Reintroducing ex-offenders

Area employers are invited to a seminar next week to learn about the Missouri Reentry Process helping ex-offenders adjust to returning to their communities.

The Annual Missouri Reentry Seminar will be held at the Show Me Center, 1333 N. Sprigg St., from 9 a.m. to noon April 24.

Hosted by the Community Caring Council, Southeast Missouri State University and the Missouri Partnership for Reentry, attendees will learn about the state-wide program to reintroduce prisoners back into the community and the benefits of hiring ex-offenders, said Tom Davisson, executive director of the Community Caring Council.

Davisson encouraged businesses to participate in a job fair May 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Salvation Army, 701 Good Hope St., that will be attended by ex-offenders seeking employment.

For more information call Lorann Hatchett at the Community Caring Council 651-3747, extension 117.