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My name is Matt Mooney, and I'm the Vice President of Employer Services at Cincinnati Works. I'm working with employers every day to figure out how we can work together with them to provide opportunities and support people in the community, especially someone who's also got the added burden of a criminal record. And ultimately we're trying to help people climb the ladder of economic mobility. Employers, when you talk to them will usually give you a list and say these are the things that we won't consider from a criminal record background. And I think what we find is that people deserve the opportunity to explain what happened and to be able to tell their story but not be defined by their past. I've seen someone who said, no one would want to have their entire life defined by the worst mistake they ever made. I certainly believe that, I would never want that. And when I think about the people I've met, the stories I've heard, we're trying to think about what is the future that someone has, what is their potential, what is their possibility? What do they want for themselves? So to me, Cincinnati Works is really all about opportunity. 

2021 Formerly Incarcerated
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Most of my day to day work is spent meeting and talking with employers to address their needs around their frontline workforce. A common need today is that employers have a lot of open positions. I work through what Cincinnati Works can offer to help. That can mean helping to find job candidates to fill those open roles or providing resources to help keep the employees they already have. I also spend time developing our programs to make sure the employers are getting a high level of service.

Vice President & General Manager of Workforce Connection

We don't want to hire someone with a criminal background. They're not the kind of employees we want.

Matt Mooney

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