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Ex-Offender Programs

ClearMyRecord.com is not only dedicated to helping you with clearing your criminal record. ClearMyRecord.com works with a number of organizations that are able to assist our customers by helping them to acquire gainful employment, receive necessary training, as well as reintegrate smoothly back into society. Criminon and the NAACP are just two of these resources.

Criminon is an international non-profit public benefit corporation dedicated to addressing the causes of criminality and restoring the criminal's self-respect through effective drug detoxification, education and common sense programs. Criminon offers programs that include life and thinking skills and educational courses as well as a full drug rehabilitation component in non-institutional settings. Criminon has programs designed for diversionary/probation, incarceration and re-entry/parole settings.

NAACP is the nation's oldest civil rights organization. The NAACP has criminal justice goals of ensuring that incarcerated and released felons have access to appropriate voting, education, job training and civic participation resources. www.naacp.org 

Other entities that ClearMyRecord.com is affiliated with include, The National Urban League, (http://www.nul.org ), Brennan Center for Justice, (www.brennancenter.org ), American Civil Liberties Union, (http://www.aclu.org ), and People for the American Way, (http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general ). (For information on additional affiliates or other websites that may be of interest to you, please review the websites listed at the bottom of this page.)

Immediate Employment Assistance from ClearMyRecord.com
ClearMyRecord.com provides immediate assistance to our customers by mailing a Notice of Intent, which is designed to explain to potential employers that our customers are working with us to find potential relief from their criminal record. (Click this link to read more about this service.)

Barriers to Employment
Ex-offenders face many barriers to employment. Most ex-offenders re-enter the outside world with little money, no housing, no credit, no transportation, no driver's license, no documents, no insurance, and no appropriate clothes for job interviews and work settings. In addition, several federal laws specify certain occupations that are off-limits or restricted for individuals with various types of criminal convictions, and certain jobs require mandatory criminal background checks for public safety purposes. Among these are:

• Financial institutions
• Insurance industry
• High-level positions in unions and companies managing employee benefit plans
• Health care services that receive Medicare and Medicaid payments, and the pharmaceutical industry
• Child care
• Prisoner transportation services
• Aviation
• Law enforcement and other criminal justice

Words of Encouragement
Begin to think like the immigrant who arrives in America with nothing but a few dollars and dreams of a better future. Many immigrants come here with stories of bad luck, war, family deaths, and may not speak English. They may have questionable backgrounds, but have nothing to lose and everything to gain through a positive attitude, hard work, drive, and persistence. Against what initially appears to be all odds, they succeed beyond most people's dreams. Life is unfair, but you also live in a country of seemingly unlimited opportunities for those who take initiative to succeed.

Keep a positive attitude and be proactive. Keep focused on acquiring more education and training. Individuals with higher levels of education make more money and have better jobs than those who are less educated. Try to find a job that is compatible with your interests, motivations, skills, and talents, as well as related to a vision of your future. In other words, find a job fit for you and your future rather than try to fit into a job that happens to be advertised and for which you think you can qualify. Your ultimate goal should be to find a career you really love.

Website links

Clothing:
www.dressforsuccess.com 
www.jacketsforjobs.org 
www.goodwill.org 
www.salvationarmyusa.org 

Employment:
www.ceoworks.org 
www.oedworks.com/exoffender.htm 
www.workforcelink.com/html/rio/default_rio.html 
www.careeronestop.org 
www.hirenetwork.org