Success After Criminal Court Involvement
Welcome and congratulations on your decision to make a fresh start!
Starting or restarting school after criminal court involvement can be challenging, and we are here and ready to help you! Here you will find a home base with resources and contact information for beginning or resuming your college education and support along the way.
What do I do first? Contact us at 541-917-4780 or jamess@linnbenton.edu.
More Information and Support
Be Informed! Here is a collection of information for decision making on college programs and finding employment, campus resources, and more.
How your charge affects employability, ability to be granted a business license, driver’s license, and more.
- Direct Screening. Obtain a background check. Information about what each type of background check screens for.
- US Department of Health and Human Services Exclusions Database. Database searchable by name for determining whether a specific person is excluded from obtaining employment due to conviction.
Resources for making yourself the best applicant you can be when seeking employment.
- Jobs for Felons Guide. Employment guide--what to expect, motivation, what employers are looking for, most sought-after soft skills in an employee, and more.
- Jobs for Felons Hub. “One-stop-shop” for post-conviction employment resources.
- Oregon Expungement. Eligibility test, attorneys, what records can be expunged and information on rights restoration.
- The Once Fallen Finding Housing Guide for sex offenders. Strategies for securing housing post-release and contact information for housing organizations and advocates by state.
- Listing of transitional housing available by location in Oregon.
- Rules and regulations regarding applying for Section 8 housing assistance with a felony.