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South Bend, IN · Solar panel manufacturing

Every one of our employees has spent time in prison and it is a necessary qualification to work here and become a part of something bigger. If you or someone you know is a felon returning to society and have an interest in working with us at Crossroads, please fill out and send the linked application below to HR@crossroads-solar.com

Know this: Small company (10 to 12 employees per a Jails to Jobs profile). Page footer says Copyright 2022, but Get Indiana (2026-02-07, updated 2026-05-18) reports it still actively hires formerly incarcerated people. The careers page uses "felon" as a label; our copy must not.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Indianapolis, IN · Electronics recycling (employment social enterprise)

RecycleForce helps ex-offenders break down the barriers to employment by providing transitional jobs as well as comprehensive services designed to get their lives back on track. ... Since 2006, RecycleForce has employed thousands of men and women, providing industry-recognized training and certification, on-the-job training and job placement services.

Know this: Same employer as the homepage record, not independent. Our copy must not echo "ex-offenders".

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Louisville, KY · Transitional employment (paid work crews) for people recently released

All CEO participants have access to immediate work and pay as employees on CEO's transitional work crews as soon as they return home from incarceration.

Know this: Supports the paid-crew caveat for CEO KY. The release is from CEO's 2019 opening (it says CEO began in Louisville on Aug. 12; CEO's page says August 2019); the page itself shows no date, so published_on is null. Old, so not usable for T11.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Lexington, KY · Restaurant and wholesale bakery (second-chance employment social enterprise)

We employ people with a past that includes addiction (and usually incarceration) and give them the tools and experience needed to equip them for gainful employment.

Know this: Mission is people in early recovery from addiction; the record language is 'usually incarceration', so it is recovery-first (compare the Fortune Society ruling: accept with caveat 'hires people in early recovery, many with records'). Two Lexington restaurants: 867 S Broadway #140 and 594 E Third St #100 (dv8kitchen.com). Undated page. dv8kitchen.com adds: 'We don't judge or overlook people based on past mistakes when hiring, promoting, and giving a raise.' KY has no private-employer floor, so nothing here restates law.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Versailles, KY · Contract food manufacturing (cookies and crackers)

Barbara Aker, corporate director for Richmond Baking and More Than A Bakery, two production bakeries in Woodford County, said a family connection to substance abuse led her to open up new second-chance hiring pathways for the formerly incarcerated. A referral program has now created a steady pipeline of workers.

Know this: Same story ran on other outlets (lexingtonky.news AI rewrite, mountain-topmedia); cite WUKY or PNS only, count it once. The '10%' in the quote is the share of staff, per the speaker.

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September 2, 2026

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September 2, 2027

New Orleans, LA · Transitional employment (paid work crews) for people recently released

CEO New Orleans opened in 2019. The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) New Orleans provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to people recently released from incarceration.

Know this: Per Wave 1 ruling 1, CEO counts as ONE employer per state; caveat: short-term paid transitional crew job with placement help afterward, not a permanent job. The New Orleans page does not itself say "paid daily". LA floor (La. R.S. 23:291.2 individual assessment) is not what earns this; the program serves only people with records.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

New Orleans, LA · Reentry nonprofit (case management, transitional housing)

Our coaches are all formerly incarcerated, many are still "on paper" (parole/probation), and they have all personally navigated the many barriers someone faces when they come home.

Know this: Hiring depends on the role and your circumstances.

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October 4, 2026

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January 2, 2027

Springfield, MA · Transitional day labor with same-day pay

The Hampden County Sheriff's Workforce Initiative is an innovative, nonprofit program designed to empower justice-involved individuals, disenfranchised job seekers, and those experiencing homelessness by providing immediate, daily employment with same-day pay.

Know this: Run under the Hampden County Sheriff's Charitable Foundation, so the sheriff's page is the operator's own page. Day labor, not a permanent job. Address conflict: sheriff page lists 627 Randall Road, Ludlow, (413) 427-5507; program site lists 34 Front Street, Indian Orchard, 413-439-7460. Program site itself never mentions records. Launched early 2022 on an ARPA grant; current funding not shown. 'Justice-involved' / 'justice-impacted' in the employer's own words counts as naming a record. ruling W2-3, Troy 2026-09-29.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Boston, MA · Workforce nonprofit with social enterprises

At Project Place, we welcome individuals with histories of court involvement and incarceration.

