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Expires the end of 2019. for particularly small businesses, j.j., if you hire somebody that's long-term unemployed. somebody on welfare a veteran, somebody that just got out of prison, right? if you provide that person with a job you can get up to a $9,600 credit on their compensation against your taxes that you owe. it's part of this work opportunity program that's been around a few years, and a lot of business owners are not aware it exists. >> how do you find these people? >> first of all, finding, recruiting people long-term -- a whole other conversation where to go to recruit them. assume...

So for particularly small businesses, if you hire somebody that's long-term unemployed, somebody that's on welfare, somebody that's a veteran, somebody that just got out of prison, if you provide that person with a job, you can get up to a $9600 credit on their compensation against your taxes you owe. it's part of this work opportunity program. it's been around for a few years. a lot of business owners don't even -- they're not even aware it exists. >> and how do you find these people? >> so first of all, finding and recruiting people that are long-term unemployed, that's a whole other convers...