Employer Partners

Benefiits

As a 2nd Chance Indiana Employer Partner, your company can enjoy the benefits of increased and full employment - enabling you to fill orders and meet production deadlines as you also make a significant life-changing impact on those who need a second chance and their family members.

Some of the most successful companies in the country--Lilly among them--are members of the Second Chance Business Coalition (SCBC), which offers The Business Case for Second Chance Employment.

Dozens of examples of businesses that have successfully implemented second chance hiring practices are outlined in the book Untapped Talent by Jeffrey D. Korzenik.

Good Employees

After the release of a landmark study comparing on-the-job performance of those with a criminal record and those with no record, many businesses joined more than 40 early-stage 2nd Chance Indiana Employer Partners who were already offering jobs to reentrants. The study, conducted by researchers from Butler University's Lacy School of Business, confirmed what others had observed... Reentrants make good employees with no statistical difference between their performance and that of employees without records. Review the Butler study, Understanding the Relationship Between Criminal Record and On-the-Job Performance.  

You can read a brief summary of research conducted by Rand Corporation regarding the misperceptions many have about hiring people with criminal backgrounds or download the entire study, Resetting the Record: The Facts on Hiring People with Criminal Histories.

Transportation Provided

Once you hire a reentrant, the No. 1 obstacle to keeping him/her is that most lack affordable and dependable transportation. Through 2nd Chance Indiana's Reentry Transportation Program, grant dollars might be available to provide your new employee with transportation to and from work daily.

Extremely Successful Job Fairs 

2nd Chance Indiana Employer Partners are invited to participate in job fairs that, according to the businesses that been invovled, have beenhighly productive. A strong collaboration with Indiana Department of Correction, HIRE, Parole Districts, Community Corrections, and others has repeatedly drawn hundreds of eager-to-work reentrants.

Tax Savings & Protection

Extending a second chance job to someone with a criminal record can also enable your company to benefit from the Work Opportunity TaxCredit. For more information, see Work Opportunity Tax Credit - Indiana Guidance or Work Opportunity Tax Credit - Per IRS. You can minimize your risk through The Federal Bonding Program. For more information, see The Federal Bonding Program - Indiana Guidance or The Federal Bonding Program as established by the U.S. Department of Labor, which covers the first six months of employment at no cost to the job applicant or to the employer.

We Also Provide

Once your organization has committed to giving second chances to reentrants, 2nd Chance Indiana will provide you, at no charge, with: 

• A listing on our website as a Second Chance Employer with a link to your Jobs Available.
• Access to men and women who are looking for work after returning to Hoosier communities from incarceration in Indiana Department of Correction facilities and from county jails as well as from federal prisons.
• Information regarding educational achievement and technical certifications as well as types and number of offenses committed.
• The flexibility of being as open or as restrictive as you choose regarding the types of offenses your company will consider.
• The right to limit interviews to only those who can provide whatever reference(s) your organization requires.

How to Get Started

Jails to Jobs offfers The Second Chance Hiring Toolkit for Employers, and the SCBC provides The Tools to Get You Started.

Act Now!

To have us list your company as a Second Chance Employer, at no charge, and/or to learn how your company might benefit from 2nd Chance Indiana's grant-supported Reentry Transportation Program, please follow the instructions below.

If you're interested in exploring the possibility of becoming a 2nd Chance Indiana Employer Partner, please either email info@2ndChanceIN.com or you can reach us through our Contact page.

Either way, please put Employer Partnership in the subject line.