Know this: Paid hire on its Enterprises page: "Trainees are hired by Project Place after completing IIP" and earn a regular paycheck. Mainly serves people facing homelessness.

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October 2, 2026

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December 31, 2026

Chelsea, MA · Transitional employment work crews (custodial, property maintenance, landscaping)

In a search for effective interventions for justice-involved young adults, Roca’s Intervention Model is at the heart of national attention.

Know this: Dated timeline entry (2015) on an undated page. Same page as the TEP record, not independent. Caveat: a paid transitional job with a program around it, not a permanent job. ruling W2-1, Troy 2026-09-29. 'Justice-involved' / 'justice-impacted' in the employer's own words counts as naming a record. ruling W2-3, Troy 2026-09-29. source_url carries a text fragment pointing at this record's own quote, so the ingest does not drop it as a duplicate of another record on the same page.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Lowell, MA · Youth social enterprises (mattress recycling, food services, woodworking)

Upon a young person’s release, Streetworkers provide immediate transition support, often picking the young person up from the facility and taking them for a meal, a haircut, shopping for street clothes if needed, and visiting the UTEC program center to encourage enrollment into our workforce programming.

Know this: Same page as the paid-work record, not an independent signal. Ages roughly 17-25 only. Also Lawrence and Haverhill sites. Troy accepted UTEC's own record wording. ruling W2-3, Troy 2026-09-29. source_url carries a text fragment pointing at this record's own quote, so the ingest does not drop it as a duplicate of another record on the same page.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Lynn, MA · Commercial laundry (hotels, gyms, spas)

Inspired by social enterprises like Greyston Bakery, we create employment opportunities for people overcoming incarceration, homelessness, and other employment barriers.

Know this: Own mission statement, undated page, no hire count. Philadelphia-founded; MA operations: Chelsea plant (2018) and a 25,000 sq ft Lynn plant (2023); contact page lists "Lynn, Massachusetts Serving Greater Boston". Also named as an attendee at Roca Chelsea's 2026-03-25 job fair (Everett Independent). Return Home Baltimore still lists a Windsor Mill, MD address that the company site no longer shows.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Baltimore, MD · Work zone traffic control

Flagger Force has created access to employment that for many, would have previously been unavailable. Flagger Force partners with Referral Partners, such as community organizations, re-entry training programs, and parole and probation, to identify job-ready applicants to join our team.

Know this: A company-wide program, not a single branch, but the HQ (8170 Adams Drive, Hummelstown PA 17036) and five PA dispatch branches are local. The page shows 'POSITIONS AVAILABLE AS OF 09-29-2026'. These are not spam text, so the pages are not hacked.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Baltimore, MD · University and research

Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice.

Know this: Standard text on JHU postings (loaded via hiring.jhu.edu, which redirected to a careers listing). The next sentences ("does not automatically preclude", "In accordance with applicable law ... on an individual basis") are EEOC-style near-floor wording; the affirmative "committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background" is the beyond-floor part, like Cascade's "actively hires". No hire count. Boss call. Johns Hopkins Hospital (separate employer) has a long public record of hiring people with records, but only on older third-party pages (2011-2017). 'Justice-involved' / 'justice-impacted' in the employer's own words counts as naming a record. ruling W2-3, Troy 2026-09-29.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Baltimore, MD · Transitional employment work crews

87% HAD A HISTORY OF ARRESTS BUT 84% HAD NO NEW ARRESTS

Know this: Outcome stat (FY2025, Baltimore), shown in caps on the page. Pay: Roca history page says TEP participants "earn real wages for real work" and the Baltimore Sun (next record) says Baltimore runs paid transitional jobs. Young men roughly 16-24 at high risk of violence; not an open job. Roca is also recorded under MA; one employer per state. Caveat: a paid transitional job with a program around it, not a permanent job. ruling W2-1, Troy 2026-09-29.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Baltimore, MD · Deconstruction, salvage and reuse retail

Today, approximately two-thirds of Second Chance’s 250 employees are returning citizens.

