This report from the Urban Institute highlights Colorado's Work and Gain Education and Employment Skills (WAGEES) program, which represents one of the...
This report from the Center for American Progress proposes building a new future-proof Workforce Equity Trust Fund (WETF) that will enshrine fundament...
Many localities have in recent years regulated the use of questions about criminal history in hiring, or “banned the box.” This publication, from AEI,...
This report from the Vera Institute of Justice is a summary of the Pell Reinstatement regulations and requirements developed by the U.S. Department of...
This report from CLASP highlights the strong connections between education, jobs, and criminal justice. Reconnecting Justice emphasizes the full scope...
By Darian Hanrahan
According to a 2014 meta-analysis by the RAND Corporation, adults who participated in correctional education programs were shown t...
This report from the Urban Institute examines criminal background checks as a significant collateral consequence for people in the justice system and ...
Job applicants with criminal records are much less likely than those without them to obtain legitimate employment. Recent efforts to address this prob...
A team of researchers from Arizona State University recently conducted a three-year study on the impact of having a criminal record on employment-rela...
More than 150 cities and counties and 34 states and Washington, DC, have adopted ban-the-box policies, which remove questions about criminal history f...
