April 29, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Introduces Bills to Remove Halfway House Subsistence Fees and Co-pays for Federal Inmates During Second Chance Month
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of Second Chance Month, which is in!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
For Immediate Release: April 15, 2019
Contact: Rita D. Lewis, Communications Director
Councilmember Robert White Works with the BowserAdministration to Improve Support for Returning Citizens
Today, At-Large Councilmember Robert!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 12, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Gloria Martinez (MORCA)
Olivia Dedner (DMPSJ)
Keena Blackmon (DOC)
Mayor Bowser Expands READY Center Services to Returning Citizens from the Federal!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
District residents are heavily debating the merits of a new halfway house in the city instead of staying with the present facility, and many returning-citizens activists want change.
Despite a hot jobs market, Washington and the nation are confronting a quiet employment crisis: legions of formerly incarcerated individuals who have little or no hope of becoming productive members of society because of fears, prejudices!-->…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 12, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Keena Blackmon (DOC)
Mayor Bowser Launches the READY Center, Connecting Returning Citizens To Housing, Employment, and Other Critical Programs
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On July 12, 2016, the D.C. Council passed the Incarceration to Incorporation Entrepreneurship Program Act to provide business planning and related training, college courses in entrepreneurship, apprenticeship training, leadership and…