Fair Shake | Reentry Resources
Fair Shake is an online reentry resource center that provides employment resources, information, tools and materials for building bridges of transformation and trust. Membership is free.
Getting Out & Staying Out: San Francisco Resources for People Leaving Jails and Prisons
Created by the Reentry Council of the City and County of San Francisco, Getting Out & Staying Out focuses on improving access to services for individuals returning to San Francisco after incarceration, including employment and small business resources.
Community Assessment Service Center (CASC) - Employment Services
CASC employment services are open to all justice involved adults, age 18 and over, who reside in San Francisco.
CHEFS _ Episcopal Community Services
CHEFS is a 5-month culinary training program that provides instruction in technical and professional skills enhancement necessary for entry into the food service industry.
Drop-In Career Center - Success Center (OEWD SF)
A non-profit social venture working to empower economic and social mobility for individuals and communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Part of our mission is to hire people with barriers to employment, like a record of incarceration. Job search assistance from start to finish.
Jails to Jobs: Tattoo Removal Program
Jails to Jobs offers free tattoo removal for justice-impacted individuals in the SF Bay Area with visible, antisocial, or gang-related tattoos, as well as survivors of abuse or trafficking. Removing unwanted tattoos can increase job opportunities, help you start fresh, boost confidence, reclaim your identity, and support healing.
In the Job Readiness Program, participants will learn how to set goals and achieve a timeline of success toward that dream job. They will be given the tools and guidance to craft a resume based on their own experiences and apply that same information to their LinkedIn profile.
Hires marginalized, hard-to-place workers.
Old Skool Cafe - San Francisco
Old Skool Cafe is a one-of-a-kind youth-run supper club. They train and employ at-risk youth, ages 16-22, to run all aspects of the business.
Red Bay seeks to create unity by hiring and serving people of all backgrounds, striving to be diverse and inclusive of those who have traditionally been left out of the specialty coffee industry, especially people of color, the formerly incarcerated, women and people with disabilities.
Planting Justice - Oakland, CA
Planting Justice is a grassroots organization with a mission to empower people impacted by mass incarceration and other social inequities with the skills and resources to cultivate food sovereignty, economic justice and community healing.
Chipotle Mexican Grill is a 2nd chance employer.
Construction Trades Workforce Initiative (CTWI)
Nonprofit partner of the California East Bay Area and Baltimore-DC Metro Building Trades, CTWI works towards building a more sustainable construction industry that is representative of the communities that they serve. By bridging the gap between organized labor, job-seekers, and key stakeholders, CTWI is connecting more people to life-changing career opportunities in the union construction trades.
Trader Joe's is a 2nd chance employer.
Legal Aid at Work is a nonprofit legal services organization that has been assisting low-income, working families for more than 100 years.
San Francisco Adult Probation Department's reentry programs help adults who were involved in the justice system start fresh. They give people the support and resources they need to reach their goals and succeed in their communities.
Reentry Council of San Francisco Resources
Getting out and staying out guide, veterans resources, legislative resources, and more.
National Employment Law Project - New York, NY
Resources on legal issues for people re-entering the workforce. NELP is working to expand fair-chance hiring laws to every corner of the nation.
An nonprofit organization that help individuals with arrest or conviction histories with legal issues including criminal record remedies, suspended driver’s licenses, traffic court debt, public benefits, housing denials due to criminal record, employment and occupational license denials, and consumer issues.
Employment After Incarceration: Know Your Rights Training