Safer Foundation Policy Papers
Recommendations for the Obama-Biden Transition Team
Safer Foundation President/CEO Diane Williams made these suggestions about prisoner reentry programs to the Obama-Biden transition team in 2009.
Diane Williams Statement Before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Safer Foundation President/CEO Diane Williams spoke before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2008 to discuss the challenges faced by people with criminal records in the job market.
Introduction to CARRE Policy Paper Series 2002
This is the introduction to the Council of Advisors to Reduce Recidivism through Employment's 2002 policy paper series.
CARRE Paper 1: The Need for Public Policy Advocacy to Reduce Barriers to Employment for Ex-Offenders (2002)
This 2002 CARRE policy paper, by Sharron D. Matthews, details the importance of advocacy in reducing legislative barriers to employment for individuals with criminal records.
CARRE Paper 2: Reducing Barriers to Employment for Women Ex-Offenders: Mapping the Road to Reintegration (2002)
The second paper in CARRE's series, by Dr. Patricia O'Brien from the Jane Addams College of Social work at the University of Illinois-Chicago, reports on the importance of assisting female prisoners when they return to society.
CARRE Paper 3: Government Personnel Policies Impacting the Hiring of Ex-Offenders (2002)
Sharron D. Matthews and Samantha Casarjian examine government practices that exclude people with criminal records from the hiring process.
CARRE Paper 4: A Review of the State of Illinois Professonal and Occupational Licensure Policies as Related to Employment for Ex-Offenders (2002)
The final paper in CARRE's 2002 series discusses licensing policies in the State of Illinois.
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