"(We're doing more) to reach underrepresented and underserved Iowans with the opportunities," Reynolds said at the summit. "Right now, there are jobs looking for people. So that's an opportunity for a lot of Iowans to get the necessary skills to get those jobs."
A majority of Tuesday's summit was focused on career readiness for people with disabilities and people who have been incarcerated.
With more than 8,400 prisoners in Iowa, Kyle Horn, with America's Job Honors Program, said communities should do more to make the transition back to work easier and keep people from returning to prison.
"We have a lot of Iowans out there who are currently essentially in exile from the workforce because employers have antiquated hiring requirements," Horn said. "It's time we looked at a new reality. We have a record unemployment rate and we need to look at those individuals who maybe have been passed over in prior years."
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