CQE Clinic planned March 26

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

A Certification for Qualification of Employment clinic for those with criminal records is planned from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Oak Hill Collaborative, 507 Oak Hill Ave.

This effort is in collaboration with Community Initiative to Reduce Violence, Home for Good Re-Entry Resource Referral Center of ACTION (Alliance for Congregational Transformation Influencing Our Neighborhoods), United Returning Citizens and Oak Hill Collaborative.

This CQE certificate has the ability to remove some of the barriers to employment that many may have faced as a result of negative decision-making.

If you have a misdemeanor record, you can apply for a CQE six months after your sentence (including supervision) is completed.

If you have a felony record, you can apply for a CQE one year after your sentence (including supervision) is completed. All convictions must have been only in Ohio.

No appointment is necessary to attend the clinic, and there is no cost at the time of applying for the petition.

In order to expedite the process, those attending must bring this information: a copy of your employment history (including addresses and phone numbers), three references from family members (including addresses and phone numbers), and three references from nonfamily members (including addresses and phone numbers).

Registration is requested but not required. For information, call CIRV at 330-742-8779, Home for Good Re-Entry Resource Referral Center at 330-743-3700, Oak Hill Collaborative at 330-518-5884 or United Returning Citizens at 330-809-4710.