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Birmingham, AL · Homelessness crisis response (community ambassador crews)

Because over 95% of Urban Alchemy Practitioners who are formerly incarcerated and/or have lived experience with, homelessness, mental illness and/or drug addiction, they know how to empathize with people living on the streets.

Know this: "and/or" wording mixes records with other lived experience; the org-wide Our People page is stronger ("Ninety-six percent of our staff have personally experienced incarceration"). City contract program (HEART, launched January 2025, about 20 staff). Page text hidden from innerText; quote verified in page HTML. Also recorded under CO (one employer per state).

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Little Rock, AR · Nonprofit retail, donation processing and workforce services

Goodwill provides services to individuals who are reentering the workforce and community after a period of incarceration. ... Transitional Employment Opportunity (TEO) program. 16-week paid job training program.

Know this: Paid transitional program (the brief's own T1 example type), 16 weeks, with placement help after; not a permanent job by itself. The same page reports a TEO participant (after incarceration) became a full-time forklift driver at Goodwill's Little Rock GRC. Statewide sites per stage 2 (TEO form lists Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, Bentonville, Fort Smith, Jonesboro, Pine Bluff, NLR, Conway, Hot Springs). 877-372-5151, TEO@GoodwillAR.org. Undated page. Stage 2 org on the AR page.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Gilbert, AZ · Window and door manufacturing

At Awake, we believe we can play an active role in combatting this issue by providing meaningful second-chance employment to formerly incarcerated individuals. Whether you have a record or just want to work at a company that is part of the solution, Awake would love to have you join our team.

Know this: Undated page. AZ has no private floor, so this is well beyond it. Two independent 2025-2026 news reports put about 55-60% of its 100+ staff as people with records.

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December 28, 2026

Tonopah, AZ · Egg production

Hickman’s Family Farms is celebrating 26 years of Reintegration Employment Success for formerly incarcerated citizens.

Know this: Hiring depends on the role and your circumstances.

Evidence:

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October 4, 2026

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January 2, 2027

Riverside, CA · Transitional employment (paid work crews) for people recently released

CEO Inland Empire opened in 2013. The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Inland Empire provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to people recently released from incarceration, serving both Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Know this: CEO is a national nonprofit; each site is a local operator. The page quote describes services; CEO's model is paid day-labor transitional crews (per CEO and partner sources). Address 1777 Atlanta Ave, Suite G1, Riverside. Page links a 2026-08-27 story about a CEO crew supervisor clearing freeway trash across the Inland Empire. Loaded in Playwright (ceoworks.org blocks curl).

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Los Angeles, CA · Transitional employment (paid work crews) for people recently released

CEO Los Angeles opened in 2016. The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Los Angeles provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to people recently released from incarceration.

Know this: CEO is a national nonprofit; each site is a local operator. The page quote describes services; CEO's model is paid day-labor transitional crews (per CEO and partner sources). Location page also links a 2026-05-15 LA Local story: 'A new Pico Union clean team made up of formerly incarcerated workers will target illegal dumping'. Address 759 North Spring Street, Suite 1. Loaded in Playwright (ceoworks.org blocks curl).

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Oakland, CA · Transitional employment (paid work crews) for people recently released

CEO Oakland opened in 2011. The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Oakland provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to people recently released from incarceration.

Know this: CEO is a national nonprofit; each site is a local operator. The page quote describes services; CEO's model is paid day-labor transitional crews (per CEO and partner sources). Address 464 7th Street. See the City of Oakland and CDCR records for independent corroboration of CEO Oakland's transitional crews. Loaded in Playwright (ceoworks.org blocks curl).

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Sacramento, CA · Transitional employment (paid work crews) for people recently released

CEO Sacramento opened in 2019. The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Sacramento provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to people recently released from incarceration.

Know this: CEO is a national nonprofit; each site is a local operator. The page quote describes services; CEO's model is paid day-labor transitional crews (per CEO and partner sources). Address 444 North 3rd Street, Suite 230. Transitional-crew wording is not on this page itself. Loaded in Playwright (ceoworks.org blocks curl).

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

San Diego, CA · Transitional employment (paid work crews) for people recently released

CEO San Diego has offered immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to individuals who have recently returned home from incarceration.

