Employer Surveys Regarding Employment of People with Criminal Histories

In 2009, twelve employment specialists from the Johnson & Johnson-Dartmouth Community Mental Health Program were nominated, because of their excellent job performance, to participate in a project designed to learn how to assist people who have both criminal histories and serious mental illness. The employment specialists conducted employer surveys in their home states and then met with members of the Dartmouth IPS team to discuss the results of the surveys. This report represents 128 surveys. Employment specialists who participated in this project: Janet Dickerson Washington D.C. Tim Dunn Amelia, Ohio Crystal Ganat Stamford, Connecticut Kevin Kearns Burlington,
Hired Person(s) with Felonies N= 46 39% of respondents N= 26 22% of respondents Did Not Hire Person(s) with Felonies N= 25 21% of respondents: N= 20 17% of respondents:

Independently Owned Not Independently Owned Employer responses = 117 No response = 11

Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center—Expert Employment Specialist Group 3/10

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QUESTION #3) HAVE YOU EVER HIRED A PERSON WHO HAD A FELONY? YES: N=79 62% of employers reported that they have knowingly hired a person with a felony. NO: N=49 38% of employers said that they had not ever hired a person with a felony or that they did not know if they had hired a person with a felony.

QUESTION #4) IF YES, TYPE OF CONVICTION: Drug related offenses Driving under the influence Theft Assault Sexual assault/sex offenses Domestic violence Armed robbery Murder