This is your opportunity to become a second chance employer.
What does it mean to be a second chance employer?
A second chance employer is a business that provides employment opportunities to individuals with justice-impact, or in the case of The Launch Pad residents, past substance use disorder. Second chance employers offer our residents hope for a brighter future, empower them to take control of the direction of their lives, and reduce substance use disorder rates and recidivism in our community through gainful employment.
Resources
Work Opportunity Tax Credit
Employers may be eligible for a tax credit if they hire an individual who is justice-impacted.
https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/work-opportunity-tax-credit/
Federal Bonding Program
The federal government provides Fidelity Bonds for hard-to-place job seekers.
These bonds protect the employer against losses caused by an at-risk employee for the first 6 months of employment at no cost to the employer.
Eligible groups include people in recovery from SUD, and the justice-impacted.
https://www.tn.gov/workforce/employers/staffing-redirect/search-for-employees/federal-bonding-program.html
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act established legal and ethical provisions that increased equity of opportunity.
Blanket policies against hiring specific protected groups, including those in recovery, as well as justice-impacted, may be illegal and in violation of this act.
https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/title-vii-civil-rights-act-1964
To learn more, please contact us and we’re happy to talk over phone, e-mail, or schedule a meeting to discuss collaborating.
Email
info@lpchatt.org
Phone
(423) 888-2122