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Coaches' Corner Conversations: Derrick Franke (AIR) and Tana Howtopat (Oregon's Medicine Wheel)

This Coaches' Corner shares thoughts on what it means to be a SCA grantee, sharing barriers have faced and solutions to overcoming those barriers, adm...

SCA GRANTEE SUCCESS STORY: Supporting Women Before (and Long After) Jail Yields Remarkable Results

In a city with a 76 percent recidivism rate, just 8 percent of the women in Baltimore’s PIVOT reentry program reoffend after leaving jail or prison—an...

Taking Action: Continuing the “Pathways to Prosperity” Conversation in Your Jurisdiction

Understanding and addressing challenges associated with putting people with criminal records on pathways to employment requires a two-w...

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Federal Trade Commission Release Documents on Background Checks for Employers and Jobseekers

The two technical assistance documents from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) explai...

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...
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Collateral Costs: Incarceration's Effect on Economic Mobility

With this report, from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the author's inquiry focuses on the intersection of incarceration and mobility, fields tha...

Turning Street Hustle into Profits, Second Chances

The Clarion-Ledger By Jerry Mitchell What if those inside prison could take the hustle they learned on the streets and transform it into hustle ...

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...

Hosting an Employer Engagement Event

People returning to their communities after incarceration may struggle to find and keep a job for a variety of reasons, including having limited educa...

SCA GRANTEE SUCCESS STORY: Cherokee Nation’s Key to Long-Term Employment after Jail

Finding jobs isn’t always the hardest part—keeping them can be. The “Coming Home” program provides solutions for both.

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