Releases & Statements
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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
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 ...
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
New Partnership Breaks Job Barriers in Trucking Industry for Formerly Incarcerated While Easing Nationwide Trucker Shortages
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 ...
Colorado Legislators Introduce Innovative Bill to Create Pilot Program That Would Provide Direct Cash Payments to People Returning from Incarceration
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
CEO and Partners Awarded $6.9 Million California Workforce Development Grant
Center for Employment Opportunities’ Apprenticeship Program Earns Critical Certification from U.S. Department of Labor
Sens. Coleman and Gonzales Announce Upcoming Legislation at Reentry Cash Program Launch Event
NBA Foundation Teams up with the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) to Expand Job Training in the Southern Region
Clean Slate Governor's Statement
New Bipartisan Bill Bolsters Effective Job Training Programs
CEO supports groundbreaking JustUs Coordinating Council report
100 Organizations Urge Congress to Strengthen Job Training and Food Security Access
LinkedIn Teams Up with Center for Employment Opportunities to create Groundbreaking ‘Job Seeking with a Criminal Record’ Learning Course
Truist Foundation Awards Center for Employment Opportunities $1 Million To Advance Social, Economic Mobility for Formerly Incarcerated People
The Allstate Foundation Awards Center for Employment Opportunities $1,000,000 to Advance Racial Equity and Support Workforce Development
Center for Employment Opportunities Partners with Indeed to Increase Economic Mobility for Formerly Incarcerated Job Seekers
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
Center for Employment Opportunities Partners with CompTIA to Help Returning Citizens Learn Tech Skills for Sought-After IT Jobs
CEO Statement on SB 1304 (“Gate Money Bill’) Passing California Assembly
CEO Partners With Unite Us to Expand and Improve Health Care to its Participants Across Country
CEO, REPAC, ARC Applaud $50 million Investment for the Statewide Reentry Employment Grant Program
CEO Expands Work in PA with Pittsburgh Partnership
CEO Statement on California Senate Bill SB 1304 (“Gate Money Bill’)
CEO Statement on Committee Passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022
$24 Million Returning Citizens Stimulus from Center for Employment Opportunities Benefits Thousands Released From Prisons and Jails During COVID-19
For The People and The Center for Employment Opportunities Partner to Provide Cash Assistance and Reentry Services to People Released via Resentencing in California
Newly Launched Cohort of Mission-Driven Businesses Will be Equipped to Provide Employment & Training Services for Thousands of SNAP Recipients Nationwide
U.S. Bank Foundation invests $1 million to support emerging leaders and community-led solutions to address economic disparities
Greenlight Fund Brings Center for Employment Opportunities to Metro Atlanta
Joint Statement From The Center For Employment Opportunities And Vote.Org On Legislation To Restore Voting Rights To People On Parole In New York
CEO Statement on George Floyd Murder Verdict
Statement From The Center For Employment Opportunities On The American Jobs Plan
CEO Statement on the Police Killing of Daunte Wright
Albany’s Center for Employment Opportunities Receives Support from Bank of America Grant
REDF, Seattle Jobs Initiative, and Center for Employment Opportunities Receive $1.2M USDA Grant to Train Employment Social Enterprises to Serve SNAP Participants
Keybank Donates $300,000 In COVID-19 And Social Justice Support To Central And Southwestern Ohio Nonprofits
Center for Employment Opportunities Celebrates SNAP Reform in Passage of Budget
Michigan Must End Lifetime Ban on Food Assistance to Formerly Incarcerated Residents
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