One Award Winner
We are proud to announce that our Oklahoma Team has received the One Award in the self sufficiency category presented by the Oklahoma Center for Non Profits.
CEO Tulsa has been open since 2011.
Opinion: Oklahoma's punishment-based probation system only speeds up incarceration
Trapped within the tangled web of Oklahoma's probation system, I have felt the crushing weight of its injustices firsthand, revealing a system that promises rehabilitation but delivers only oppression and recidivism. I cannot overstate the challenges and injustices that pervade this often-overlooked aspect of our criminal justice system, leaving individuals ...
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'You Can Succeed': Tulsa Woman Who Spent Years in Prison Wants to Inspire Others with Her Comeback Story
She says she's living proof people can succeed after being incarcerated.
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Employment services for formerly incarcerated expand in Tulsa
A nonprofit dedicated to helping people released from prison is expanding in Tulsa. The Center for Employment Opportunities opened a new location on Denver Avenue and held an open house Thursday evening. CEO says they’ve helped thousands of former prisoners gain employment.
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Center for Employment Opportunities expands reentry services to formerly incarcerated
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Center for Employment Opportunities in Tulsa expanded its reentry services to formerly incarcerated people with a new location.
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Tulsa Nonprofit Helps Formerly Incarcerated Individuals in Job Search Training
Since Center for Employment Opportunities has been in Tulsa, it has helped over 2,000 people find jobs after incarceration. It's now moved into a new facility downtown, allowing it to help more people than before.
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Over-the-road and onto a new chapter, Rodney finds success in trucking
“We've got a long way to go, and a short time to get there,” say the lyrics of “East Bound and Down,” one of the most popular trucking songs. Rodney, a new trucker, not only drives a long way in a short time for his routes but has come a ...
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Nonprofit helps former Green Country inmates become truckers
When Rodney Fisher was 22 years old, he was given a 52-year sentence for purse snatching. He was finally released in 2020 after maintaining his innocence for 34 years.
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[PODCAST] Getting to Know Tulsa's Center for Employment Opportunities
On this edition of ST, we learn about Tulsa's Center for Employment Opportunities (or CEO). CEO is a nationwide nonprofit that helps people who've just come out of prison find jobs and/or acquire skills and training. The Tulsa CEO branch opened in 2011; our guest is Adrienne Yandell, who directs ...
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