Know this: CEO is a national nonprofit; each site is a local operator. The page quote describes services; CEO's model is paid day-labor transitional crews (per CEO and partner sources). Address 303 A Street, Suite 100. A San Diego Workforce Partnership interview (2020-08-06) says 'CEO transitional work crews have provided over $5 million in taxable income to justice-involved San Diegans' (https://workforce.org/news/center-for-employment-opportunities-provides-transitional-jobs-and-vocational-training-for-justice-involved-individuals/). Loaded in Playwright (ceoworks.org blocks curl).

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Los Angeles, CA · Employment social enterprise (street and freeway maintenance, staffing, housekeeping)

Initially launched in 2016 through a partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Reentry and Caltrans, this business began by employing clients on active supervision in freeway maintenance jobs in Los Angeles County. Today, we also employ individuals through this division of our employment social enterprise in Orange County – thanks to a partnership with the Butte County Office of Education – and the Inland Empire.

Know this: Chrysalis's wider mission centers homelessness and workforce barriers; the records-specific line is about the Roads division. Offices: Downtown LA, Colton (Inland Empire), Anaheim, Pacoima, Santa Monica, DOORS reentry center (3965 S. Vermont). A live posting for 'Supervisor, Roads' dated 2026-08-28 (https://socalnonprofitjobs.org/job/3000783-supervisor-roads) shows the Roads crews are operating.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Colton, CA · Employment social enterprise (street and freeway maintenance, staffing, housekeeping)

Initially launched in 2016 through a partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Reentry and Caltrans, this business began by employing clients on active supervision in freeway maintenance jobs in Los Angeles County. Today, we also employ individuals through this division of our employment social enterprise in Orange County – thanks to a partnership with the Butte County Office of Education – and the Inland Empire.

Know this: Chrysalis's wider mission centers homelessness and workforce barriers; the records-specific line is about the Roads division. Offices: Downtown LA, Colton (Inland Empire), Anaheim, Pacoima, Santa Monica, DOORS reentry center (3965 S. Vermont). A live posting for 'Supervisor, Roads' dated 2026-08-28 (https://socalnonprofitjobs.org/job/3000783-supervisor-roads) shows the Roads crews are operating.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Los Angeles, CA · Transitional employment (Pit Stop, Shower Stop, Cal Crew)

Five Keys hires and trains formerly incarcerated and currently or formerly homeless people as ambassadors to monitor public bathroom stations in neighborhoods identified as having public health risks associated with a lack of accessible restrooms for homeless populations.

Know this: Undated page; 'about 20,000 monthly visits at 11 stations in downtown LA'. Five Keys is headquartered in San Francisco; the LA Pit Stop is the clearest local operation. Stage 2 flagged the listed phone as a named director's line.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Los Angeles, CA · Social enterprise (bakery, cafe, catering, recycling, silkscreen)

For more than 30 years, Homeboy Industries has transformed lives through its social enterprises by creating jobs, while providing training, support, and healing for formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated individuals.

Know this: Program-level mission statement; trainee jobs are transitional. Undated page. Operating status confirmed by current hours and address on the bakery and cafe pages.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Oakland, CA · Criminal justice nonprofit

We welcome all applicants, including formerly incarcerated individuals, those with family members who have been incarcerated, and persons with direct criminal or juvenile legal system experience.

Know this: Senior salaried role ($130K-$140K); posting shows no posted date (start date December 1, 2026). Location is Oakland, Los Angeles or Washington DC. Wording goes beyond the CA floor phrases. The same posting says 'criminal justice involvement should not be an impediment to employment'.

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September 29, 2026

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November 13, 2026

San Diego, CA · Culinary apprenticeship and food social enterprises

Kitchens for Good (formerly known as Phoenix Foods, USA, Inc.) was founded by forward‑thinking individuals dedicated to resolving food insecurity by ending food waste and developing a workforce training program that would lead to living‑wage jobs for people negatively impacted by the justice system, housing inequities, or substance and mental health challenges.

