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Sep 17, 2024
Center for Employment Opportunities Partners with Vote.org to Launch ‘Get Out the Vote’ Campaign Encouraging Justice-Impacted Peoples’ Participation in Upcoming Election
Mirroring Jim Crow Laws of the 19th & 20th Centuries, Ongoing Voting Restrictions for Justice-impacted People Are Critical Racial Justice and Democracy Issues
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Aug 28, 2024
Statement on Adoption of Fair Chance Ordinance in San Diego Ensuring 14,000+ Private Employers Comply with State Fair Chance Hiring Laws
Ordinance Opens the Doors to Employment for Hundreds of Thousands of Justice-Impacted Residents
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May 22, 2024
Center for Employment Opportunities Partners with LinkedIn to Bridge Employment and Skills Gap for Justice-Impacted People
Members of the Reentry Population Will Get One-Year Access to the Full Suite of LinkedIn Premium Benefits
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May 08, 2024
Statement on Training & Nutrition Stability Act (TNSA) Fix Included in Both House & Senate Farm Bill Frameworks
TNSA Will Correct a Significant Flaw Within SNAP that Forces People to Choose Between Essential Job Training and Food Security
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Apr 30, 2024
Statement from CEO, Center for Community Alternatives (CCA), The Fortune Society, Osborne Association, and Fines & Fees Justice Center (FFJC) on the 2024-2025 New York State Budget Including an Increase in the Amount of Money People Leave Prison With
“We applaud Governor Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie for including an increase in ‘Gate Money’ in the 2024-2025 New York State Budget. By doing so, it is clear that they have heard us and agree that $40 is not enough, and New Yorkers ...
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Apr 19, 2024
CEO Announces Expansion of Advanced Training Pathways
New Focus Areas Include Fiber Optic Technician, Heavy Equipment Operator, Solar Installer, Skilled Construction Trades, and More
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Apr 01, 2024
Center for Employment Opportunities Launches ‘More Than A Background’ Campaign to Raise Awareness of the Discrimination Workers Face When Their Qualifications for a Job Are Ignored Because of Their Past Criminal Convictions
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Mar 28, 2024
CEO’s Commitment to Advancing Trans Rights
The work we do at the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) is focused on helping people leaving incarceration to access jobs and careers. We celebrate diversity and build on every person’s strengths to help them reach their goals and access their full human potential; this unequivocally includes our transgender and ...
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Mar 05, 2024
Senator Kevin Parker and Assemblyman Edward Gibbs Join with Broad Coalition to Announce Introduction of Reentry Fund that Would Provide Nearly $2,600 to New Yorkers Returning from Incarceration
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Feb 29, 2024
New Partnership Breaks Job Barriers in Trucking Industry for Formerly Incarcerated While Easing Nationwide Trucker Shortages
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Feb 07, 2024
A Missed Opportunity for Colorado: Center for Employment Opportunities Expresses Disappointment after Senate Judiciary Postpones Reentry Cash Pilot
Legislation would have provided Coloradans returning from incarceration up to $3,000 to cover essential needs, such as housing, food, transportation, and more Denver, CO – February 7, 2024 - Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed Senate Bill 24-012. The bill was introduced in January by Colorado State Senators Julie Gonzales ...
