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CEO and Partners Awarded $6.9 Million California Workforce Development Grant

Sentinel News Service December 7, 2023

The Center for Employment Opportunities, the nation’s largest reentry employment provider, received a $6.9 million grant from the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) that will provide critical support to a coalition of community-based organizations to expand reentry services in California.

Probe Into Prison Deaths Ends Up Uncovering $8 Billion in Untracked State Money

Aldon Thomas Stiles, California Black MediaApril 1, 2021

What started out as an investigation into inmate deaths in some of California’s county jails led to an audit that uncovered severe overcrowding, a lack of mental health resources and $8 billion in State funds for which three county Sherriff offices cannot properly account.