2nd Chance Job Fair MA 04-21-22 2
2nd Chance Job Fair MA 04-21-22 2
2nd Chance Job Fair MA 04-21-22 2
Who: Bexar Commissioner Tommy Calvert, Precinct 4 and other Elected Officials
Small Business Owners
Job Seekers
Background:
Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert and the Bexar County Re-Entry
Center will be hosting the Second Chance Job Fair in partnership with a number
of local entities on Thursday, April 21, 2022, from 12 pm to 4 pm at the Freeman
Coliseum. The first Second Chance Job Fair held in 2015, hosted more than 100
employers, 20 non-profit and service organizations and attracted more than 1800
attendees. The goal is to connect employers with job seekers who have been
unemployed, reduce recidivism, and provide opportunities for justice involved
individuals to support themselves and their family. These efforts save Bexar
County and the taxpayer millions on court services and jail incarceration costs by
addressing issues of recidivism through economic opportunity.
When Commissioner Calvert became chair of the reentry council, the county had
just over 200 employers who said they would hire the formerly incarcerated.
Today over 800 employers have told the county they will hire the formerly
incarcerated.
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