MEDLIN WORKFORCE & REENTRY SOLUTIONS
Professional services to meet all of your organizational needs.
Serving nonprofit organizations, employers and government agencies nationwide.
OUR HISTORY
Founded in 2019, Medlin Workforce & Reentry Solutions (MWRS), a California Certified Small Business, is headquartered in Orange County, California and provides services nationwide. Founded and led by Meghan Medlin, MWRS specializes in workforce development and reentry. We strive to be the firm of choice for entities nationwide and utilize evidence-based methods to provide distinctive, lasting and substantial assistance to entities, and create an environment that attracts, develops and retains exceptional and diverse talent.
At MWRS, our focus is on providing solutions founded in expertise, lived experience and data to enhance best practices and ensure equal access to opportunity.
By utilizing specialized consultants nationwide, we are able to meet the needs of any project you may have. Please contact us today to learn more!
OUR SERVICES
Program Development
Nonprofit program development, specializing in:
- Career Readiness – Curriculum, teaching planning
- Job Development Techniques – marketing, employer engagement, job matching, writing effective job descriptions, business development, creating internship/externship opportunities, job placement & more!
- Educational & Career Pathways
- Reentry Programming – linkage to resources, motivational interviewing, employment readiness, in-reach programs
- Community Engagement
- Volunteer Management
- Creating data tracking or data management systems
- County / public partnerships
- Workforce Development / Skills Development
- Life Skills
Capacity Building & Sustainability
Fundraising
- Grant Writing
- Event Planning
- Marketing & Community Outreach
- Social Media
- Newsletters
- Strategic Planning
- Reporting
- Story Telling
- Technical Assistance
- Financial Statements / Bookkeeping
- Change Management
- Organization Expansion
Organizational Management
- Staff Training
- Policies & Procedures
- Nonprofit Board Development
- Attracting, Recruiting & Hiring a Winning Team
- Strategic Planning
- Data Analysis, Reporting & Metrics
- Developing a Winning Team
- Safety Plans
- Leadership Development
- Starting a Nonprofit / Exploring Fiscal Sponsorship vs. 501 status
Job Search & Career Preparation
- Resume Writing / Cover Letters
- Interviewing
- Perfect Your Job Search
- Career Search / Career Exploration
- Dressing for Success
- Career Change
- Advancing Your Career
- Reentry / Criminal Backgrounds including:
- Talking about your background
- Getting back into the workforce / employment gaps
- Advice or links to expungements / reducing your record (*Note, not legal advice)
Program Development
Provide program development, technical assistance and guidance for nonprofits, employers and other agencies in:
- Career Readiness – curriculum, teaching, implementing
- Job Development Techniques – marketing, employer engagement, job matching, writing effective job descriptions, business development, creating internship/externship opportunities, job placement etc.
- Educational & Career Pathways
- Reentry Programming – linkage to resources, motivational interviewing, employment readiness, in-reach programs
- Community Engagement
- Creating data structures including analysis and management
- Cultivating new partnerships / relationships
Capacity Building & Sustainability
- Community Outreach & Development
- Reporting
- Data Analysis, Reporting & Metrics
- Technical Assistance
- Organization Expansion
- Grant Writing, Grant Management & Reporting
- Foundations & Government Grants
Organizational Management
- Staff Training
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Creating/Implementing Policies & Procedures
- Attracting, Recruiting & Hiring a Winning Team
- Implementing Second Chance / Fair Chance Hiring into your Company
- Leadership Development
- Starting a Nonprofit / Exploring Fiscal Sponsorship vs. 501 status
MEET THE TEAM
Meghan Medlin, MAS
CEO / Principal Consultant
Meghan Medlin is a community leader and advocate whose efforts to benefit justice-involved groups in Orange County have been recognized most recently by Senator Tom Umberg as a 34th District Woman of Distinction (2023) and as a LA Times as an Orange County Visionary (2022 & 2023). Medlin also has been recognized by US Congressman Lou Correa (2018 Women of Distinction, Civic Leader Award), the Orange County Business Journal (Women in Business of the Year Award Nominee 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and Finalist in 2020), NAWDP Workforce Hero (2021), Business Elite “40 Under 40” Nominee (2019), and Connected Women of Influence (2018 “Women to Watch” Nominee; 2020 “Game Changer” Nominee; 2021 “Emerging Woman Owned Business” Winner). She has been a leader in the workforce development and reentry community since 2006 which led to her branching out in 2019 and starting her own consulting firm Medlin Workforce & Reentry Solutions, which provides equitable solutions for nonprofit organizations, employers and government agencies.
Ms. Medlin is known for her dedication to the Orange County community, specializing in workforce development, recidivism reduction, poverty alleviation and homelessness. She has been an integral part of various initiatives such as Proposition 47, AB109, Stepping Up, Ban the Box, and the Continuum of Care board.
In late 2020, Medlin founded the Hub for Integration, Reentry & Employment (H.I.R.E.), a nonprofit organization, in response to the need for service linkages and employment in Orange County for justice involved youth and adults. Medlin has extensive experience in workforce development and skills training programs in addition to running Orange County’s reentry partnership for 6 years where she put on numerous large-scale events and unified stakeholders within the reentry community.
She currently represents the community at large on the Orange County Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council, is the Community Based Organization Representative for the Orange County Community Corrections Partnership, a member of the Board of State and Community Correction (BSCC) Executive Steering Committee for the Youth Reinvestment Grant, and is a Peer Reviewer for the US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Program’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. Medlin is also an active member of the FBI Citizen’s Academy Alumni Association, and InfraGard Los Angeles. She has a BS in Chemistry from the University of Redlands, a certificate in Gang Prevention and Intervention from Coastline Community College and a Master of Advance Study in Criminology, Law & Society from UC Irvine.
MWRS employs expert, specialized consultants who possess a wide range of skills, experiences and methodologies to meet the needs of your project. Contact us today to see how we can help!
Who We Serve
A Leader In The Industry
We serve clients nationwide. Most recently we have worked with:
- WISEPlace
- County of Orange – Health Care Agency Behavioral Health Services – Prop 47 Grant
- WTLC
- National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP)
- Project Self Sufficiency
- Project Access
- Hub for Integration, Reentry & Employment (H.I.R.E.)
- Human Works Foundation
- Orangewood Foundation
- County of Santa Barbara Workforce Development Board
- University of California, Irvine – Criminology, Law & Society Department
- Los Angeles County, Office of Diversion & Reentry, SECTOR Program
- County of Santa Cruz Workforce Development Board
- Road Trip Nation
- United Way Los Angeles Home for Good
Contact Us
Have a project you would like to discuss? Looking for assistance in your job search? Need advice for your organization? Have general questions? Contact us today!
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