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Expungement: Criminal Records as Reentry Barriers

This article from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) offers a broader discussion, derived from an NIJ-hosted webinar, of the difficulty of clea...

Explainer: Creating Housing Opportunities for People with Complex Health Needs Leaving Incarceration

According to this article from The Council of State Governments Justice Center, with an affordable housing crisis across the U.S., it is i...

How State Higher Ed Leaders Are Expanding College in Prison

This story from Margaret diZerega, Initiative Director for the Vera Institute of Justice's Center for Sentencing and Corrections and Unlocking Potenti...

Explainer: Building Effective Partnerships with Continuums of Care to Increase Housing Options for People Leaving Prisons and Jails

This article from The Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSG) answers frequently asked questions about Continuum of Cares (CoCs') unique rol...

Opening Doors, Returning Home: How Public Housing Authorities Across the Country Are Expanding Access for People with Conviction Histories

This brief shares examples and lessons gleaned from Vera’s varied and continued experience through the Opening Doors: Safely Increasing Access to Publ...

Action Points: Four Steps to Expand Access to Housing for People in the Justice System with Behavioral Health Needs

This brief from The Council of State Governments Justice Center presents four steps state leaders should take to increase housing opportunities and im...

Practitioners Guide to Supportive Services

This guide from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) aims to assist workforce investment practitioner...

Voting Rights in the Era of Mass Incarceration: A Primer

This brief from The Sentencing Project details that, in 2020, 5.2 million Americans were prohibited from voting due to laws that disenfranchise citize...

HUD Actions to Address Reentry Housing Needs and Increase Public Safety

On June 23, 2021, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge outlined actions that the Department is taking to i...

How One City Used Federal Funds to Create Reentry Housing Opportunities

This article discusses how the City of Salina, Kansas leveraged U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Emergency Solutions Grant funding to ...

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