SCHA Employers
SCHA helps your organization navigate the process of hiring justice-impacted individuals.
The SCHA provides employers with:
- Information on D.C. government benefits and protections for second chance employers;
- Best practices in other jurisdictions, and
- Reasons why second chance hiring is the missing piece to your businesses Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice efforts.
The SCHA supports employers who are interested in learning about how to implement second chance hiring practices, or expand upon existing practices. By joining the SCHA, D.C.-area employers will have access to a broad network of other local employers, providing networking opportunities, information sharing, and support.
For employers all across the spectrum, being able to recruit and retain hard working, qualified, and enthusiastic employees is critical. Participating in second chance hiring, and removing traditional barriers to employment for justice-impacted individuals, creates the opportunity for economic security and mobility for justice-impacted residents, but also to build safer and more prosperous communities – a win for all.
3 Myths About Hiring People with Criminal Records
This article from Harvard Business Review addresses 3 common myths about hiring people with criminal records and highlights how second chance hiring can benefit the employer, employee, and the U.S. economy.
Second Chance Hiring Resource Guide
The Manufacturing Institute published Second Chance Initiative Resource Guide: The Case for Second Chance Hiring. This guide is designed to give industry the tools needed to explore and implement Second Chance hiring practices.
Benefits of Hiring Justice-Impacted Candidates
A resource from Prism Reform on the advantages, benefits, and incentives to businesses of hiring justice-impacted-job seekers.
Collateral Consequences
This resource from the National Institute of Justice provides a data-driven look at the effects of “collateral consequences” that attach not only to individuals with felonies on their record and those incarcerated but also to people with misdemeanors and those who have never been incarcerated.
Four Tips for Second Chance Hiring
Learn four best practices for implementing second chance hiring in your business.
National Resources on Second Chance Hiring
Explore extensive resources from the national Second Chance Business Coalition.
How to Become a Second Chance Employer
A guide, road map and resources for employers to effectively implement second chance hiring practices from the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice.
A Fair Chance Hiring Guide Toolkit
A useful toolkit for employers to adapt second chance hiring practices from the Center for Employment Opportunities.
Second Chance Employment: Addressing Concerns about Negligent Hiring Liability
Learn pertinent information from the Legal Action Center about negligent hiring liabilities and how it applies to your business.