SB city Job fair for parolees
With its historically high ratio of parolees and probationers, it’s little surprise this city has become a grassroots hub efforts for reformto lower recidivism rates.
Next month, a number of local groups will be holding a job fair for formerly incarcerated people.
Titled “Real Employment Solutions for San Bernardino’s Formerly Incarcerated,” the program kicks off at 9 a.m. and runs to 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 29.
Held at the 1145 West Base Line at the corner of L Street, the forum will require drug testing and aims to match participants with employers.
The fair will also feature basic assistance including resume help and bus passes.
Participating employers will qualify to get free tax credits and federal incentives.
Free lunch and childcare is also provided.
The organizations behind this effort - which one could reasonably assume is much needed, given the high rates of unemployment and recidivism among the city's roughly 2,000 or so parolees - are familiar names that have been working to curb crime and social blight in the city.
The partners are: Time for Change Foundation, Operation Phoenix, SBETA, County Probation, Supervisor Josie Gonzales, SAC Norton Healthy Systems, Parole Dept., Children Services, Economic Development Agency, and many more supporters.
To get more information of volunteer, call: (909) 886-2994.
-robert.rogers@sbsun.com
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How about a job fair for High School students desperate for employment!?
This is a good idea, hopefully there are a few of the 2,000 parolees who actually want to work an honest job and work there way up the ladder to a better life.
Thanks to liberalism though, this is not usually the case.
Most Parolees and or criminals don't want to work an honest job and make honest money, they would rather do crime and make the fast easy money.
I hear it all the time when I ask these guy's what they are going to do when they get out, and most tell me they are going to go right back to doing what it was they were doing when they got busted.
The recidivism rate is so high in California because of liberalism.
They are taught from birth that government and welfare is how to live.
Personal responsibility has almost vanished the past 20 years.
Untill we stop this failed experiment called liberalism society will only get worse.
i would love to volunteer my services- need a licensed phlebotomist?
Why do we coddle criminals? Hey, I know! Maybe there are more of them in downtown San Bernardino then there are decent citizens. Isn't that where the city council offices are? When will the few remaining good citizens of San Bernardino grow tired of having this city care more about people on parole than then do about educating our children?