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Flowood, MS · government
After interviewing for the MAGCOR work release program, Medina started off working for the city of Flowood, where he performed lawn care duties for six months.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Independent newsroom; photos credited to MAGCOR. Corroborates the PEER roster.
Pearl, MS · government
Patrick Medina became a full-time employee with the city of Pearl after completing a MAGCOR work release program.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Independent newsroom; photos credited to MAGCOR. Corroborates the PEER roster.
Kalispell, MT · County government and public services
A criminal conviction does not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Hiring depends on the role and your circumstances.
Missoula, MT · Nonprofit / community organizing
Missoula Works includes a labor crew, social enterprise, and supportive staffing agency laser-focused on addressing poverty among those with barriers to employment - such as previous incarceration, experiencing homelessness, or physical limitations - through an immediate living wage, on-the job skills training, and a path to sustainable employment.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: MIC's staffing and labor arm; its site says employees are hired by Missoula Works. Stronger than the micmt.org/employment EEO line (that page also asks staff to pass a background check).
Billings, MT · Staffing
The official posting contains fair-chance consideration language for applicants with records.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: The evidence applies to the cited posting and does not guarantee placement into every client worksite.
Great Falls, MT · Behavioral health / treatment
The employer-hosted job description encourages applications from people with a criminal record.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: The document is role-specific, may be older, and the role requires professional credentials.
Graham, NC · Farm-based social enterprise (body care products)
Benevolence Farm provides safe and dignified housing to formerly incarcerated women and gender expansive people the day they come home from prison or jail. ... In their first jobs after prison, residents re-adjust to the workforce within a supportive community here at Benevolence Farm. We grow herbs and flowers that are then infused into our body care products. Everyone receives a living wage from Day 1.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Residential program: jobs go to residents (women and gender expansive people), small scale. Undated page. Graham is in the Burlington area, not one of the four stage 2 metros.
Charlotte, NC · Transitional employment (paid work crews) for people recently released
The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Charlotte provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to people recently released from incarceration. ... Formerly incarcerated people work recycling styrofoam, but for many its more than just a job.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow 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 Charlotte page itself does not say "paid daily"; that wording comes from CEO's MI Senate page (Wave 1). By appointment only; located at Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont.
Durham, NC · Municipal government
The NCWorks Career Center in Durham offers specific programming for eligible people with criminal backgrounds/convictions ... Transitional jobs programs provide temporary, wage-paying jobs, support services and job placement help to people who have difficulty getting and holding jobs in the regular labor market. The Transitional Jobs program is an expansion of the City Justice Involved Program's current work experience. ... he was connected with the City of Durham's Transitional Jobs Program and
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Page is undated. NC public-employer floor (EO 158) covers state agencies and is timing-only; a paid city jobs program for people with records goes well beyond it. Temporary (about six months) transitional jobs. Durham residents only. Page flagged left:-9999px, which is the site skip-link/accessibility CSS, not spam (no spam words).
Winston-Salem, NC · Municipal government
The Successful Outcomes After Release (SOAR) Program is a six-month temporary job training program to help individuals who have been incarcerated or involved in the justice system transition back into society. ... Participants are paid the city's minimum wage. ... Have at least one prior arrest or conviction
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Page undated. Temporary six-month program; outdoor work; requires a background check and drug screen, city residency and 32 hours a week. A record is an eligibility requirement, which is beyond any NC floor.
Fayetteville, NC · Final mile delivery and moving
Mission: To deliver top-tier final mile logistics while creating jobs for justice-involved individuals and those in recovery. ... Justice-Involved Friendly Hiring
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Small private company (100 Hay St, Fayetteville); undated page; mixes justice involvement with recovery. Owner's VoyageRaleigh interview says "we intentionally hire and train individuals who are justice involved or in recovery" (undated). A 2025-05-06 Seattle Medium feature (Word in Black syndication) also covers it; both are outside or without a 12-month date, so no T11.
Asheville, NC · Coffee roasting and cafe (social enterprise)
To employ, celebrate and create a spiritual community with people impacted by incarceration. ... We currently offer employment and workforce development by way of specialty coffee roasting
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Faith-based (a United Methodist new church start). Small program (Sojourner cohort). Pay is described as "gainful employment" but no wage is stated on the page.
