Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO CREATE FAIR, INTELLIGENT, REDEMPTIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS THROUGH ZEALOUS CLIENT-CENTERED ADVOCACY, INNOVATIVE POLICY REFORM AND CROSS-SECTOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
THE SECOND CHANCE PROJECT ASSISTS PEOPLE IN REMOVING CRIMINAL-RECORDS-BASED BARRIERS, INCLUDING RECORD SEALING, RESOLUTION OF OUTSTANDING CRIMINAL DEBT, EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS, AND CERTIFICATES OF QUALIFICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT (CQE'S). THE SECOND CHANCE COMMUNITY LEGAL CLINIC HOLDS CLINICS AND PARTNERS WITH OR PRESENTS TO COMMUNITY AGENCIES. THROUGH THE LEGAL CLINICS AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, WE SCREEN PEOPLE FOR RECORD CRIMINAL RECORD SEALING, HAVE CQES GRANTED, PROVIDE REPRESENTATION TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS; RESOLVE COURT FINES, FEES AND COSTS; AND HELP OHIOANS IN REMOVING OTHER LEGAL BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, LICENSING, HOUSING OR CIVIC PARTICIPATION. THE SECOND CHANCE PROJECT ALSO COLLABORATES WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS, COLLEGES AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, EMPLOYERS, RE-ENTRY CENTERS AND LOCAL COURTS TO FURTHER ESTABLISH THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS WHO ARE RE-ENTERING THEIR COMMUNITIES. IN 2019, SERVED OVER 460 CLIENTS, HELD OVER 30 CLINICS, SCREENED 250 INDIVIDUALS FOR RECORD SEALING, GRANTED OVER 15 CQES, AND RESOLVED OVER $20,000 IN COURT FINES, FEES AND COSTS.
POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY: OJPC CONDUCTS POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, AND ADVOCACY, INCLUDING A LIMITED AMOUNT OF LOBBYING, IN SERVICE OF THREE OVERARCHING OBJECTIVES: SAFELY AND SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING THE SIZE AND RACIAL DISPARITY OF THE STATE PRISION POPULATION; EXPANDING THE FREEDOM OF PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES; AND PROTECTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE.
HUMAN RIGHTS IN PRISON PROJECT: PROTECTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE. THIS PROJECT PROVIDES PRISONERS WITH LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY TO ADDRESS VIOLATIONS SUCH AS THE DENIAL OF HEALTH CARE AND INFRINGEMENT OF RELIGIOUS RIGHTS. PART OF THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES OJPC'S "CONSTITUTIONAL LITIGATION CLINIC", WHICH WE CAN TEACH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTHERN KENTUCY UNIVERSITY'S SALMON P. CHASE COLLEGE OF LAW. STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION THOUGH REAL CASES WITH OUR INMATE CLIENTS, IN BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL COURT. TAUGHT 11 THIRD-YEAR LAW STUDENTS ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION THROUGH REAL CASES WITH OUR INMATE CLIENTS, IN BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL COURT.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| David Singleton | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $0 |
| David Zimmerman | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Michele Young | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Joe Tomain | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Wanda Spivey | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Mike Phillips | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Jim Metzer | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Caitlin Felvus | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Sister Sally Duffy | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Rev Sharon Dittmar | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Kerrie Clark | TRUSTEE | 2 | $0 |
| Chris Beard | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Officer Louis Arnold Sr | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Nina E Lewis | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Dan Fales | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Beth Silvers | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Eileen Cooper Reed | CHAIR | 4 | $0 |
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