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Jan 11, 2024
Colorado Legislators Introduce Innovative Bill to Create Pilot Program That Would Provide Direct Cash Payments to People Returning from Incarceration
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Dec 19, 2023
Groundbreaking Bill Introduced by Sens. Gillibrand and Ricketts to Ensure People Don’t Have to Choose Between Putting Food on the Table & Participating in Paid Career Training
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Dec 04, 2023
CEO and Partners Awarded $6.9 Million California Workforce Development Grant
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Nov 16, 2023
Center for Employment Opportunities’ Apprenticeship Program Earns Critical Certification from U.S. Department of Labor
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Aug 23, 2023
Sens. Coleman and Gonzales Announce Upcoming Legislation at Reentry Cash Program Launch Event
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Aug 09, 2023
NBA Foundation Teams up with the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) to Expand Job Training in the Southern Region
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Jun 14, 2023
Clean Slate Governor's Statement
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May 08, 2023
New Bipartisan Bill Bolsters Effective Job Training Programs
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Mar 21, 2023
CEO supports groundbreaking JustUs Coordinating Council report
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Feb 17, 2023
100 Organizations Urge Congress to Strengthen Job Training and Food Security Access
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Jan 31, 2023
LinkedIn Teams Up with Center for Employment Opportunities to create Groundbreaking ‘Job Seeking with a Criminal Record’ Learning Course
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Jan 18, 2023
Truist Foundation Awards Center for Employment Opportunities $1 Million To Advance Social, Economic Mobility for Formerly Incarcerated People
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Jan 04, 2023
The Allstate Foundation Awards Center for Employment Opportunities $1,000,000 to Advance Racial Equity and Support Workforce Development
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Nov 18, 2022
Center for Employment Opportunities Partners with Indeed to Increase Economic Mobility for Formerly Incarcerated Job Seekers
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Nov 17, 2022
Google Offers Digital Skills Training to Thousands of Formerly Incarcerated Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Participants
CEO has integrated Grow With Google initiative into job readiness training to create economic mobility for participants in 31 cities across the country
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Oct 25, 2022
Center for Employment Opportunities Partners with CompTIA to Help Returning Citizens Learn Tech Skills for Sought-After IT Jobs
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Aug 25, 2022
CEO Statement on SB 1304 (“Gate Money Bill’) Passing California Assembly
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Jul 25, 2022
CEO Partners With Unite Us to Expand and Improve Health Care to its Participants Across Country
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Jul 07, 2022
CEO, REPAC, ARC Applaud $50 million Investment for the Statewide Reentry Employment Grant Program
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Jun 15, 2022
CEO Expands Work in PA with Pittsburgh Partnership
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Jun 01, 2022
CEO Statement on California Senate Bill SB 1304 (“Gate Money Bill’)
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Apr 05, 2022
CEO Statement on Committee Passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022
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Sep 23, 2021
$24 Million Returning Citizens Stimulus from Center for Employment Opportunities Benefits Thousands Released From Prisons and Jails During COVID-19
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Sep 22, 2021
For The People and The Center for Employment Opportunities Partner to Provide Cash Assistance and Reentry Services to People Released via Resentencing in California
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Aug 23, 2021
Newly Launched Cohort of Mission-Driven Businesses Will be Equipped to Provide Employment & Training Services for Thousands of SNAP Recipients Nationwide
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Jul 29, 2021
U.S. Bank Foundation invests $1 million to support emerging leaders and community-led solutions to address economic disparities
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Jul 13, 2021
Greenlight Fund Brings Center for Employment Opportunities to Metro Atlanta
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May 03, 2021
Joint Statement From The Center For Employment Opportunities And Vote.Org On Legislation To Restore Voting Rights To People On Parole In New York
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Apr 20, 2021
CEO Statement on George Floyd Murder Verdict
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Apr 20, 2021
Statement From The Center For Employment Opportunities On The American Jobs Plan
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Apr 13, 2021
CEO Statement on the Police Killing of Daunte Wright
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Oct 28, 2020
Albany’s Center for Employment Opportunities Receives Support from Bank of America Grant
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Oct 19, 2020
REDF, Seattle Jobs Initiative, and Center for Employment Opportunities Receive $1.2M USDA Grant to Train Employment Social Enterprises to Serve SNAP Participants
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Oct 08, 2020 | By Karen Crane, KeyBank
Keybank Donates $300,000 In COVID-19 And Social Justice Support To Central And Southwestern Ohio Nonprofits
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Sep 25, 2020
Center for Employment Opportunities Celebrates SNAP Reform in Passage of Budget
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May 19, 2020
Michigan Must End Lifetime Ban on Food Assistance to Formerly Incarcerated Residents
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