Omaha, NE · Nonprofit restaurant (culinary training and employment)
Ooh De Lally is a non-profit restaurant dedicated to empowering formerly incarcerated individuals through comprehensive culinary training and meaningful employment opportunities.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Mission employer (T1). Hiring appears to run through MCC 180 RAP, so the entry path is that program. NE has no private floor. Sister bar The Fox Den (per Nebraska Public Media) and a planned North Omaha bakery/coffee site (3 News Now, Oct 2025) run the same model.
Lincoln, NE · Nonprofit restaurant / pop-up kitchen (workforce development)
Ybor (ee-bor) provides a 12-month workforce development and coaching program for people desiring to redirect their lives after incarceration and become contributing members of the Lincoln community.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Mission employer (T1). Work so far is at pop-ups; the brick-and-mortar was 'set to open in Lincoln in late summer of 2026' (SCC, Aug 12, 2026), not confirmed open. The program ends in a 12-month apprenticeship with restaurant partners (not named). Some workers are still on work release.
Manchester, NH · Mission staffing company, employer of record (construction, landscaping, roadwork crews); registered B Corp
Established and Growing in Manchester Since 2019, our Manchester branch has been a cornerstone of MaineWorks’ regional impact. Serving Southern New Hampshire, we’ve placed hundreds of individuals in recovery or reentry into steady jobs that offer more than just a paycheck—they offer purpose and a path forward.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Staffing company, but it is the employer of record for its crews (founder: started 'a staffing company to hire felons ... and to be the employer of record', Facebook, not cited as evidence). Boss call on the staffing-agency rule. Its impact page says '100% of employees in recovery', so the model centers recovery; people with records who aren't in recovery may not fit. Manchester page showed 'No open positions found' on 2026-09-29. NH has no private floor. Caveat: counted because this staffing company is itself the employer of record; work comes as staffing assignments. ruling W2-2, Troy 2026-09-29.
Jersey City, NJ · Tree planting and green infrastructure crews
Each tree planting season, the NJ Tree Foundation partners with the NJ Parole Board to hire men for a tree planting crew, creating transitional jobs for individuals under parole supervision.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Seasonal transitional crew, men under parole supervision only (hired through the NJ Parole Board). published_on is the upload folder month (2026/06) of the employer's own job announcement; the PDF itself shows no date. Text extracted from the PDF with PyMuPDF. Program runs out of Jersey City and Newark, contracts statewide. published June 2026; published_on left null because the source gives no day.
Newark, NJ · Bi-state public transportation agency (airports, PATH, ports)
The Office of Second Chance Employment (OSCE) at the Council for Airport Opportunity (CAO) is a key initiative sponsored by the Port Authority, striving to be a good neighbor to the community by facilitating job access for individuals who have been impacted by the justice system at major airports like John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty, and agencywide.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: A named second-chance hiring pathway with its own staff is beyond the NJ floor (NJ Opportunity to Compete Act is timing only). BUT it is run day to day by the nonprofit Council for Airport Opportunity and mostly refers people to airport tenant employers; the agency's own hires are the "11 PA" in the 2025 tally (my reading of "PA"). SIDA badge rules bar some convictions from airside jobs (10-year lookback). Bi-state agency; NJ sites include Newark Liberty, PATH and Port Newark. Boss call: T2 employer program vs. referral pipeline. Accepted as a government second-chance hiring program that names records and shows hires. ruling W2-5, Troy 2026-09-29.
Albuquerque, NM · Reentry social enterprise (woodworking workshop, paid job training)
Upon release, Fathers Building Futures offers temporary paid job training, equipping fathers with hands-on skill-building and curriculum-based Employable Employee Training.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Paid transitional work, not a permanent job (same class as CEO crews). The history page adds '4 months of paid job training upon release' and a 2024-2025 cohort; referrals run through Bernalillo County MDC, so it may not be open to walk-ins. Mostly fathers. Pages undated. Boss call: T1 mission employer (it pays participants) or a lead (training). Phone 505-341-9034, 1223 4th Street NW. Caveat: a paid transitional job with a program around it, not a permanent job. ruling W2-1, Troy 2026-09-29.
