http://community.nicic.org/blogs/offender_employment/archive/tags/Philadelphia/default.aspxTags: PhiladelphiaenCommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Build: 30415.43)http://community.nicic.org/blogs/offender_employment/archive/2008/05/27/hire-ex-con-in-philly-get-10k-annual-tax-credit.aspxTue, 27 May 2008 19:35:00 GMT26cc0436-63b6-4ef3-9d43-d8006bc9b9ca:9704Scott1http://community.nicic.org/blogs/offender_employment/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=9704http://community.nicic.org/blogs/offender_employment/archive/2008/05/27/hire-ex-con-in-philly-get-10k-annual-tax-credit.aspx#comments<p>From the Associated Press:</p> <p>&quot;Philadelphia averaged a murder a day the past two years and has been sued to reduce its overcrowded, record-high jail population.</p> <p>So on his 100th day in office last month, Mayor Michael Nutter announced a program, being headed by an ex-offender, that gives $10,000 a year in municipal tax credits to companies that hire former prisoners and provide them tuition support or vocational training.&quot;</p> <p>Read the full article <a class="" href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h3aJ1xi8adzzQrJmzvgfD2XO1pOQD90U4O8G4" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>Read a related article <a class="" href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080528/NEWS07/805280393" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><img src="http://community.nicic.org/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9704" width="1" height="1">NewsReentryPhiladelphia