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April 29, 2024
Louisville Public Media

Second chance jobs give formerly incarcerated people a fresh start in Kentucky

April is Second Chance Jobs Month, which highlights the need for job opportunities for formerly incarcerated people and re-entry support services to help them gain and keep employment.

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Kentucky
Louisville
April 24, 2024
KOAA News 5 Southern Colorado

Beyond Bars? ⏤ Forum will consider challenges after release from prison

COLORADO SPRINGS — Close to 600,000 people a year are released from state and federal prisons according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. “The objective once you come back is to get out and to do the right thing moving forward,” said Darrius Taylor who spent 22 years in a Colorado prison. Only there are many barriers to the transition.

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Colorado
Colorado Springs
April 21, 2024
The Davis Vanguard

Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Expands Reentry Pathways for Newly-Released People Looking for Quality Careers

NEW YORK, NY — The Center of Employment Opportunities revealed this week it is expanding its Advanced Training Pathways program to provide individuals with criminal records access to high-quality and well-paying careers in fields with fewer barriers to entry.

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April 19, 2024
County News Center

Second Chance Job Fair for People Seeking Reentry Employment

More than 150 people attended an employer seminar and job fair this week for National Second Chance Month. The job fair is designed to help justice-involved individuals reenter the workforce through committed fair chance employers.

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California
San Diego
April 19, 2024
Working Nation

A pathway for returning citizens to living-wage trucking industry careers

Two nonprofits collaborate to scale their efforts and train people with histories of incarceration

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April 1, 2024
Ad Age

Campaign Calls for an End to Background Checks for Those Who've Been Incarcerated

Everyone deserves a second chance, even those who have a criminal record. That’s the message sent by the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) in a thought-provoking public awareness campaign launched in time for Second Chance Month.

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March 29, 2024
NBA.com

Hawks and Chase host 'Second Chance' Community Program with Full-Day Workshop for 10 Local Aspiring Entrepreneurs

ATLANTA – On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from the Hawks and Chase engaged with 10 aspiring entrepreneurs who have been impacted by the criminal justice system through the new “Second Chance” community program.

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Georgia
Atlanta
March 26, 2024
Channel 3 News

Nonprofit connects recently incarcerated individuals with employment

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Every Tuesday, as part of our Greater Memphis on a Mission series, we highlight organizations making Memphis better. This week, we caught up with a group that believes in immediate employment with daily pay for people on probation or parole.

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Tennessee
Memphis
March 5, 2024
The City

A New Way to Help New Yorkers Adjust to Life After Prison

Under a newly proposed bill by a former incarcerated state lawmaker, New Yorkers released from prison could receive $2,500 in direct cash payments over a year, if it becomes law.

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New York
New York (National HQ)
February 7, 2024
Colorado Newsline

Bill in Colorado to provide cash assistance to people leaving prison dies

Colorado lawmakers killed a bill that would have provided direct cash assistance for daily expenses to support people recently released from incarceration.

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Colorado
Colorado Springs
Denver
February 6, 2024
QNS

CM Joann Ariola leads effort to keep streets in southeast Queens clean

Council Member Joann Ariola aims to keep the streets clean in her southeast Queens district with the help of city agencies and an employment program looking to improve the area.

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New York
New York (National HQ)
January 31, 2024
Denver7

Colorado lawmakers consider giving felons who are leaving prison up to $3K

State lawmakers are considering a bill that would provide up to $3,000 to convicted felons to help them transition back into society when they leave prison or jail.

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Colorado
Denver
January 31, 2024
Colorado Newsline

Pilot program would provide cash assistance to people leaving prison

A Colorado bill aims to provide direct cash assistance for daily expenses to support people recently released from incarceration, with the ultimate goal of reducing recidivism.

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Colorado
Colorado Springs
Denver
January 27, 2024
Voting Access For All

An Inspiring Journey of Advocacy and Recovery

In the journey of recovery, one of the most powerful tenets is the idea of reaching back to help those who are still struggling, forging bonds of unity and selflessness within a community. Terissa M., a member of Voting Access For All Coalition, personifies this philosophy through her remarkable journey.

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California
Sacramento
January 22, 2024
CBS News Colorado

LOCAL NEWS Proposed bill in Colorado would give people leaving prison $3,000 to restart life, could save state money

Colorado state Sen. James Coleman knows times are tough for a lot of Coloradans. Especially if they have been convicted of a crime and served their sentence.

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Colorado
Colorado Springs
Denver
January 17, 2024
Newsweek

Democrats Propose Giving $3,000 to People Leaving Prison

Colorado Democrats are proposing a new cash assistance plan that would give people leaving prison up to $3,000 for "basic life expenses."

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Colorado
Colorado Springs
Denver
January 12, 2024
Bolts Magazine

A New Plan to Lower Recidivism: Stimulus Payments to Formerly Incarcerated People

A bill filed in Colorado aims to break the cycle of incarceration by giving people up to $3,000 upon release from prison.

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Colorado
Colorado Springs
Denver
December 26, 2023

'You Can Succeed': Tulsa Woman Who Spent Years in Prison Wants to Inspire Others with Her Comeback Story

She says she's living proof people can succeed after being incarcerated.

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Oklahoma
Tulsa
December 21, 2023
RochesterFirst.com

Center for Employment Opportunities funding announced

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Senator Samra Brouk and Assemblymember Sarah Clarke announced $100,000 in funding for Rochester’s Center for Employment Opportunities office on Thursday.

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New York
Rochester
December 20, 2023
ABC7 NY

Center for Employment Opportunities opens their doors for formerly incarcerated people

She says she continued to pay for her crime after she was released - that is until a parole officer told her about the Center for Employment Opportunities, or CEO.

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New York
New York (National HQ)
November 3, 2023
The New York Community Trust

“I can see myself doing this for the rest of my life.” Finding a calling after incarceration

Michael Holder credits the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) with helping him find his professional calling and achieve job security. CEO provides employment services including community support, job-readiness training, and job placement and retention assistance—to individuals recently released from incarceration.

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New York
New York (National HQ)
November 3, 2023
News on 6

Tulsa Nonprofit Helps Formerly Incarcerated Individuals in Job Search Training

Since Center for Employment Opportunities has been in Tulsa, it has helped over 2,000 people find jobs after incarceration. It's now moved into a new facility downtown, allowing it to help more people than before.

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Oklahoma
Tulsa
November 3, 2023
KTUL

Center for Employment Opportunities expands reentry services to formerly incarcerated

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Center for Employment Opportunities in Tulsa expanded its reentry services to formerly incarcerated people with a new location.

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Oklahoma
Tulsa
November 3, 2023
NPR Tulsa

Employment services for formerly incarcerated expand in Tulsa

A nonprofit dedicated to helping people released from prison is expanding in Tulsa. The Center for Employment Opportunities opened a new location on Denver Avenue and held an open house Thursday evening. CEO says they’ve helped thousands of former prisoners gain employment.

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Oklahoma
Tulsa
October 19, 2023
NBC News

Amid millions of open jobs, finding work remains a struggle with a criminal record

While employers have indicated they are more willing to hire workers with criminal records in a tight labor market, job seekers say they face a tangle of barriers to getting work.

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