Yonkers, NY trials ConConnect platform for formerly incarcerated residents in public housing

Yonkers, NY ConConnect Formerly Incarcerated Public Housing

In Progress

ConConnect is a networking platform designed for formerly incarcerated professionals. The city's Municipal Housing Authority will pilot the platform for up to seven months. Eligible residents in public housing develop online resumes and connect with local employers interested in their skills. This pilot unlocks an oft-overlooked source of talent in a tight labor market while reducing barriers to re-entry raised by previous convictions.

Low-income Housing Training & Development Pilot / POC Diversity & Inclusion

Yonkers, NY

Municipality in New York

United States

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Conconnect

The First Professional Networking Platform For The Formerly Incarcerated. Connect. Learn. Advance.

Newsworthy

Pilot program launched to help connect ex-convicts with jobs

ConConnect, a LinkedIn for ex-convicts as creator Andre Peart describes it, is also helping to prevent ex-convicts from ending up back in prison.