Jim and Nancy Cotterill launched UNITE INDY four years ago to help those living in poverty find jobs. Now, they’re helping inmates prepare to find work when they are released. Jim Cotterill explains how the program works.
February 7, 2025, MirrorIndy
Finding a job is one of the most difficult parts of reentry. The federal government estimates that for every four people released from incarceration, three will still be looking for a job a year later. And the rules around what employers can do when job applicants have a criminal record leave gray areas.
May 24, 2024 , The Criterion, Archdiocese of Indianapolis Corrections Ministries
Nancy Cotterill's blog post, "Should all lifers be lifers? Program offers a second chance for a new life" was reprinted in The Criterion with permission from 2nd Chance Indiana.
August 25, 2023, Indianapolis Business Journal, By Taylor Wooten, IBJ Copyright © 2023 All Rights Reserved, IBJ Photo/Chad Williams
Amid a nationwide worker shortage, central Indiana employers are increasingly taking a chance on new hires who have been arrested or convicted of a crime...
