Felon in Florida seeks career in health care

Dear Sir,

I bumped into this article on line. I'm from Sarasota Florida. I have two felony charges for drug possession. One is thirteen years the other eight years old. Will I be able to get my certification, or will I be denied because of these charges. I have completed all terms of probation years ago and have since turned my life around. Still I have much anxiety and guilt when I have to apply to any situation. I'm a wonderful person and have been in the home health business for a few years as a companion caregiver. Anything I can do?

Thanks much for your time.

Robert

Felon in Florida seeks career in health care

Hello Robert,

I have worked with ex-offenders and felons who have jobs in the health care field here in New Jersey. I suggest you contact can contact the medical licensing board in Florida. They will be able to advise you of licensing restrictions for ex-offenders and felons seeking jobs in health care.

The state of Florida as guidelines for offender eligibility for licensing. You can find it here:

CONVICTION RECORD GUIDELINES FOR APPLICANTS FOR LICENSURE & EXEMPTION

For more information, obtain the Florida Nurse Practice Act and Rules of the Board of Nursing, you can contact them at this number: 850-488-0595

I hope this helps.
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Lady wants to help felon friend get a job

 

Hello my name is Shantell and I'd REALLY appreciate any help at all that you can possibly provide me. My man is a felon he is currently in work release in Steelton, Pa. The rules there are extremely strict. It's hard for him to go out and look for a job. He is a good man even though he is a felon. His crimes are not violent they're mostly drug related. I have been trying so hard searching the net for jobs for him and I keep coming up with dead ends. So I was wondering if you could possibly help me in any way possible. Maybe you know some companies in Steelton, Pa. or Harrisburg, Pa. He is a very hard and devoted working man he has just made some mistakes but who hasn't you know. If you any info at all that could be helpful or any tips it is highly appreciated and respected! Thank you for your time and I hope to hear from you soon.

Hello Shantell,

I wish there was a simple solution for your friend. There is a lot of competition out there for jobs. There are a lot of people without criminal records out of work. As I suggest to a lot of ex-offenders and felons looking for jobs, the first stop should be your local One-stop Career center. there are a lot of service that can help him get on the right track.  Counselors at the center can help him with resources that can help him get a job or even get training to start a new career.  many counselors have experience working with people with criminal records.  You can find the nearest career center here:

www.servicelocator.org


Take a look at the video below. I hope it helps.

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Felon helps other felons without jobs

From time to time, I meet people who sincerely want to help felons. I'm sharing a note that was sent to me recently from one who calls himself Trashisfree.

Felon helps other felons without jobs

I have personally done quite well post prison, buying a new house 35 days out. Without a regular job I have survived quite well, and in another 2.5 years my house is payed off. Eventually I need to finish a book that I started "The Frugal Felon - Surviving Hard Times Without A Job. How to cut your expenses and make a living when you do not have a job". Freely available online currently at http://www.webook.com/project/The-Frugal-Felon-Surviving-Hard-Times-Without-A-Job

I have been exploring the possibility of class action lawsuits against both state governments and the federal government. After release, former male inmates work nine fewer weeks annually and take home 40 percent less in annual earnings, making $23,500 instead of $39,100. That amounts to an expected earnings loss of nearly $179,000 through age 48 for men who have been incarcerated.

Of former inmates who were in the bottom of the earnings distribution in 1986, two-thirds remained there in 2006, twice the number of non-incarcerated men.
Incarceration reduces former inmates’ earnings by 40 percent and limits their future economic mobility, according to a new Pew report. www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=60964
The class action is based on lifetime economic damage far beyond the original sentence. This is double jeopardy, punishing someone 2 times for the same crime. An unsealable felony is effectively a lifetime sentence.

I feel that facing such expensive lawsuits, allowing people to let people seal their records after 7 years as a settlement would be reasonable and fair. That is 7 years after completely discharging their sentence, no additional felony convictions. Your criminal record would still visible to the criminal court system. I came up with 7 years, since that is the same amount of time as a bankruptcy. It is also a reasonable amount of time to show that you are no longer a danger to society.

An additional provision would be when an employer submits a background check, there would be a check box that for jobs that include working with children. Anyone with certain crimes against children would not be allowed to work that job, forever. However they would be able to find employment at any job that does not include working with children, after the 7 year period without anything showing up on their background check.

