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OAR Receives $10,000 Spirit of Service Award and meets Mrs. Obama
Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR) received the Spirit of Service $10,000 Grant at the 2009 Greater DC Cares Business and Non-Profit Philanthropy Summit June 16th, co-sponsored by the Washington Post Media. The award was presented by Deloitte LLP to a single non-profit in the Washington Metro area in recognition of the use the organization makes of volunteers to impact the community.
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After Prison: Roadblocks to ReEntry
A Report on State Legal Barriers Facing People with Criminal Records
The Legal Action Center (LAC) has compiled an exhaustive, two-year study of the legal obstacles that people with criminal records face when they attempt to reenter society and become productive, law-abiding citizens. Our research found that people with criminal records seeking reentry face a daunting array of counterproductive, debilitating and unreasonable roadblocks in almost every important aspect of life.
In What's the Law, we present a comprehensive catalogue of the legal barriers of each state imposes in the areas of employment, housing, benefits, voting, access to criminal records, parenting, and driving, and we explain the federal limitations on student loans. The Report Card grades each state on whether it's law and policies help or hurt those seeking reentry. And in our Vision for the Future, we offer a series of recommendations on how federal and state policymakers can help reintegrate people people with criminal records into society without compromising public safety. Click here to download a printable version of LAC's report.
http://www.lac.org/roadblocks-to-reentry/index.php
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