The Reentry Myth Busters are a series of fact sheets created by the partner agencies within the Federal Interagency Reentry Council (FIRC) that are intended to clarify existing federal policies that affect individuals who were formerly incarcerated and their families.
This fact sheet addresses the following:
Myth: An individual with a felony conviction can never vote.
Fact: Nearly every state has a restoration process to regain voting rights. Only a few states do not allow reenfranchisement, and those restrictions only apply to a few…
The Reentry Myth Busters are a series of fact sheets created by the partner agencies within the Federal Interagency Reentry Council (FIRC) and intended to clarify existing federal policies that affect individuals who were formerly incarcerated and their families.
This fact sheet addresses the following:
Myth: Incarceration exempts individuals from the requirement to file taxes, halts the accumulation of federal tax debts, and prohibits the receipt of tax credits and deductions upon release.
Fact: Incarceration neither changes one’s…
The Reentry Myth Busters are a series of fact sheets created by the partner agencies within the Federal Interagency Reentry Council (FIRC) that are intended to clarify existing federal policies that affect individuals who were formerly incarcerated and their families.
This fact sheet addresses the following:
Myth: Eligibility for Social Security benefits cannot be reinstated when an individual is released from incarceration.
Fact: Social Security benefits are not payable if an individual is convicted of a criminal offense and confined.…
The Reentry Myth Busters are a series of fact sheets created by the partner agencies within the Federal Interagency Reentry Council (FIRC) that are intended to clarify existing federal policies that affect individuals who were formerly incarcerated and their families.
This fact sheet addresses the following:
Myth: Employers have no federal income tax advantage by hiring an ex-felon.
Fact: Employers can save money on their federal income taxes in the form of a tax credit incentive through the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) program by…
The Reentry Myth Busters are a series of fact sheets created by the partner agencies within the Federal Interagency Reentry Council (FIRC) that are intended to clarify existing federal policies that affect individuals who were formerly incarcerated and their families.
This fact sheet addresses the following:
Myth: The federal government’s hiring policies prohibit employment of people with criminal records.
Fact: The federal government does not have a policy that precludes employment of people with criminal records from all positions.
The Reentry Myth Busters are a series of fact sheets created by the partner agencies within the Federal Interagency Reentry Council (FIRC) that are intended to clarify existing federal policies that affect individuals who were formerly incarcerated and their families.
This fact sheet addresses the following:
Myth: Businesses and employers have no way to protect themselves from potential property and monetary losses should an individual they hire prove to be dishonest.
Fact: Through the Federal Bonding Program (FBP), funded and…
The Reentry Myth Busters are a series of fact sheets created by the partner agencies within the Federal Interagency Reentry Council (FIRC) that are intended to clarify existing federal policies that affect individuals who were formerly incarcerated and their families.
This fact sheet addresses the following:
Myth: An employer can get a copy of your criminal history from companies that do background checks without your permission.
Fact: According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), employers must get one’s permission, usually in…
The Reentry Myth Busters are a series of fact sheets created by the partner agencies within the Federal Interagency Reentry Council (FIRC) that are intended to clarify existing federal policies that affect individuals who were formerly incarcerated and their families.
This fact sheet addresses the following:
Myth: People with criminal records are automatically barred from employment.
Fact: An arrest or conviction record will NOT automatically bar an individual from employment.
The Federal Interagency Reentry Council (FIRC) began work in 2011 to reduce…
The Federal Interagency Reentry Council worked to reduce recidivism and improve employment, education, housing, health and child welfare outcomes. Consisting of more than 20 federal agencies, the Reentry Council coordinated and leveraged existing federal resources that were targeted to reentry, used the bully pulpit to dispel myths, clarified policies and provided visibility to programs and policies that work, and reduced the policy barriers to successful reentry. The council was recognized in a 2014 GAO report as one of four model interagency collaborations, and the council’s collective…
