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Berkshire County’s first Second Chances job fair is timed to help people land on their feet after jail — and ease the labor shortage

by 2nd Street 2nd Chances | Sep 28, 2023 | News

Berkshire Eagle September 28, 2023  Jane Kaufman, Community Voices Editor   PITTSFIELD — With recommendations from the sheriff’s department, Sammy Centaio landed a job at LTI Smart Glass in January 2016 starting at $10 an hour shortly after leaving jail. Since...

Release shares women’s stories of incarceration and courage

by 2nd Street 2nd Chances | Sep 25, 2023 | News

September 25, 2023  BTW Berkshires  “I would have kayaks … I may not touch the fish … I will catch it , but I won’t clean it and cook it because … we live in Pittsfield.” On a spring evening, a woman imagines floating on the Housatonic, watching for brook...

Pittsfield program gives ex-cons ‘Second Chances’

by 2nd Street 2nd Chances | Sep 22, 2023 | News

September 22, 2023 Pittsfield, MA NEWS10  PITTSFIELD, M.A. (NEWS10) — A local organization is trying to help the formerly incarcerated get access to services that will help them continue their lives and not get back into trouble. Second chances. That’s the opportunity...

BCC to Host the First Berkshire County Second Chances Job and Resource Fair

by 2nd Street 2nd Chances | Sep 22, 2023 | News

Friday, September 22, 2023 iBerkshires   PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC), in collaboration with the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, Berkshire County Jail and House of Correction, 2nd Street, and MassHire Berkshire Career Center, will hold...

Berkshire Museum Displays Artwork by Ex-Incarcerated Individuals

by 2nd Street 2nd Chances | Sep 20, 2023 | News

September 8, 2023 iBerkshires  The Berkshire Museum has partnered with Second Street Second Chances for its new exhibit “Insight Out” that is on view until Oct. 1. Article:...

Formerly incarcerated women in 2nd Street hope sharing their experiences in a new theater piece will help others

by 2nd Street 2nd Chances | Sep 13, 2023 | News

September 13, 2023 Berkshire Eagle  ‘If I can get my story out there, it could help another young woman who’s going the wrong route’Throughout the monthslong process of developing the theater piece, women from 2nd Street participated in a series of...
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  • Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $2.2 Million for Re-Entry Workforce Development Grants to Train Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
  • 2nd Street to Host Berkshire United Way’s “United in Conversation” Session on Criminal Justice on Oct. 22
  • 2nd Street and The Foundry to Present ‘RECLAIM’
  • 2nd Street Announces the Election of 3 Members to its Board of Directors.
  • 2nd Street Elects Board Members
  • 2nd Street Clinic on How to Seal, Expunge Criminal Record
  • Free clinic on sealing or expunging criminal records
  • Opioid Summit Highlights Collaboration, Stigma Breaking
  • 2nd Street Second Chances acquires new funding, expands its space
  • 2nd Street Second Chances Debuts Revamped Space

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