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Chamber partners with Goodwill and Legal Aid of the Bluegrass for expungement fairs and job connections
Summary
Ryan Bowman described 'Fair Chance Opportunity Fairs'—festive expungement and hiring events run with Goodwill and Legal Aid of the Bluegrass designed to reduce stigma and link cleared records to jobs.
The Kentucky Chamber Foundation teams with legal providers and workforce nonprofits to combine record‑clearing, services and hiring in single community events, Bowman said.
"We've created this new program in partnership with Legal Aid of the Bluegrass and Goodwill that we call Fair Chance Opportunity Fairs," Bowman said, describing events with food, music and family‑friendly settings to make expungement clinics more inviting and to connect attendees to jobs.
Bowman and Aker said the fairs pair expungement assistance with employer outreach and referrals, and they framed the events as a less‑clinical, lower‑stigma path to both record clearing and employment. Bowman noted the cost and logistical challenges of running such free events and called for continued support to sustain them.
