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Office of General Counsel Guidance on Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by Providers of Housing and Real Estate-Related Transactions

This resource is part of The Federal Interagency Reentry Council's A Record of Progress and a Roadmap for the Future. In April 20...

Connecting People Returning from Incarceration with Housing and Homelessness Assistance

This tipsheet from the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness provides practical tips for how corrections agencies, reentry service providers, state...

Birmingham-Area Employers Work to Break Down Barriers to Employment for People with Criminal Records

By the CSG Justice Center Staff For Stephanie Mason—human resources manager at Dunn Building Company in Birmingham, Alabama—what appears on a p...

Pathways to Prosperity Event Engages Business Leaders in Milwaukee

By the CSG Justice Center Staff Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett welcomes business leaders at the Pathways to Prosperity Event &...

Midwestern States Share Innovative Strategies for Hiring People with Criminal Records

By the CSG Justice Center StaffIn 2012, three Michigan-based employers—Butterball Farms, Cascade Engineering, and Grand Rapids Community College—set o...

Kansas Second Chance Act Grantee Helps Secure Tech Jobs for Women Returning Home from Prison

By Mai Tran, CSG Justice Center The Topeka Correctional Facility—Kansas’s only female correctional facility—is easing barriers to employment for wo...

For LA’s Chronically Homeless, Recovery Is ‘Just In Reach’

By Maureen Richey, CSG Justice CenterThe top 10 percent of users of all public services in Los Angeles are people who are chronically homeless, repeat...

South Carolina Business, Community, and Corrections Leaders Gather in Greenville to Discuss Employing People with Criminal Records

Nearly one in three adults in South Carolina—1.1 million people—have a criminal record. Many of them also have trouble finding a job, not necessarily ...

Brownies and Jobs: Greyston Bakery Employees Get a Second Chance

By Mai P. TranFor Gary W., coming home after ten years in prison wasn’t easy. Just days after his release, his wife died of cancer, and Gary then spen...

Rikers Program Provides “Green Technology” Job Training, Placements

By Mai P. TranDuring a ceremony on Rikers Island last month, William Torres told the crowded room, “I am a better man now than I was 12 years ago.”Tor...

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