Deep Dive: How Workforce Boards Can Help Communities Start a Second Chance Hiring Program
Overview
On January 30th, the Manufacturing Institute hosted a webinar on Second Chance Hiring for Local Communities. The discussion featured best practices from employers, community partners and content experts on how to successfully launch a place-based second chance hiring pilot program. In addition, the webinar highlighted a the Manufacturing Institute’s toolkit resource that serves as a guide for local organizations and coalitions through the five major steps of building and launching a second chance hiring initiative. To learn more about second chance hiring, visit www.themanufacturinginstitute.org/workers/second-chance/.
Program Agenda
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
- Introduction
- Pooja Tripathi, Senior Director of Workforce Innovation, The Manufacturing Institute
- Second Chance Hiring: Workforce Boards as Ecosystem Conveners
- Why and How SCPa Works invested in Second Chance hiring for their communities: Funding & Execution
- Matt Joyce, Partner, Envoy Advisory LLC
- Jesse McCree, Chief Executive Officer, SCPa Works
- The Role of Workforce Boards in Mobilizing Local Employer Initiatives
- Patricia Blumenauer, Chief Operating Officer, Philadelphia Works, Inc.
- Brandi Hon, Program Manager, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- Why and How SCPa Works invested in Second Chance hiring for their communities: Funding & Execution
- Q&A
- Options for Implementation
- How to Use the MI’s Toolkit for Local Communities to Create a Place-based Fair Chance Hiring Cohort
- Pooja Tripathi, Senior Director of Workforce Innovation, The Manufacturing Institute
- Matt Joyce, Partner, Envoy Advisory LLC
- How to Use the MI’s Toolkit for Local Communities to Create a Place-based Fair Chance Hiring Cohort
- Conclusion & Open Q&A
- Pooja Tripathi, Director of Workforce Initiatives, The Manufacturing Institute
- Matt Joyce, Partner, Envoy
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