by Eric J. Ellman | Apr 9, 2024
On April 24, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Institutions held a roundtable on enhancing financial resilience and addressing barriers to accessing capital in justice-involved communities. “This event [was] a continuation of the dialogue...
by Eric J. Ellman | Jan 8, 2024
At the invitation of Kriss Ascanio Gomez, Special Assistant for Public Engagement for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, CDIA was a panelist at a roundtable discussion on Friday, January 12, 2024. The program was hosted by the Treasury’s Office of Financial...
by Eric J. Ellman | Mar 2, 2023
In February 2023, the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice issued a report, Employment of State and Federal Prisoners Prior to Incarceration, 2016. The information used to create this report came from the DOJ’s Survey of Prison Inmates...
by Eric J. Ellman | Jun 18, 2022
In June 2022, Demetria L. McCain, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity issued a memo, Implementation of the Office of General Counsel’s Guidance on Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by...
by Eric J. Ellman | Sep 21, 2021
The Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on Sept. 28, 2021, Access Denied: Eliminating Barriers and Increasing Economic Opportunity for Justice-Involved Individuals. In advance of the hearing, committee...
