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Federal Interagency Reentry Council Fact Sheet

The Federal Interagency Reentry Council has been working together for five years to reduce recidivism and improve employment, education, hou...

HUD Says Denying Rentals to People with Criminal Records May Violate Fair Housing Act

By the CSG Justice CenterOn April 4, the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued “Guidance on A...

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...

St. Louis Second Chance Act Grantee Sees Promise in New Prison-to-Reentry Program

By the CSG Justice CenterFrom Prison to Prosperity, a new program offered by the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment (SLATE), seeks to curb re...

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 &...

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...

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...

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