Operation Helps Ex-Offenders Find Work
Ready 4 Work Program Gives Ex-Offenders Second Chance
Published On: Oct 31 2011 05:47:42 PM EDT
Updated On: Nov 17 2009 05:48:25 AM EST
"I'm very happy," he said. "I'm very proud to be part of Jiffy Lube. I go to work to do a job and a job well done."
After an ex-offender is hired, Operation New Hope follows them for a year, even going to their job to check on them.
Gay said businesses who hire workers from the program can receive up to a $9,000 tax credit. He said the program has a 96 percent success rate.
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