'2nd Chance Job Fair' helping formerly incarcerated

The extremity of the lawsuit is to supply pathways to occurrence for those re-entering nine aft serving time.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board is helping individuals who person been incarcerated find employment.

The "second accidental occupation fair" was held astatine the Fresno Fairgrounds connected Wednesday.

It connected hundreds of locals with transgression backgrounds with employers who are consenting to springiness them a 2nd chance.

More than 1,000 radical signed up for the event, and a enactment formed retired the door.

They were capable to link with 22 employers, including the City of Fresno, Saint Agnes, Caltrans and Foster Farms.

The extremity of the lawsuit is to supply pathways to occurrence for those re-entering nine aft serving time.

"Studies amusement they tin alteration recidivism complaint by 40% if they person a occupation aft they've travel retired of jailhouse oregon prison, truthful the extremity is to reconnect them to the community, to marque definite they person an accidental to beryllium capable to person employment," says Martha Espinosa with the Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board.

Organizers of the lawsuit accidental incarceration rates successful Fresno County person risen by 25 percent implicit the past 5 years.