Resources

Tools of the Game Vol. 1

A set of advocacy frameworks, templates, and guides for any person interested in learning about and navigating policy making spaces.

Tools of the Game Vol. 2

A set of advocacy frameworks, templates, and guides for any person interested in learning about and navigating policy making spaces.

Policy Resources

Briefs providing background information and analysis of federal regulations, procedures, or policies that affect formerly incarcerated people and their families.

Reentry Mythbusters

Factsheets designed to clarify existing federal policies that affect formerly incarcerated people and their families.

Employment & Training

Resources and tools to navigate the workplace and more.

Your Rights & Protections

Resources and tools to identify discrimination and protect yourself from it.

Community & Social Supports

Resources and tools to create wellness and stability.

Equal Employment Rights

Your Rights & Protections

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/employer-background-checks-your-rights#:~:text=You%27ll%20be%20able%20to,days%20of%20the%20employer%27s%20decision.

Identity Theft and Online Security

Your Rights & Protections

https://www.usa.gov/identity-theft

Overview of the Consumer Complaint Process

Your Rights & Protections

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh3nejWtSjA&t=2s

Access the Consumer Complaint Database

Your Rights & Protections

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/consumer-complaints/

Federal Workforce Funding Overview

Policy Resources

https://www.clasp.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Roadmap-to-Equity_2024_Public.pdf

Careers in Clean Energy

Employment & Training

https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/map-career-clean-energy

Permanent Punishment inventory

Employment & Training

https://niccc.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/consequences

Targeted Hiring & Economic Justice

Policy Resources

https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2023-05/Creating-Local-Construction-Workforce.pdf

Department of Labor Workforce Hub

Employment & Training

https://www.workforcegps.org

Key Facts for Fair Chance Hiring

Policy Resources

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RBA2968-1.html

Find Your Workforce Board

Employment & Training

https://www.careeronestop.org/LocalHelp/WorkforceDevelopment/find-workforce-development-boards.aspx

Ban the Box State and Locality Guide

Employment & Training

https://www.nelp.org/wp-content/uploads/Ban-the-Box-Fair-Chance-State-and-Local-Guide-Oct-2021.pdf

Consumer Finance Guide: Reentry

https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/documents/cfpb_ymyg_reentry_supplement.pdf

Health and Human Services Support Programs Guide

https://www.hhs.gov/programs/social-services/index.html

Families and Children Resource Library

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/resource-library

State by State Court Fines and Fees News

Policy Resources

https://finesandfeesjusticecenter.org/clearinghouse/?sortByDate=true

Home Ownership

https://www.hud.gov/topics/buying_a_home

Reentry Mythbusters: Intro

Reentry Mythbusters

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JCC-Mythbusters-Intro.pdf

On Federal Bonding Program

Reentry Mythbusters

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JCC-Mythbusters-On-Federal-Bonding-Program.pdf

On Federal Student Financial Aid

Reentry Mythbusters

https://studentaid.gov/

On Federal Taxes

Reentry Mythbusters

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JCC-Mythbusters-On-Federal-Taxes.pdf

On Juvenile Records

Reentry Mythbusters

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JCC-Mythbusters-On-Juvenile-Records.pdf

On Parental Rights

Reentry Mythbusters

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JCC-Mythbusters-On-Parental-Rights.pdf

On SNAP Benefits

Reentry Mythbusters

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JCC-Mythbusters-On-SNAP-Benefits.pdf

On Social Security Benefits

Reentry Mythbusters

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JCC-Mythbusters-On-Social-Security-Benefits.pdf

On TANF Benefits

Reentry Mythbusters

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JCC-Mythbusters-On-TANF-Benefits.pdf

On the Work Opportunity Tax Credit

Reentry Mythbusters

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JCC-Mythbusters-On-the-Work-Opportunity-Tax-Credit.pdf

On Veterans Health Care

Reentry Mythbusters

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JCC-Mythbusters-On-Veterans-Health-Care.pdf

On Youth Access to Education Upon Reentry

Reentry Mythbusters

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JCC-Mythbusters-On-Youth-Access-to-Education-Upon-Reentry.pdf

