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Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) launched its’ Sacramento site in 2019. CEO Sacramento has offered immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to individuals who have recently returned home from incarceration. CEO’s program supports participants in gaining the workplace skills and confidence needed for successful transitions to stable, productive lives.

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January 27, 2024

Voting Access For All

An Inspiring Journey of Advocacy and Recovery

In the journey of recovery, one of the most powerful tenets is the idea of reaching back to help those who are still struggling, forging bonds of unity and selflessness within a community. Terissa M., a member of Voting Access For All Coalition, personifies this philosophy through her remarkable journey.

June 21, 2023

Comstock's Magazine

Graduating Into a New Life

State prison yards may not look much like college quads. But some activists and educators want to bring a piece of the collegiate experience to incarcerated people in California, allowing them to earn degrees and job training behind prison walls — and potentially reducing their likelihood of returning to prison after their release.

February 24, 2022

The Guardian

California gives people leaving prison just $200 to start over. After 50 years, that could change

A California lawmaker wants to increase the allowance that people released from prison receive to cover basic needs for the first time in nearly 50 years.

July 7, 2021

SiliconValley.com

Opinion: Addressing biases and barriers can help solve worker shortage

Employers across California are asking, “Where can we find workers?” The truth is that many hundreds of thousands of Californians are locked out of opportunity. And it doesn’t have to be that way. Many of our state’s most pressing economic challenges are the consequence of inaction. In this case, more than 55,000 Californians come home from incarceration each year and, without jobs or other options, about 50 percent go back to prison within three years.

April 11, 2025

Michelle Woods

How a $1,500 Grant Helped Heather Get Back on the Road—and on a Mission

When Heather was released from incarceration, she was determined to use those strengths to build a better future for herself and others like her. Still, despite her determination, she faced significant barriers to stability and employment. That’s where the CA HIRE grant came in—an initiative from the California Workforce Development Board designed to support individuals navigating reentry. Through the grant, Heather received $1,500 in targeted financial assistance to help her get back on her feet. The grant provides training, resources, and critical needs-based payments through the Center for Employment Opportunities’ network of partner organizations. Its goal is to reduce recidivism and empower justice-impacted individuals with the tools for lasting success.

April 11, 2025

Isidoro Rodriguez

How One Mother Found Stability Through Work and the CA HIRE Program

Growing up in Los Angeles, Dina faced her teenage years chasing distractions rather than diplomas. Those early choices led her into the criminal justice system and eventually incarceration. But when she returned home, ready to rebuild her life, Dina quickly encountered the harsh financial realities of reentry. She knew change was possible, but also that it wasn’t free.

March 20, 2025

Isidoro Rodriguez

How Cash Assistance Helped John Train to Save Lives

John grew up in South Sacramento, California, and saw things that a young boy just shouldn’t see. “It became normal to see drug dealing, drug use, violent crimes, people getting messed up, people getting shot,” said John. “It’s what I thought life was like.” A child of divorce, John lived with his mother, who he says wasn’t as involved as she should have been.

January 31, 2025

Black History Month Business Spotlight: Azariah

Meet Azariah, the heart behind Lifting Spirits Higher Ministries. Growing up on the tough streets of West Side Chicago, Azariah faced more than his fair share of challenges. After spending time in prison, he turned his life around and found his calling in ministry.

March 30, 2024

Ryan M. Moser

When Society Judges You For Your Past, How Can You Move On?

If you looked up the word motivated in the dictionary, you would see a picture of Matthew when he came home after 20 years inside – he worked full time on a transitional work crew for the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), used his lunch break to study for the Commercial Driver's License test, and spent his nights scanning Indeed for a quality job, sitting in a transition house and knowing that his life was getting better by the day.

January 12, 2024

Ryan M. Moser

An Advocacy Fellowship Leads To a Bright Future

After Terissa M. nearly lost her life in a car accident two years ago and suffered a tragic personal loss, she knew that it was time to seek help for her substance use. But what she didn’t know was that one day, she would be in a position to help other people heal too.

August 23, 2023

Emily Montgomery

Turning Passion into Action: How an Advocacy Program Lit Azariah’s Flame

This spring, Azariah performed a prestigious rite of passage: he spoke at the graduation ceremony for a program he’d been a part of called the Advocacy Leadership Committee (ALC).