We Hire Felons

The website WWW.WEHIREFELONS.ORG will list felon friendly employers who have been educated on the tax breaks given to companies that hire recent felons.

Quick Facts:

Focus of initiative/program:
  • Employment/Job Training
  • Inititative/program name:
    we hire felons
    Year Established:
    2011
    Lead agency/organization name:
    we hire felons
    Population served by initiative/program:
  • Returning from local detention facilities
  • Returning from local jails
  • Returning from prison
  • Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
  • Adults
  • People convicted of a violent offense
  • People convicted of a non-violent offense
  • Gang members
  • Elderly
  • Sex offenders

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    We Hire Felons

    Contact:

    Derrick Sherrill
    CEO
    We Hire Felons
    Phone: 6156694623
    3512 Geneva dr
    murfreesboro, Tennessee 37128
    derrick@wehirefelons.org

    www.wehirefelons.org

    We Hire Felons

    Initiatives and Programs

    Focus of initiative/program:
  • Employment/Job Training
  • Inititative/program name:
    we hire felons
    Lead agency/organization name:
    we hire felons

    Funding

    Partners in the reentry initiative/program

    Informal Agreement Formal Agreement
    (e.g., a written contract or an MOU) with this partner.

    Participants

    Population served by initiative/program:
  • Returning from local detention facilities
  • Returning from local jails
  • Returning from prison
  • Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
  • Adults
  • People convicted of a violent offense
  • People convicted of a non-violent offense
  • Gang members
  • Elderly
  • Sex offenders
  • Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
    0
    Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
    0
    Total number of people who can be served at one time:
    100000

    Data Collection

    Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
    No
    Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
    No
    Does your organization measure and/or track the outcome of participation?
    No

    Activities

    How are people placed into your program?
    Referral
    Explore the Justice Center’s Websites
    CSG Justice Center Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project Justice Reinvestment National Reentry Resource Center Reentry Policy Council