance Month. She discussed her experience as a formerly incarcerated individual and the importance of second chance hiring.
#perseverenow #secondchancemonth
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“As far as the business case [for Second Chance Hiring], the data really speaks pretty clearly: You have increased retention, you have increased loyalty, you have increased productivity.”
#SecondChanceMonth
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Q3. Gainful employment empowers men and women to be productive members of our communities, but there are over 28,000 legal barriers to obtaining employment for people with a criminal record. How can hiring people with a criminal record advance public safety? #SecondChanceMonth
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@ProjectReturnTN is dedicated to helping former inmates reenter the workforce. They expanded into Chattanooga in 2021, helping connect people with training and networking.
Learn more about the program at bit.ly/3fI3lEE
#chattanooga #tennessee #business #employeement
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Thank you to @USDOL Deputy Secretary Julie Su for joining some of Nashville's community leaders for an important conversation about workforce development. Together, we can help residents prepare for and acquire good paying jobs to support their families and build a future.
ALT Mayor Cooper speaks on a Workforce Development panel.
ALT Mayor Cooper, U.S. Department of Labor Deputy Secretary Julie Su, and Nashville's community organizations at Project Return.
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The Out in Napier community event was a success! Thank you to everyone who came out despite the heat! 😎☀️
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At the age of 17, Karl was sentenced to life without parole. After 48 years in prison he is finally home. “I never gave up. I never lost hope.”
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Chattanooga is a city of second chances. In less than six months of operation, @ProjectReturnTN Chattanooga has already connected over 100 formerly-incarcerated individuals with the tools they need to be successful, from job readiness classes to wraparound services! – at Chattanooga, TN
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Incentives are important for rehabilitation, which reduces recidivism and improves public safety. @ThisIsLivingOrg @ProjectReturnTN @MOVTenn Great orgs doing re-entry successfully -
Through parole and earned time credits, we give prisoners "an incentive, and we make them productive members of society, give them a sense of hope". #TNleg #RedemptionBehindBars @GovBillLee @AFPTN @RightOnCrime @fourthpurpose @taxreformer @ACUFforJustice
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The U.S. accounts for over 30% of the world’s incarcerated women, even though just 4% of women in the world live in the U.S.
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We asked people behind bars what services and programs could have changed the course of their lives.
Topping the list:
• therapy
• affordable housing
• living wage trib.al/pB1f653
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The latest The Human Relations Report! paper.li/1City4AllPeople/140… Thanks to @CNMnashville @ProjectReturnTN #domoreformore #hope
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Check out this blog post where Project Return addresses a defining dilemma of our time—mass incarceration. Learn how the leading nonprofit innovator achieves reentry success and low recidivism with a whole-person approach to social enterprise.
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Listen to @WUTC_FM's Scenic Roots today at 3 PM & 8 PM ET.
Preview for Thu 12/09: @ProjectReturnTN in Chattanooga; @MuktaPandaMD; Black vultures at @NoogaNature; "Nooga Nutcracker"; Wavelength Space on "Tiny Things."
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