Strategies to Engage Employers in Conversations about Hiring Applicants with Criminal Records

19 states were recently granted permission by CMS to reimburse critical reentry services with Medicaid funding for up to 5 years.

Our plan—developed with the National Resource Center on Children & Families of the Incarcerated at Rutgers University-Camden and the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at UConn—provides evidence-based, trauma-informed strategies for corrections leaders and policymakers to strengthen parent-child connections and reduce recidivism.

The CSG Justice Center Advisory Board establishes the policy and project priorities of the organization. The board features a cross-section of leaders who shape criminal justice policy in various parts of the country.  

"AOT is a complex community intervention that can be effective or not depending on how it is implemented. The question about its effectiveness is better phrased as: for whom and under what conditions can AOT be effective?"

8 states gathered to discuss workforce solutions for formerly incarcerated people.

"It is the humane, person-centered approach that supports and stabilizes individuals, their families, and their communities."