As part of our Advancing Tech Sector Fair Chance Hiring engagement with the L.A. County Justice, Care and Opportunities Department (JCOD—previously the Office of Diversion and Reentry), UNITE-LA’s Research & Evaluation and Workforce teams collaborated with external partners to conduct surveys of 397 systems-involved individuals to better understand their employment experience and barriers; results informed our Step into Tech programming.

The formal research report is now here: Employment of Systems-Involved Angelenos: Challenges, Aspirations and Tech Sector Potential. To understand the demand side of the labor market, we also surveyed 21 tech employers and used the results to inform our Business Accelerator. That research report is here: Talent Needs of L.A. Area Tech Employers.