That the Senate—
expresses support for the designation of April 1, 2025, through April 30, 2025, as “Fair Chance Jobs Month”; and
supports efforts to—
ensure that people directly impacted by incarceration obtain stable and high-quality employment, housing, healthcare, and nutrition;
dismantle structural barriers to fair-chance hiring and employment, such as licensing restrictions, employer liability, and insurance restrictions;
expand workforce development programs for returning citizens, formerly incarcerated individuals, and others directly impacted by incarceration, including—
pre-apprenticeship programs;
registered apprenticeship programs;
career coaching, résumé-building, technology literacy, and other skillset development programs; and
programs that educate employers on best practices for, and the benefits of, fair-chance hiring;
match jobs providers with returning citizens and formerly incarcerated individuals seeking jobs;
support efforts from labor unions and worker organizations to engage returning citizens and formerly incarcerated individuals who are seeking jobs;
publicize work opportunities that are open to applicants with prior arrest or conviction records; and
foster greater collaboration and dialogue between Federal, State, and local government agencies, community-based organizations, advocacy groups, employers, labor unions, currently and formerly incarcerated individuals, and others directly impacted by incarceration to enhance fair-chance hiring and employment and help to heal communities impacted by mass incarceration.