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Jun 2, 2025
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Feb 13, 2023
‘Success story:’ NC woman with substance abuse issues graduates treatment center, gets job
A North Carolina-based news outlet shares one woman's achievements after being referred to a substance abuse treatment center by her local Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program.
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Feb 9, 2023
Philly employment programs kick off this spring to help end cycle of violence
WHYY shares how criminal justice solutions like Center for Employment Opportunities are helping to interrupt cycles of gun violence and recidivism in Philadelphia.
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Feb 4, 2023
Nonprofit Bail Project expands efforts to Jacksonville as it works to end mass incarceration
A Jacksonville, FL-based news outlet reports on The Bail Project's expansion in the region.
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Jan 30, 2023
Law Enforcement Program Puts Drug Offenders on New Path
Government Technology shares how Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is helping to connect people with substance use disorders to the support they need.
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Jan 26, 2023
Opinion: I got out of jail in February. Let me tell you about the job training that changed my life.
Writing for The San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion section, a former client of Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) shares how CEO helped him find a stable career and rebuild his life.
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Jan 24, 2023
NBA, Utah Jazz spotlight Utah’s efforts to automatically clear criminal records
Salt Lake City-based KUTV reports on a collaboration between Clean Slate Utah and the NBA to facilitate record expungement in Utah.
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Jan 21, 2023
Local education group earns $15M grant for community schools project
The Daily Memphian details a recent investment from the US Department of Education to Seeding Success, which will fund a community school model in Memphis.
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Jan 18, 2023
Foster care extension prepares TN young adults who ‘age out’ of system
A Knoxville-based news outlet highlights how Youth Villages LifeSet, along with a new foster care extension law, are supporting youth aging out of Tennessee's foster care system.
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Jan 18, 2023
Numeracy for All
Writing for Education Next, Zearn CEO Shalinee Sharma describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified existing challenges with math learning in the US and outlines four ways to advance math understanding among students.
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Jan 9, 2023
Helping renters build assets and move out of poverty by scaling HUD’s best kept secret
Writing for The Brookings Institution's The Avenue blog, Compass Working Capital CEO Markita Morris-Louis shares how her organization is low-income families build assets by leveraging HUD's Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program.