Gov. Wolf Signs Occupational Licensure Reform Bill Into Law, Easing Employment Barriers for Returnin
PennLive: Jan Murphy - July 1, 2020 People with a criminal history who want to work in state-regulated occupations in Pennsylvania such...
"Licensing Reform by the States Will Lift Americans From Poverty"
Erica Jedynak - February 5, 2020 Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump don’t have much in common, but even they agree that...
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania Must Go Further in Reform of Occupational Licensing Laws Currently Disadva
Lindsey Stroud - November 26, 2019 Legislation would prevent boards and commissions from automatically denying licenses based on criminal...
Bill would aid prison inmates who train to be barber, cosmetologists but can't get licenses to w
May 22, 2019, Alyssa Biederman - The Harrisburg Bureau In Pennsylvania, prisoners can train for jobs as barbers and cosmetologists, but...
Register for the Philadelphia Apprenticeship Readiness Program
More about entry requirements: Not all the trades require a HS Diploma or GED, so neither do we (80-90% do, but not all). For someone to...
Suit: Drop 'good moral character' cosmetologist requirement
December 12, 2018, Kristen De Groot - The Philadelphia Inquirer Is good moral character required to wax eyebrows and give facials? In the...
Opinion: Criminal Justice, Occupational Licensing Reforms Can Go Hand in Hand
By Shoshana Weissmann and Nila Bala April 15, 2018 The National Reentry Resource Center Currently in both Maryland and Tennessee, a...
Why Hiring People out of Prison Will Be Your Next Workforce Strategy
March 1, 2018 By Leigh Buchanan As the labor market tightens in our expanding economy, companies will need workers. And people returning...
Pennsylvania effort a model for national reentry initiative
The Center for American Progress, the National Employment Law Project, and Community Legal Services have launched a 3 year, multi-state...
Clearing a Path, from Conviction to Employment - CSG
"Access to employment is a critical component of the support that research says helps keep people from returning to the criminal justice...