Indianapolis Business Journal Amid a nationwide worker shortage, central Indiana employers are increasingly taking a chance on new hires who have been arrested or convicted of a crime. William Eland had just such an opportunity. He pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted armed robbery in 2021, and while on electronic monitoring, he landed a…Continue reading NEWS: Worker shortage leads firms to hire more ex-offenders
News: Kokomo Tribune: A Second Chance
Second Chance: Partnerships with Howard County Work Release Help Incarcerated Find Jobs Things looked bleak for Michael Paul’s future when he was arrested in 2018 for low-level felony charges for selling drugs and criminal confinement. As he put it, he had been going “full throttle” at the time. But instead of serving his sentences in…Continue reading News: Kokomo Tribune: A Second Chance
News: UNITE INDY celebrates first Jobs for Life graduating class in Shelbyville
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Newsletter: October 2022
Read about Nancy’s upcoming speech at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, plans for a new reentry room at the new Marion County Jail, and about other happenings at Unite Indy in our October 2022 newsletter.
Newsletter: February 2022
Read about our coordination with Boone County’s Economic Development Corporation to help provide jobs for reentrants, our efforts to combat pay day loans, and about other happenings at Unite Indy in our February 2022 newsletter.
Quote of the Month: September 2021
If you carry the bricks from your past, you will end up building the same house.” —Anonymous For many of the people coming out of long term incarceration, there is no blueprint to follow with which to build a better life. A majority of reentrants carry with them scars of a difficult youth. They have…Continue reading Quote of the Month: September 2021