Santa Fe, NM · Homeless shelter operation and street outreach (nonprofit social enterprise)
Urban Alchemy actively recruits persons with justice-involved backgrounds, specifically those returning home from life and long-term sentences, with a workforce that is approximately 96% returning citizens.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Mission employer (T1). The careers statement is organization-wide; the Santa Fe local 'yes' comes from the Santa Fe New Mexican (2026-03-22, separate record: 18 of ~42 Santa Fe staff have been incarcerated). Its Santa Fe work runs on city contracts (12-month emergency contract from mid-2025, then a six-month contract approved June 2026 per a Citizen Portal summary of the council meeting), so the local jobs depend on renewal. NM's floor is timing-only for private employers; recruiting people with records clears it.
Henderson, NV · Nonprofit resale / thrift store
Castaways Resale Group is one of the ways that we employ past inmates, and help them get back on their feet.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Faith-based (Christian prison ministry). Store at 241 N. Stephanie St., Henderson, 702-425-9146. Small (ZoomInfo ~21 staff for God Behind Bars). Nonprofit status not shown on its own site (stage 2 note). Undated page. Review-Journal 2015 story (next record) is old history.
Las Vegas, NV · Sand and gravel quarries / aggregates
For 18+ years, the Second Chance Program at Impact Sand & Gravel has hired people who needed one. Felony history. Recovery. Homelessness. Veterans in transition. ... Second Chance is not a referral program. It is direct employment at ISG with a real paycheck on a real schedule.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: Program began for homeless people; felony history is one of four named groups. Its live 'Second Chance Program' job ads (isolvedhire, Henderson and Boulder City) target people 'currently without stable housing', so for a record alone the careers page is the evidence. Starts as General Laborer; on-site trailer housing at three quarries (90 days, renewable). impactcompanies.com/secondchanceprogram redirects here. Undated page. NV has no private floor.
Syracuse (also Rochester, Brooklyn), NY · Reentry / alternatives-to-incarceration nonprofit
We seek talented, dedicated individuals who possess a strong commitment to CCA’s mission, including those with relevant personal experience in terms of recovery and/or legal-system involvement. ... People who have been impacted by the criminal legal system or who are formerly incarcerated are strongly encouraged to apply
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: This is an active recruiting invitation. It gives no count of hires. The EEO clause ('without discrimination because of conviction history') is floor wording and earns nothing alone; the 'strongly encouraged to apply' line is what goes beyond the floor. Page undated. CCA's Syracuse office is 115 E. Jefferson St per stage 2; the city list comes from CCA's program pages.
Syracuse, NY · Reentry / alternatives-to-incarceration nonprofit
We seek talented, dedicated individuals who possess a strong commitment to CCA’s mission, including those with relevant personal experience in terms of recovery and/or legal-system involvement. ... People who have been impacted by the criminal legal system or who are formerly incarcerated are strongly encouraged to apply
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: This is an active recruiting invitation. It gives no count of hires. The EEO clause ('without discrimination because of conviction history') is floor wording and earns nothing alone; the 'strongly encouraged to apply' line is what goes beyond the floor. Page undated. CCA's Syracuse office is 115 E. Jefferson St per stage 2; the city list comes from CCA's program pages.
Albany, NY · Transitional jobs / reentry employment
CEO Albany opened in 2009. The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Albany provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to people recently released from incarceration.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: This page describes employment services. It does not itself say that CEO is the employer of record for work crews; that comes from CEO's known model and from news excerpts on its pages. The boss should decide whether CEO counts as a mission employer (mark) or an ecosystem partner. Stage 2 said ceoworks.org blocks curl, but it loaded in Playwright on 2026-09-29.
Buffalo, NY · Transitional jobs / reentry employment
CEO Buffalo opened in 2009. The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Buffalo provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to people recently released from incarceration.
Use this employer in RefineryKnow this: This page describes employment services. It does not itself say that CEO is the employer of record for work crews; that comes from CEO's known model and from news excerpts on its pages. The boss should decide whether CEO counts as a mission employer (mark) or an ecosystem partner. Stage 2 said ceoworks.org blocks curl, but it loaded in Playwright on 2026-09-29.
