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Panelists say recruiting from longer treatment programs and funding expungement clinics are keys to sustained hiring
Summary
Bowman and Aker urged employers to partner with recovery and justice facilities that include job skills training (6–9 months) and warned that expungement clinics are costly; they recommended more automation and funding for record clearing.
Panelists highlighted operational details for recruiting from treatment facilities and the costs of running expungement events.
"We've learned our lesson in the treatment world that doesn't necessarily work," Bowman said, arguing that short, 30‑day abstinence programs often do not produce candidates ready for sustained employment. He recommended partnering with longer programs that include job skills training and workforce development components.
Bowman also said expungement clinics and the Chamber’s Fair Chance Opportunity Fairs are expensive to run if organizers provide free food and services, and he urged systems that allow eligible charges to automatically roll off records to reduce administrative burdens. "If we could do something where...the charges that are able to be expunged currently would automatically roll off, oh, that would be a godsend," he said.
