Resources

Refined Technologies endorses the following organizations, programs, and resources for the positive contributions they continue to make toward supporting and enabling second-chance hiring.

Staffing Partner

New Horizons Employment Solutions

https://callthecolonel.com

New Horizons partners with organizations — like RTI — that provide meaningful employment opportunities for those who genuinely want to work, while simultaneously providing businesses with an untapped pipeline of motivated, dependable American employees.

Other Programs

CrossWalk Center

https://crosswalkcenter.org

CrossWalk Center’s mission is to advance God’s Kingdom through Seamless Re-entry Discipleship.

Main Street Ministries

https://msmhouston.org

Main Street Ministries provides Life Empowerment workshops that support an employee’s stability in the workplace.

Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP)

https://www.pep.org

PEP’s mission is to unite business executives and inmates through entrepreneurial passion and servant leadership to transform lives, restore families and rebuild communities.

WorkFaith Connection

https://workfaith.org

WorkFaith Connections’ mission is to provide faith-based training and coaching for anyone who desires long-term employment.

Collaborative Forum

Texas Second Chance Employers Coalition

https://www.txbiz.org/second-chance-employers-coalition

An initiative of the Texas Association of Business, this coalition is a network of businesses engaging in and motivating other businesses to participate in second-chance hiring. The coalition works together with employers to connect them with service providers and relevant state agencies to assist with successful implementation efforts.

 

Additional Resources

Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring Works for Your Business and the Community

https://www.amazon.com/Untapped-Talent-Second-Business-Community/dp/1400223148

By Jeffrey D. Korzenik

Untapped Talent shares the business case and best practices of “second chance hiring,” employing people with criminal records. The first and only book of its kind, Untapped Talent is meant to inform and inspire business leaders to broaden their hiring to this population.