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A new Illinois law and growing coalition of corporations focused on second-chance hiring could make it easier for people with criminal records to find jobs, but barriers remain, experts say.

Bipartisan momentum for clean slate and fair chance licensing policies—which remove barriers to economic opportunity for people facing the stigma of a criminal record—has grown significantly in the states in recent years.

Washington, D.C. — A new report from the Center for American Progress, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, and the National Employment Law Project examines recent momentum as well as lessons learned from a wave of clean slate and fair chance licensing reforms in states around the country. Following decades of overcriminalization, 1 in 3 American adults now […]