2nd Chance Job Fair 2025

Businesses click Register to reserve your recruitment table at this event.

There is no cost to register.

Table and chairs will be provided. Exhibiting employers can bring any signs, table cloths, displays, and promotional items.

Benefits / Incentives to hire formerly incarcerated persons:

• Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) - federal tax credit for employers who hire ex-felons within one year of their release
• Workforce Job Training such as On The Job Training and Work Experience programs may offset some of the initial expense of employers hiring individuals while training them on the job.
• Federal Bonding Program issues fidelity bonds which are business insurance policies that provide protection to employers hiring formerly incarcerated individuals against theft, forgery, larceny, or embezzlement.

Presented by:

• Fellowship Full Gospel Ministries
• Lafayette Economic Development Authority - LEDA
• Lafayette Sheriff's Office
• Louisiana Dept. of Corrections - Probation and Parole
• Louisiana Workforce Commission/ Acadiana Workforce Solutions

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