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Quick References

These are documents and links that may be useful to people in reentry and providers. For resource guides that mention reentry programs see Program Directories

Benefits Access

  1. Impact of Criminal Record on Public Benefits in Pennsylvania

  2. Public Benefits Consequences of Conviction

  3. Mitigating Factors for General Assistance in PA

City Services

  1. Office of Reentry Partnerships

  2. The Office of Homeless Services

  3. Addiction Services through the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services

  4. Intellectual disAbility Services through the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services

  5. Mental Health Services through the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services

Cleaning Up Your Record

  1. Cleaning Up Your Criminal Record Info-Sheet

    1. Limpiando Su Historical de Antecedentes Penales

  2. Expungement FAQ

  3. How it All Happens - Flowchart

  4. How to Clean Up Your Record

  5. How to Get a Pardon in Pennsylvania

  6. Nine Things You Should Know About Applying for a Pardon

  7. Petition for Expungement

  8. Summary Offenses in Pennsylvania

  9. Out of County Referral Form

Court Costs, Fees, and Payment Plans

Employment Rights

  1. Clean Slate Law Information from CLS

  2. Legal Remedies and Limitations to Employment

  3. About Fair Chance Hiring Initiative 

  4. Fact Sheet: Employers Rejection of People with Criminal Records

  5. Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards

  6. Fair Chance Hiring Intake Form

  7. "Fair Hiring Law" Ban the Box

  8. April 2021 Updates to Ban the Box 

  9. Know Your Employment Rights (Conozca Sus Derechos Laborales)

  10. Legal Rights of People with Criminal Records: Employment

  11. The Consideration of Criminal Records in Occupational Licensing

  12. Youth Justice Project Employment Rights

Program Directories

  1. 2017 Reentry Planning Manual - Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Center

  2. 2016 Employment Resource Guide - Institute for Community Justice

  3. Prisoner Reentry Network - Network of Care

  4. Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project - Pennsylvania JLWOP Reentry Navigator

Voting Rights

  1. ACLU-PA Voting with a Record

Housing Rights/Resources

  1. Criminal Court Costs and Fines

  2. Fines and Costs of Pardon (Spanish document)

  3. Motion to Vacate or Reduce Bail

  4. Risk of Non-Compliance w/ Payment Plan

Additional Resources

  1. National Inventory of the Collateral Consequences of Conviction

  2. National Reentry Resource Center

  3. Toolkit: Do You Need Vital Records?

  4. Words Matter: A Guide to Person-First Language

  5. Education Subcommittee Resource Flier

  1. Navigating Existing Housing Resources

  2. Rental Assistance Resources

  3. About Fair Chance Housing

  4. Are Housing Providers Abiding by HUD's Guidance on the Use of Criminal Records?

  5. PHA Criminal Record Policies Guide

  6. Eviction Process (Resumen del Proceso de Desalojamiento) 

  7. Fair Housing Fact Sheet

  8. Need Legal Help for Your Landlord-Tenant Problem? (Necesita Ayuda Legal para Su Problema Con el Dueno de la casa que esta Alquilando?)

  9. Philly Tenant Resource Guide

  10. Know Your Rights as a Renter

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