Request Your Background Check

Your Rights & Protections

https://www.betterfuture.com

Request Your Credit Score

Your Rights & Protections

https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action

Know (And Protect) Your Rights

Your Rights & Protections

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Know-Your-Consumer-Rights.pdf

Access to Justice Spotlight: Fines and Fees

Policy Resources

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ATJ-Fines-and-Fees-Report.pdf

Market Snapshot: Background Screening Reports

Policy Resources

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cfpb_market-snapshot-background-screening_report.pdf

Housing Applicant Background Checking Rights

Your Rights & Protections

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/tenant-background-checks-and-your-rights

Medicaid’s New Role in Advancing Reentry: Key Policy Changes

Policy Resources

https://healthandreentryproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Harp-MedicaidReentry-2024-policy-changes.pdf

Federal Internship Finder

Employment & Training

https://gogovernment.org/federal-internship-finder/?utm_campaign=2024%20Call%20to%20Serve%20Network&utm_content=278183311&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-67765673

Find Your Local Housing Assistance Program

Your Rights & Protections

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/partners/FHAP/agencies

Health Care After Incarceration

https://www.cms.gov/files/document/reentry-english.pdf?utm_content=ojpcmsnews&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Make Your Voice Heard: Public Comment

Policy Resources

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/JCC-Public-Comment-Overview.pdf

Healthy People 2030: Incarceration as a social determinant of health

https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health/literature-summaries/incarceration

U.S. Office of Personnel Management: The General Schedule (GS) classification

Employment & Training

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-systems/general-schedule/

U.S. Office of Personnel Management: Hiring Authorities

Employment & Training

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/hiring-authorities/

How to Apply for Federal Jobs

Employment & Training

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gih8-cwTCQU

USAJOBS: Special Hiring Paths

Employment & Training

https://help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/special-authorities

CDC Public Health Association Program

Employment & Training

http://www.cdc.gov/phap

Epidemic Intelligence Service Fellowship

Employment & Training

https://www.cdc.gov/eis/index.html

Find a HRSA-funded Health Center

https://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/

Community Health Centers’ Reentry Expansion Option

Policy Resources

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/HRSA-PIN.pdf

Changing a Child Support Order

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ocse/changing_a_child_support_order.pdf

State by State Guide to Child Support Modifications

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/map/state-state-how-change-child-support-order

Find your rental provider

https://yourhome.fanniemae.com/calculators-tools/renters-resource-finder?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Bridging the Wealth Gap through HUD Opportunities

Policy Resources

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Bridging_Wealth_Gap.pdf

USDA Nutrition Programs

https://www.fns.usda.gov/programs

CFPB Fair Debt Collection Annual Report

Policy Resources

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cfpb_fdcpa-2024-annual-report_2024-09.pdf

NCLC: Identity Theft During Incarceration

Policy Resources

https://www.nclc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/202501_Issue-Brief_Robbed-Behind-Bars_-Identity-Theft-Committed-Against-Incarcerated-Victims.pdf

PPI: Prison Disciplinary Policies State Comparison

Policy Resources

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/discipline.html?5

Understanding the Tools in Congress

Policy Resources

https://progressivecaucusactionfund.org/beyond-bills-2025

View Your District’s Health Dashboard

Your Rights & Protections

https://www.congressionaldistricthealthdashboard.org

National Survey of Pretrial Justice Reform

Policy Resources

https://bailproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CLIENT-Bail-Project-Beyond-Bail-Report-FINAL-3.1.25.pdf

Record Clearance Clinic Playbook

Your Rights & Protections

https://justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Record-Clearance-Clinic-Playbook-3.31.2571.pdf

Supportive Housing Best Practices

https://insights.csh.org/housing-preservation

Credit Access in the United States

Policy Resources

https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2025/adrm/CES-WP-25-45.html?utm_campaign=20251201research&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

H.R.1 Medicaid Work Requirements Advocacy Recommendations

Policy Resources

https://www.lac.org/resource/protecting-people-with-suds-and-formerly-incarcerated-individuals-from-losing-medicaid-coverage-recs-on-implementing-hr1-work-reporting-requirements

Fair Chance Licensing Map

Policy Resources

https://csgjusticecenter.org/projects/fair-chance-licensing/state-by-state-licensing-maps/