Know this: Justice involvement is one of several barriers served, not the sole purpose. Social enterprises page says they 'provide paid on-the-job training for apprentices', but several enterprises are marked 'coming soon'. Spam scan: 'casino' hit on the corporate partners page is a legitimate sponsor logo (Sycuan Casino Resort), not injected spam; an offscreen-style block flagged on /about/ carried no spam words.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Oakland, CA · Urban farming and fruit tree nursery

Our jobs offer dignified work, living wages, excellent benefits, and a work environment with holistic community support and peer mentoring. All of our employees, including formerly incarcerated individuals, have meaningful opportunities for personal growth and career advancement. We look beyond the degrees and resumes that employers typically value and recognize the skillsets and life experiences of people most impacted by systemic inequities.

Know this: Jobs page is undated but shows current openings (Director of HR, Infrastructure Crew Lead) and 'WE ARE CURRENTLY HIRING FOR 2 POSITIONS'. Nurseries at 319 105th Ave Oakland and 5166 Sobrante Ave El Sobrante.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

San Diego, CA · CNC machine shop social enterprise (also coffee, silkscreen)

Our machinists are justice-impacted individuals participating in a rigorous 18-month reentry program, where second chances are rare, so they work hard and are deeply committed to proving themselves.

Know this: Undated. Its program page adds: 'Are you recently released from incarceration, maintaining sobriety, and ready to take on the challenge of personal growth and a new career? Our Reentry Program is designed to help individuals like you build a successful future as a CNC machinist.' (https://riseupindustries.org/helping-them-rise-up/). Street address per a directory listing is 5275 Market St (not verified on the org site).

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Boulder, CO · Paid transitional work social enterprises (kitchen, outdoor crew)

A unique and highly-effective combination of employment, housing, and support that breaks the expensive cycles of homelessness, incarceration and chronic unemployment.

Know this: Hiring depends on the role and your circumstances.

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October 4, 2026

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January 2, 2027

Denver, CO · Building materials reuse retail (social enterprise)

Our job training program is designed for individuals coming out of difficult circumstances like homelessness, addiction, or incarceration.

Know this: Same page: "Hourly Pay Ranging from $15.50- $20/hr plus a monthly bonus." About 8-month program. Faith-based parent (Belay Enterprises). Undated.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Colorado Springs, CO · Transitional employment work crews

CEO Colorado Springs has offered immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to individuals who have recently returned home from incarceration.

Know this: CEO counts as ONE employer statewide (boss ruling 1). Short-term paid transitional crew job with placement help afterward, not a permanent job. CEO confirmed as a site by the CEO (Troy). Same employer as CEO Denver for the count.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Denver, CO · Transitional employment work crews

The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Denver provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to people recently released from incarceration.

Know this: CEO counts as ONE employer statewide (boss ruling 1). Short-term paid transitional crew job with placement help afterward, not a permanent job. CEO confirmed as a site by the CEO (Troy). Pay: the Denver ESE Collective entry (next records) says CEO "provides immediate paid employment"; the page's own stories mention a "beautification transitional work crew".

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Denver, CO · Cut and sew, alterations, banner repurposing

At the heart of our work is a commitment to community empowerment—providing supportive employment and training opportunities for individuals facing barriers such as immigration challenges, reentry from incarceration, addiction and homelessness, mothers who need flexible work schedules.

Know this: Hiring depends on the role and your circumstances.

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October 4, 2026

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January 2, 2027

Denver, CO · Kitting, assembly, cut and sew (social enterprise)

Programs like the WorkShop, that provide temporary, wage-paid employment alongside supportive services gives individuals a way to earn an income immediately while they develop the skills needed to transition to secure stable housing and stepping stone to better jobs.

Know this: Same page as the record-language record. source_url carries a text fragment pointing at this record's own quote, so the ingest does not drop it as a duplicate of another record on the same page.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Denver, CO · Barbershop (social enterprise)

Our justice-impacted barbers are uniquely skilled to cut all hair types and textures, thanks to their lived experience.

Know this: Own words; a working business, so roles need a barber license (it runs a scholarship fund for licenses). New Wash Park location. Undated page; site cites "Denver's Best Barber Shop of 2025".

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026

Denver, CO · Screen printing and embroidery (social enterprise)

Behind every order, someone rebuilding their life after homelessness, abuse, addiction, trafficking, or incarceration is learning what keeps a job: timeliness, focus, teamwork, with paid hands-on hours, mentorship, and spiritual care.

Know this: Transitional employment (about three months per the site). Faith-based (spiritual care). Undated.

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September 29, 2026

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December 28, 2026