Public Housing Policies that Exclude Ex-Offenders: A House Divided Publication Date: 03/2007 Ex-offenders can be excluded from public housing either by operation of law or by administrative decision-making-giving advocates and policymakers more than one avenue for addressing current barriers to housing. The best option, of course, is to amend federal law and make the statutory framework for administrative decisions more fair, humane, and rational. But even within the current statutory framework, there is room to modify harsh and arbitrary administrative policies and practices.
2008 Community Voices Freedom’s Voice Conference Proceedings Publication Date: 2008 The 2008 conferences focused on addressing health disparities and inequities as a social justice issue for men, women, and their families.
2009 Community Voices Freedom’s Voice Conference Proceedings Publication Date: 2009 The 2009 Community Voices Freedom’s Voice conference focused on “Strengthening Families During Incarceration and Homecoming,” and brought together many of the local, state, and national level experts and advocates working to reform failed policies and improve services and outcomes for all those impacted by the criminal justice system.