Know this: Same page: employees earn a living wage. Note: Public Justice Center reported a wage settlement against it on 2026-02-02.

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October 2, 2026

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December 31, 2026

Portland, ME · Mission staffing company, employer of record (construction, landscaping, roadwork crews); registered B Corp

MaineWorks was founded with a simple but powerful mission: to create meaningful employment opportunities for people rebuilding their lives after incarceration, recovery, or homelessness.

Know this: Same publisher as the Portland record; supports the T1 mission. Caveat: counted because this staffing company is itself the employer of record; work comes as staffing assignments. ruling W2-2, Troy 2026-09-29.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Grand Rapids, MI · Plastics manufacturing

Returning Citizens Hiring Policy We are committed to being an employer of choice by removing barriers to opportunity, including criminal records. Felony convictions are reviewed in alignment with EEOC guidelines and in context with the role, rehabilitation efforts, and input from re-entry partners before a final hiring decision is made.

Know this: The EEOC-guidelines part earns nothing alone (national floor); the named policy and re-entry-partner input are the beyond-floor part. Same employer as the /about/people/ record, not an independent signal.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Detroit, MI · Transitional employment / reentry

CEO Detroit opened in 2018. The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Detroit provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to people recently released from incarceration.

Know this: Location page describes employment services exclusively for people recently released from incarceration; the paid transitional work crews are stated on CEO's MI Senate funding request (separate record), not on this page. CEO is one employer across its sites: counts once toward the 2-employer bar.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Pontiac, MI · Transitional employment / reentry

CEO Pontiac opened in 2022 as a satellite office in Michigan The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Pontiac provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to people recently released from incarceration.

Know this: Location page describes employment services exclusively for people recently released from incarceration; the paid transitional work crews are stated on CEO's MI Senate funding request (separate record), not on this page. CEO is one employer across its sites: counts once toward the 2-employer bar.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Minneapolis, MN · Restaurant and food truck (nonprofit social enterprise)

We are fighting for a world where those who have finished their legal sentence are ALL SQUARE, meaning truly unencumbered by their criminal records socially, economically, and politically.

Know this: Same employer, not independent.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Minneapolis, MN · Printing

We believe in Second Chances and hire people with records.

Know this: Locally owned franchise; the statement is the local shop owner, not Minuteman corporate. Page undated.

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October 2, 2026

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December 31, 2026

Saint Paul, MN · Electronics recycling and refurbishing (nonprofit social enterprise)

Our long-term job skills program provides post-release opportunities and extensive training for justice-involved individuals across the Twin Cities and nationwide.

Know this: Own page does not state pay in words; its case study says a collection event "fueled a full day of work for 17 of Repowered’s work readiness" participants, and ReEntry Lab (next record) says the program "offers full-time work". Also on the 2026-03-10 GESMN/DOC reentry job fair employer list.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

St. Louis, MO · Municipal government

As a "second chance" employee and justice-involved individual, the path to a stable career once felt like a dead end due to the "invisible wall" of a criminal record. ... Today, her team is pioneering proactive outreach by visiting Missouri's correctional facilities to build professional bridges before residents even reenter society.

Know this: Undated page (the hire joined in September 2025 per Hoodline). Some city jobs have legal barriers (e.g., airport access), per the city. Accepted as a government second-chance hiring program that names records and shows hires. ruling W2-5, Troy 2026-09-29.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

St. Louis, MO · Bakery (nonprofit work program)

Laughing Bear Bakery is a St. Louis non-profit work skills reintegration program for ex-offenders who are working very hard to start a new life. At Laughing Bear, these men and women receive on-the-job training in a commercial kitchen ... providing on-the-job, paid training and work experience for ex-offenders.

Know this: Paid training/work program (shown paid on its own page, so it passes the training-program ruling). Small nonprofit; undated page. Uses "ex-offenders"; our copy must not echo it. MO floor covers only expunged records, so this is beyond it.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026