April is National Second Chance Awareness Month

View the complete schedule of National Second Chance Awareness Month activities in Prince George's County

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April is Second Chance Month, a time to bring awareness to the challenges that returning citizens face upon re-entering society and to encourage businesses to offer second chances to these returning citizens. Americans with criminal records struggle to find housing, work, and even access to education, making adjusting to modern society increasingly difficult. Employ Prince George’s is proud to partner with businesses whose job openings welcome returning citizens to apply.

In honor of Second Chance Month, EPG will be taking part in programs throughout the month to help our neighbors in Prince George's County looking for a second chance. On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, we are hosting, in partnership with the Bridge Center at Adam's House, the Second Chance Month Job & Resource Fair for returning citizens looking to start their careers with companies and resource partners eager to help with their second chance. This event will be held at the Glenarden Community Center (8615 McLain Avenue, #A, Glenarden, MD 20706). On Saturday, April 30, 2022, Employ Prince George's and the Bridge Center at Adam's House will host the Second Chance Awareness Month Expungement & Resource Fair at Reid Temple A.M.E. Church (11400 Glenn Dale Boulevard, Glenn Dale, MD 20769). Click the links below to register for one or both of these events. We can't wait to see you all there!

If you would like more information about the resources available to returning citizens, click the button below to visit the National Re-Entry Resource Center website.

Click the flyer to download a copy, or click here.

If you are a returning citizen, looking to work for local Prince George’s County businesses, come to the Second Chance Month Job & Resource Fair.

Over 50 companies and programs will be in attendance and ready to meet you. Put your best foot forward and prepare to start your new career!

Register today to get one step closer to your future career.

Wednesday | April 20, 2022

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Glenarden Community Center

8615 McLain Ave., A

Glenarden, MD 20706

National Returning Citizens Virtual Conference (NRCVC 2022)

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to attend the second annual National Returning Citizens Virtual Conference (NRCVC 2022) in recognition of National Second Chance Awareness Month. Sponsored by the 400 Years of African American History Federal Commission, and supported by a host of reentry partners across the country, NRCVC 2022 is a day of celebration, information sharing, and plenary sessions designed to inform, build coalition, and create awareness of the need to remove the collateral consequences associated with incarceration and being identified as a returning citizen.

Thursday | April 21, 2022

12:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Virtual Location

What is the Second Chance Awareness Month Expungement & Resource Fair?

This Expungement Fair (to clear criminal records of convictions) is vitally important for all those who may have made some bad decisions in their past but are committed to working on a bright future!

The fair will also provide community resources and skill set information.

Saturday | April 30, 2022

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Reid Temple A.M.E.

11400 Glenn Dale Boulevard,

Glenn Dale, MD 20769

Pathways to Success (PTS) is a workforce development program customized for returning citizens and jobseekers with multiple barriers to employment. Pathways to Success provides customized training and connections to employment opportunities that provide a foundation for life-long improvement.

PTS is built on a work-based learning model where participants are on-boarded in the program through an extensive 6-week process, placed into work-based learning opportunities and mandated to participate in various one-on-one and group setting trainings designed to build their career readiness, financial literacy, decision-making, critical thinking, occupational skills, literacy, math computation, and basic life skills.

If you are interested in enrolling in Pathways to Success, or would like more information, contact us at WSD@co.pg.md.us or call the American Job Center, Largo at (301) 618-8445.