Louisiana Association Of Business And Industry Hosts Ready 4 Work Employer Seminar

 

NEW ORLEANS — Join the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry Friday, April 13 at 1:00 p.m. at the Ace Hotel at 600 Carondelet Street in New Orleans to learn about the Ready4Work Model (R4W), to help guide its refinement, and to explore opportunities for your business to grow its workforce.

The three-hour session will be an exciting opportunity to collaborate with other business leaders as we learn more about the Louisiana Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative (LA-PRI)’s and the R4W Model: data-driven, performance-based efforts to afford our formerly incarcerated citizens the ability to attain financial stability with the skills, resources, and opportunities necessary to turn away from crime.

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Ready4Work requires significant participation and guidance from the business community as the program is designed and implemented as a demonstration project leading to full-time employment for those that meet job standards.

The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry's (LABI) Vice President of Employer Relations Jim Patterson stated, "LABI is proud to partner with the Baton Rouge-based Center for Justice Innovation, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Louisiana’s pro-business policy think-tanks Smart on Crime and Right on Crime on this initiative. This is how we start solving Louisiana's workforce issues." 

Louisiana spends almost $20,000 annually for each individual behind bars—a total of over $700 million annually. Our state's highest-in-the-nation imprisonment rate, along with this hefty price tag and poor outcomes, add up to a problem businesses can no longer ignore.

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Date: Friday, April 13

Time: 1:00 – 4:00 P.M.

Location: Ace Hotel at 600 Carondelet Street in New Orleans

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