Advocacy Toolkits to Combat Legal Barriers Facing Individuals with Criminal Records
Publication year:
2011
| Cataloged on:
Feb. 01, 2012
ANNOTATION: Strategies for reducing the challenges faced by ex-offenders reentering their communities are explained by this series of Toolkits. Each kit contains sections regarding what the roadblock is, problems associated with it, and ways to change it, what advocates can do, model laws, Action Alerts, sample advocacy letters, (soon to be included) sample editorials for media outreach. Available Toolkits are: Prohibit Inquiries About Arrests That Never Led to Conviction; Standards for Hiring People with Criminal Records; Certificates of Rehabilitation; Sealing/Expunging Arrest and Conviction Records; Limiting Suspension/Revocation of Drivers’ Licenses to Driving-Related Convictions; Improving Housing Opportunities for Individuals with Conviction Records; Opting Out of the Federal Ban on Food Stamps and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF); Working to Ensure that Individuals Who Can Safely Parent Have an Opportunity To Be Prospective Foster and Adoptive Parents; Restoring Medicaid Upon Release from Prison; Securing Official Identification for Individuals Leaving Prisons and Jails Valid State Identification Cards; Primary Funding Streams Available to Assist People with Criminal Records; Enforce Anti-Discrimination Laws; and How to Use Byrne Justice Assistance Grants.
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