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'Ex-cons having a tough time finding jobs'

The title of this post is the headline to a Fort Worth Star Telegram piece from their business section published today. Here's a notable excerpt:The job hunt, tough by any measure, is worse for ex-offenders.About 6,000 people are released from state and federal prisons back to Tarrant County each year, not counting people emerging from county jail or ones who get deferred adjudication. The recession has slammed some job segments ? such as oil fields and construction ? known for being more sympathetic to ex-offenders.At Texas Re-Entry Services, a Fort Worth nonprofit, the number of ex-offenders seeking help to find jobs, housing, GED classes, bus passes and gas vouchers reached 1,400 by the end of July compared with 1,500 for all of 2008.Last year at this time, the agency was helping 35 clients on average find jobs each month...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 13, 2009 (boomark / email).