82% of managers and 67% of business leaders and Human Resources professionals think that the value new employees with criminal records bring to the organization is as high as or higher than that of workers without records.
After release from prison, women struggle just to get past the application process for a job. In most companies, they have to check a box indicating that they have committed a felony, resulting in a lost opportunity to discuss their life transformation and incredible job skills. Chronic unemployment is common, making it more likely they will commit a new crime within three years to support themselves and their children.
Your company can help create systemic change — changing lives and legacies — when you partner with EWOP to hire women who have completed our program while in prison.
EWOP alumni are motivated and ready to work, and they are grateful and diligent once hired.
Let's talk about how you can become a Second Chance Employer and connect with our talented EWOP alumni!
“Thank you for believing that we made a mistake and deserve a second chance. For not judging us for our past but helping us change our lives by becoming better mothers, daughters, sisters, wives and friends.”