Steffanie Southland - Casting Technologies Company, Spring Lake Township, MI

Casting Technologies has a manufacturing facility in Spring Lake Township, Michigan. Steffanie Southland is the Human Resource Manager and is on record as having hired, and supports the continued hiring of employees with criminal backgrounds. Casting Technologies connected with 2nd Chance Connections to work with returning ex-felons. 2nd Chance Connections is a collaborative program that seeks to reconnect ex-felons who are parents of minor children, with their family, community and employment. It is one of the most successful re-entry programs in the United States and is one of only 18 regions in the country to have been awarded the Second Chance Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice two years in a row. Ms. Southland is on record as having hired people with criminal backgrounds and supports that effort for a variety of reasons.