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Gregory Davies, 32, a laborer from Portland, Maine contracted through MaineWorks, stands for a portrait on a construction site in Portland, Maine on Wednesday, May 25, 2016. MaineWorks is a temp agency specializing in construction and industrial labor that exclusively hires formerly incarcerated people recovering from drug and alcohol addictions — many are convicted felons who otherwise can't get jobs. Its founder, Margo Walsh, herself a recovered alcoholic who worked as a recruiter for Goldman Sachs' investment banking division and in human resources for a consulting firm before moving to Maine, recruits workers from sober living houses around Portland, Maine. Walsh started the company with a $4,000 loan from her sisters, and has built MaineWorks into a successful business that generated $1.6 million in revenues last year, and is planning to expand to several other states.