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The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Memphis provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to people recently released from incarceration. CEO’s program supports participants in gaining the workplace skills and confidence needed for successful transitions to stable, productive lives. We are dedicated to ensuring that justice-impacted job seekers have opportunities to achieve socioeconomic mobility. We are also a 2023 MPACT Awardee.

CEO Memphis opened in 2018.

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Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Memphis has been open since 2018. In 2023, CEO Memphis was recognized for outstanding poverty-fighting effectiveness in the region.

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July 12, 2025

Daily Memphian/Patience Lewis-Walker

Opinion: ‘Reentry programs work - Memphis needs to invest in them’

In Tennessee more than 62,000 people are on parole, probation, or community supervision. In Shelby County alone, approximately 7,000 people are released from prison or jail every year. Like Jason, most of them are ready to work and rebuild – but unlike him, they may not have a program like CEO to turn to.

March 26, 2024

Channel 3 News

Nonprofit connects recently incarcerated individuals with employment

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Every Tuesday, as part of our Greater Memphis on a Mission series, we highlight organizations making Memphis better. This week, we caught up with a group that believes in immediate employment with daily pay for people on probation or parole.

March 1, 2024

Ryan M. Moser

A Self-Motivated Participant Finds a Career

Some people take a crisis and turn it into an opportunity, and Jason is one of them. Sentenced to prison at the age of 18, Jason knew that he could dwell on his mistakes and live an unhappy life inside, or he could pursue a purpose and be satisfied in a bad situation.

June 3, 2021

Eric Borsuk

Cassie Anderson’s Extraordinary Journey from CEO Participant to Employee

Before becoming a CEO participant, Cassie Anderson confesses that her life was in shambles. She remembers sleepless nights, homeless in her truck, and trapped in an abusive, long-term relationship that ultimately led to her incarceration. Following her incarceration, Cassie returned to Memphis. As someone with an immense passion for caregiving, she was devastated to learn that, due to her conviction, she would no longer be able to work as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). So, she started applying to various local businesses, but all of her applications were denied. As she started to lose hope, Cassie remembers praying to God and asking for help.