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Felon In NY State seeks job

Hello sir, thank you for the service you provide with this information. I live in New York state and I am having a very hard time finding work. Do you know of anywhere that I can get some help. I really want to work.

Thank you in advance,

Dennis

Felon In NY State seeks job

Hello Dennis,

Each state has a network of centers that offer a variety of free services that can get you ready for work and assist a felon in finding employment. In addition, these centers offer training programs that may prepare you for a career or even start a business. The New York Dept. of Labor has a long list of services including counselors that have experience working with felons and ex-offenders. You can get more information as well as the office nearest to you here:


http://www.labor.ny.gov/careerservices/CareerServicesIndex.shtm

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Felon with sex offense wants to join the military

Found your website while searching "felon" info and thought I would take a chance.

When my son was 19, he had come home from college for the summer, earned his black belt in Tae kwon Do, and made the mistake of having a relationship with a 15 year old girl in his karate class. She was working on her black belt and had an immense crush on my son...and vice versa. They had known each other for several years--and were both very talented "karate kids."
Anyway, they broke it off when he went back to school--but remained friends.

The young lady went to counseling a year later for some unrelated family issues and revealed that she had a boyfriend a year ago and they had sex. Bingo...the therapist calls the state, the state arrests my son, who is now 20 almost 21, and presses charges...4 counts of sex with a minor. Neither girl nor her family pressed charges against my son. In addition, we were told that because he had recently earned his black belt degree that he was considered "someone of higher responsibility" and that is why the state decided to prosecute. I might add that he was in the process of applying for the Indiana State Trooper program--was almost there! BIG NIGHTMARE for our family since this son was the one who never drank, partied, smoked...just a good, sweet, loving kid and born again Christain... who did something really dumb based on emotion.

The deal was this, 6 months house arrest and 3 years probation which we have almost completed...without grumbling I might add. Felony reduced to misdemeanor as soon as probation ends actually on 9/16/10. He has been planning to join the military... to do good in the world and serve the country he loves. What are his chances? He talked to an recruiter (about 6 months ago) about Indiana air guard and was told not just no-- but never.

I appreciate your time.

 Felon with sex offense wants to join the military

 I know quite a few young men in your son's same situation. The good news is that his charge will be downgraded to a misdemeanor.  From time to time the military grants waivers to recruits who have criminal records.  Most are moral waivers, which include some felonies and misdemeanors.

The only military branch offering waivers to ex-offenders is the Army. He may find more success there.  The Army recruiter will tell him exactly what to do to get the process started.  It is totally up to the Army to grant the waiver.

I hope this helps.

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Felon seeks jobs in Nursing

To Whom It May Concern,

I am a convicted felon. On March 13th, 2003 I was convicted of felony theft scheme in the state of Maryland. I was 20 years old at the time. I am not 27 soon to be 28 years old. I just finished my associate's degree in nursing. I applied to the Maryland Board of Nursing to sit for the NCLEX RN examination. Within the application I was honest about my conviction and included a cover letter explaining the nature of the incidence. I explained in the letter that since the conviction I have been an honest and trustworthy person and have worked hard at my job and had managed to start and finish a college degree in a very tough and competitive nursing program. I was given my authorization to test, I sat for the NCLEX RN exam and passed. I have yet to be granted a license number.

People in my class that have taken the NCLEX RN exam after me, have already received their license numbers. Would they have allowed me to sit for the exam even if I then were not going to be eligible for licensing? I'm worried that I have gotten this far through this and will then not be granted a license. Do I have any rights here? Why would they take my money and authorize me to test then to tell me "NO" you can't be an RN.
Also, if they do decide to finally give me a license number... Do you have any suggestions on how to go about getting a job? 


John

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Hello John,

I'm not sure what the licensing procedure is in Maryland, but if you have not heard from them yet, I would place a call to the Maryland Board of Nursing.


There is contact information here:

http://www.mbon.org/main.php?v=norm&p=0&c=licensure/index.html

As far a finding opportunities in nursing, check out the links below:

http://www.nursingjobs.org/maryland

http://maryland-md.nursing-jobs.us/ 


Best of luck to you.

 
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