This report from the Center for American Progress proposes building a new future-proof Workforce Equity Trust Fund (WETF) that will enshrine fundament...
Funded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, Linking to Employment Activities Pre-release (LEAP) pilots the creati...
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 highlights Colorado's Work and Gain Education and Employment Skills (WAGEES) program, which represents one of the...
This report is the result of a gathering of 20 local leaders from across the country who came together to form the National League of Cities Housing T...
The past several years have seen a surge of interest in using risk assessment in criminal sentencing, both to reduce recidivism and to reduce prison p...
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...
Risk assessment instruments figure prominently in current criminal justice reforms, but their use is controversial. The principal concern is that bene...