Expanding Opportunity: Employing the Formerly Incarcerated in the Green Economy
Publication year:
2010
| Cataloged on:
Aug. 30, 2010
ANNOTATION: This paper can help individuals “in their work to overcome systemic barriers and fundamentally transform the opportunities of people with criminal records in society and build healthy communities of opportunity for all” (p.1). Sections of this publication are the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)--building an inclusive Green economy; breaking down the barriers to employment of people with criminal records; the basic protections regulating criminal background checks for employment (i.e., federal civil rights law, federal consumer protections laws, “negligent hiring” liability, federal bonding program, and the Work Opportunity Tax Credit); and conclusion.
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