Criminal Justice Involvement
Seedco and Artistic Noise are partnering on a new youth initiative that is actively accepting participant applications. This is a paid opportunity available to young people between the ages of 16-21 residing in the Washington Heights & Inwood communities of Upper Manhattan. These paid art-making workshops will explore the effects of gun violence and will…Learn More
Seedco Awarded Second Chance Act Grant in Tennessee
February 25, 2022Seedco has been awarded a Department of Justice Second Chance Act grant to support justice-involved adults return to their community and achieve economic stability. Through this grant, Seedco’s Mid-South Regional Office is launching the Midsouth More Than Ready program. Our team will partner with Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner, Jr. and the Shelby County Division…Learn More
Seedco Continues to Serve Amid Public Health Crisis
April 7, 2020Seedco’s Acting Executive Director, Keith Rasmussen, updates community members on the organization’s operations and program modifications amid the COVID-19 public health crisis. Read the letter here.Learn More
Seedco’s Mid-South Regional Office (MSRO) took part in the Tennessee Department of Correction’s Career and Resource Fair in August. The event was held at the Memphis Day Reporting Center, where recently released individuals engage in daily productive activities, including education and job seeking. Employers and service providers were onsite to help those currently enrolled in…Learn More
Congratulations to Marlene Clarke, Assistant Director of Seedco’s Baltimore office, as she received the Leadership award at the Maryland Workforce Association’s Raising the Bar conference, held from September 17-19. Marlene was one of five award recipients from across the state of Maryland and was recognized for her leadership of Seedco’s workforce development programs in Baltimore….Learn More
Seedco Recognizes Graduates from Turning Point Program
August 22, 2019Seedco’s Midsouth Regional Office (MSRO), in partnership with the Shelby County Sherriff’s Office, has provided workforce development training to individuals presently incarcerated and within six months of release through its Turning Point program. On August 20, 2019, the first cohort of enrolled participants completed the program, successfully graduating from ‘Seedco University’. Seedco Board Member, Herman…Learn More
Seedco Program Staff Come Together for Training to Work with Justice-Involved Individuals
May 30, 2019During the week of May 20, Seedco’s program staff from three regions—New York, Baltimore, and Mid-South—came together in Memphis, TN for an intensive training led by the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute. To aid the implementation of Seedco’s programs serving adults and young adults with criminal justice involvement, staff learned about criminogenic risks, needs assessment,…Learn More
Memphis Commercial Appeal Profiles Seedco Programs
October 13, 2018Check out this article from the Memphis Commercial–Appeal that profiles Seedco’s work on behalf of jobseekers in Memphis, especially individuals who have been involved in the criminal justice system. The article is below and also available at https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/money/2018/10/13/memphis-job-market-employment-ted-evanoff/1534161002/ ‘Why can’t I get a good job?’ Memphians ask Ted Evanoff, Memphis Commercial AppealPublished 9:00 a.m. CT Oct. 13, 2018…Learn More
In June 2018, Seedco was awarded $6 million in new funding from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL) Re-Entry Employment Opportunity Program to serve a total of 760 justice-involved individuals in four states: New York, Arkansas, Tennessee and Maryland. The programs will launch in July 2018 and operate through 2021. Seedco was awarded $4,358,210 to serve 570 justice-involved young adults ages 18 to 24 in West Baltimore, MD; South Bronx, NY; Memphis, TN; and West Memphis, AR and $1,496,779 to serve 190 justice-involved adults in Memphis, TN and West Memphis, AR. This funding builds on Seedco’s three current re-entry programs in Memphis and Baltimore funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.Learn More