AUSTIN, Texas, March 11, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The Responsible Business Initiative for Justice has announced aground-breaking programmade possible byWalmart（通过沃尔玛（Walmart.org有意义的长期职业机会为了年轻人athigh risk of criminal justice involvement。In doing so, they aim to advance racial equity, prevent youth from entering the criminal justice system and help create the corporate leaders of tomorrow.They are calling on other companies to join in this effort.

The解锁潜力program, being launched at南部西南节, will bring together major U.S. employers to use hiring and other resources to give vulnerable youth and young adults economic opportunity - and provide more onramps to help them reach their full potential.

TheAspen Institute Opportunity Youth Forum定义4.4 million “opportunity youth”in America as young people who are not working or in school, and far more likely to suffer negative outcomes like poverty and incarceration. By opening up opportunities for these young people, employers can support economic mobility and help prevent justice system involvement. It will also allow them to tap into a vast, diverse, and underutilized talent pool. In the ongoing hiring shortage, it’s one they urgently need.

解锁电位已确定16-24岁的高危青年的四个关键群体who are out of school and out of work, to recruit from. To start, they will look to help those who have experienced:

1. The juvenile justice system
2. An incarcerated parent
3. Sex or human trafficking
4. Foster care

Walmart's support of Unlock Potential is part of the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity'screation of national networks启动全国社区的预防刑事司法计划。

“我们必须更有意为高危青年创造有意义的机会，这样我们就可以打破这些年轻人，尤其是黑人年轻人的群体的监禁周期。”Marvin Carr, Director, Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity。“解锁潜在计划增加了社区领导人，非营利组织和政策制定者的网络，共同努力，以推动沃尔玛（Walmart.188bet网址怎么打不开org）种族平等中心的犯罪司法预防计划。”

In its initial phase, Unlock Potential will conduct a three-month project design that will bring together major employers, prospective hires from the groups above, and community support partners. Using the research gained from phase one, it will design an evidence-based program that identifies and supports Unlock Potential employees while also instructing employers on how to effectively hire, support and retain them.RBIJ CEO Celia Ouelletteexplains:

“Businesses have an existential responsibility to engage on social issues like race and justice. By hiring and training at-risk young people, they can interrupt destructive cycles of unemployment and incarceration from the state. Unlock Potential won’t just make our companies more prosperous and diverse - our communities safer - it will grow the next generation of leaders. That is something I’m very excited to be part of.”

为了确保在整个过程中有效地确定，加入和获得环绕式支持，该计划将与当地服务提供商相匹配，该计划由国家非营利组织和解锁潜在合作伙伴Pressevere促进。

“We are proud to be partnering with the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity and stepping into this collaborative space with RBIJ to support our community's at-risk youth”, saidSean Hosman, theFounder的Persevere，他们是根据自己作为前罪犯的经验以及他帮助他人的愿望建立了该组织的。“通过在我们的年轻人有机会终生造成错误之前与年轻人见面，我们可以通过刑事司法系统从周期中拯救几代人。”

To find out more about the program, and to find out how you can get involved, please visitwww.unlock-potential.org。

Note to Editors:
For further information, please contact Ben Cumming (Communications Director, Responsible Business Initiative for Justice):
ben@rbij.org
+44 7891551514 / +1 213 370 0222
@rbi_justice
#unlockpotential

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