JPMorgan Chase - Second Chance Programs

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Chairman and CEO Letter to Shareholders A second chance at opportunity We’re committed to giving a second chance to Americans with criminal backgrounds by supporting their reentry into the workforce, community and local economy. Finding a new way forward One in three Americans has a criminal record.

Even after fulfilling their justice system obligations, they often face significant barriers to employment and economic opportunity, costing billions to the U.S. economy annually. Through policy advocacy and our own hiring practices, we're helping to remove some of those barriers. We see the power in second chances every day.

Nearly 10% of JPMorganChase U.S. hires over the past 5 years had a prior record with no bearing on their roles. That’s because we’re leveling the playing field for new hires by “banning the box” – an effort that removes the requirement to disclose criminal records on job applications, and supporting legislation that help more people access meaningful careers in financial services.

Millions of Americans with criminal records face barriers to meaningful employment. This ‘waiting workforce’ presents a missed economic opportunity. Learn more about how common sense legislation could help reduce barriers to employment.

Woman With Long Braided Hair and Brown Eyes: I was a 19-year-old kid, I had never been in trouble before. Woman With Long Brown Hair and Green Eyes: 18 years old, just smoking weed in the dorms. Man With Slicked-Back Dark Hair and Hazel Eyes: Now I had a permanent record, and I had to deal with that.

Man With Short Black Hair and Brown Eyes: I couldn’t vote, I couldn’t be a taxi cab driver… Woman With Long Braided Hair and Brown Eyes: You don’t get housing opportunities… Bald Man With A Thick Salt-and-Pepper Beard: Bald Man With A Thick Salt-and-Pepper Beard: Man With Slicked-Back Dark Hair and Hazel Eyes: I began to go through this expungement process, every step costs money, every step takes time.

Woman With Straight Blonde Hair and Brown Eyes: It can cost upwards of $10,000 per case. Man With Short Black Hair and Brown Eyes: Do I have the means to do it? Do I need an attorney?

Man With Blue Eyes and A Goatee: And all you are is paperwork. Man With Slicked-Back Dark Hair and Hazel Eyes: When I actually walked up to this piece and I see all these people, faceless and nameless… I look at that sculpture and I say “that is me. ” I feel like one of these people who’s constantly waiting.

Man With Short Black Hair and Brown Eyes: I’m like, those are people burdened by mountains of documents, mountains of paper. Woman With Long Brown Hair and Green Eyes: For me, Clean Slate legislation would mean a new lease on life… Woman With Straight Blonde Hair and Brown Eyes: Educational opportunities, employment opportunities, housing opportunities… It would be life changing.

Man With Slicked-Back Dark Hair and Hazel Eyes: It touches you very deeply to understand that there is maybe a light at the end of the tunnel. Woman With Long Braided Hair and Brown Eyes: Yeah, my second chance, it’s definitely coming. Bald Man With A Thick Salt-and-Pepper Beard: Might have done some wrong.

Doesn’t mean that you can’t change and do some right. Clearing past records with expungement clinics Arrest or conviction records remain a barrier to housing and employment, even for people whose records are eligible for clearing. We are expanding our pilot expungement clinics to help people start with clean slates.

Expungement and sealing is when someone who has a criminal record, tries to achieve relief from their criminal record, and that can really enable someone who's looking for opportunities that are otherwise denied to them. What we want is as many people as possible on a career pathway, so that they have the opportunity for higher wages and income. At JPMorganChase, we see the power of Second Chance Hiring.

Learn more at jpmorganchase. com/SecondChance. Second Chance and employment opportunities Clean Slate legislation helps to clear records which can help increase individual earnings by 20%.

Policy reform and inclusive hiring practices can help more people access meaningful careers. One in three Americans has either an arrest or a conviction record. It obviously has an impact on the ability of individuals to get jobs, to get housing, to get an education.

By some estimates, the cost to the economy of people with records being held back from that opportunity is roughly $70 to $80 billion annually. Second Chance Hiring will reduce recidivism and create more economic opportunity and growth in our communities. At JPMorganChase, we see the power of Second Chance Hiring.

Learn more at jpmorganchase. com/SecondChance.

companies in the Second Chance Business Coalition support lowering barriers to work potential earnings rise on average for people when they start with a clean slate of managers report that the value Second Chance employees contribute is as high as, or higher than, that of workers without records nearly 10% of JPMorganChase U.S. hires over the past 5 years had a prior record with no bearing on their roles If you paid your debt to society, you should be allowed to work.

Chairman and CEO of JPMorganChase Advancing inclusive policies Nationwide legislation and reform can help individuals with prior records find jobs, stay employed and access meaningful careers. This common-sense legislation can automatically clear certain nonviolent arrest or conviction records after an individual has fulfilled their justice system requirements.

Learn about Clean Slate policies Rethinking driver’s license suspensions We work to address debt-based driver’s license suspensions, which can prevent individuals from joining the workforce. Read about license reform Fair Hiring in Banking Act Modernizing rules for hiring people with records can create jobs without increased risk and promote more careers in financial services.

People who have fulfilled their justice system obligations often still face significant barriers in their search for meaningful employment. The complex paperwork needed to clear their records keeps millions of people from supporting their families and communities. This ‘waiting workforce’ costs the US up to $87 billion a year in economic growth.

See how we can help lower barriers to employment and create more opportunities for the Waiting Workforce. Expanding economic access We’re working with like-minded companies and local advocacy groups to create more opportunities for education, entrepreneurship and future employment. Enacting fair chance hiring policy reform increases access and helps improve the lives of those with convictions.

Learn about hiring solutions New opportunities for empowerment Training, education and resources can help previously incarcerated people start and grow their own businesses. Second Chance Business Coalition We are a proud founding member of a group of companies dedicated to creating opportunities nationwide for people with prior records.

Restoring access to Pell Grants Restoring Pell Grant eligibility to incarcerated individuals can give those most at risk better access to education and employment. Why JPMorganChase believes “second chances” are good for business JPMorganChase is helping remove barriers to employment for people with criminal records. Together, we can help make second chances happen.

Op-ed: Clean Slate Act Can Strengthen New York's Economy and Communities Giving People a Second Chance: How JPMorgan Chase is Removing Barriers Through Policy, Community Partnerships and Reforms to its Own Hiring Practices Nan Gibson, Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase PolicyCenter, and Jared Evans, Community Manager for the Stony Island, Chicago Chase Branch, sat down to share their experiences advancing JPMorgan Chase’s nationwide Second Chance Agenda.

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