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SNAP Felony Ban 2021 Summary of North Carolina Expunctions Second Chance Act Flyer COVID-19 Resource Guide for Wake County Take Action Now: Advocacy on Fines and Fees You Can Pursue In Your Community Take Action Now: Advocacy on Fines and Fees You Can Pursue in Your Community Chapel Hill Fund for Criminal Justice Debt, Program Overview Template Forms, Motion and Order to Waive/Remit Fines and Fees Second Chance Mobility, Starter Packet Summary of Criminal Justice Bills Introduced in 2019 Long Session Fair Chance Occupational Licensing Fact Sheet (November 2019) 2019 Second Chance Lobby Day, ACTION REQUEST 2019 Second Chance Lobby Day, Participant Packet 2019 Second Chance Lobby Day flyer 2018 Study of Employment Collateral Consequences in North Carolina Civil Rights Corps Fines & Fees Justice Center (Clearinghouse for Fines & Fees Advocacy and Research) Bail Reform Primer (Criminal Justice Policy Program, Harvard Law School, Oct. 2016) Confronting Criminal Justice Debt: A Guide to Litigation (Harvard Law School) Confronting Criminal Justice Debt: A Guide to Policy Reform (Harvard Law School) 50-State Criminal Justice Debt Reform Builder (Includes North Carolina Profile) Reentry Times Newspaper NEWS (May 18, 2018): Owners of Mugshots.com Arrested for Extortion VICE documentary: Juvenile Incarceration (April 2018) Progressive Prosecutor: Fixing a Broken Criminal Justice System (Philadelphia 2018) VICE documentary: Progressive Prosecutors (Philadelphia 2018) VICE documentary: Fixing the Criminal Justice System with President Obama (2015) VICE documentary: Criminal Justice Debt/Debtors’ Prisons Criminal Justice Debt– ACLU of North Carolina Southern Poverty Law Center– Economic Justice/Criminal Justice Debt Southern Poverty Law Center– Mass Incarceration/Criminal Justice Reform Know Your Rights (Voting, Expungement, Employment/Housing Discrimination, etc.) Petition to Expunge Dismissed Charge(s)- updated April 2018 NC Recidivism Report (2018)– Explanation by UNC School of Government NC Recidivism Report (2018)– NC Sentencing Commission Mass Incarceration– Equal Justice Initiative Equal Justice Initiative Fair Chance Licensing Reform Takes Hold in the States (2018) How Occupational Licensing Matters for Wages and Careers Essie Justice Group The Sentencing Project Vera Institute for Justice Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Prison Policy Initiative National Resource Center on Justice Involved Women Ten Truths for Working With Justice-Involved Women Mythbuster: Parental Incarceration and Child Welfare The True Costs of Incarceration on Families Unlicensed and Untapped: Removing Barriers to Occupational Licensing A Successful Year for Criminal Justice Reform, ALEC Using Trauma-Informed Practices in Women’s Correctional Facilities The Importance of Language in the Reentry Movement Mentoring As a Component of Reentry: Practical Considerations from the Field Mythbuster: Parental Incarceration Equal Access to Justice Commission Resolution on Expunctions and Certificates of Relief 2017 NCDPS Handbook for Family and Friends of People in Prison 2018 Overview of North Carolina Expunctions, 1 pager Criminal Records and Employment Rights: A Tool for Advocates Working with Survivors of Domestic Violence Criminal Records Screening and Fair Housing: A Tool Kit for Consumers Local Reentry Councils A County-by-County Reentry Services Directory National Resource Center on Justice Involved Women Reentry National Media Outreach Campaign Reentry Policy Council National Employment Law Project Prisoner Reentry Institute National HIRE Network National Reentry Resource Center Registering with Dignity: A Practical Guide for Reentry and Life on the Registry Sex Offense Resources North Carolina Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System Race and the Criminal Justice System NC Department of Public Safety Statistics NC Department of Public Safety Health Care Policy Manual NC Department of Public Safety Policy & Procedure Manual National Inventory of the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction UNC School of Government Collateral Consequences Assessment Tool Myth Buster: Social Security Benefits Myth Buster: TANF Benefits Myth Buster: SNAP Benefits/Drug Felony Convictions Myth Buster: Veterans Compensation Benefits Voter Eligibility In North Carolina A Healthcare Employer Guide to Hiring People with Criminal Records Thinking Beyond the Box: Use of “the Box” in College Admissions Myth Buster: Federal Student Financial Aid How To Find a Job If You Have a Criminal Record Myth Buster: Consideration of an Applicant’s Criminal History Myth Buster: Work Opportunity Tax Credit Myth Buster: Hiring People with Criminal Records Model Tenant Criminal Record Screening Policy On Public Housing On Federal Bonding Program On Federal Hiring Policies