Re-Entry Services

Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio is dedicated to providing effective, comprehensive employment services to men and women with criminal convictions. Our re-entry services provide structure and supervision to returning citizens, fostering the confidence and skill-building necessary for a successful transition to a stable, productive life.

Address: 1120 Madison Ave. Toledo OH 43604

Phone: 419-255-0070

Re-Entry Transition Services

The Lutheran Social Services case manager can assist returning citizens with housing, employment, transportation, child support, Social Security, mental health and addiction treatment, parenting, driver's licenses and state IDs, and working with the courts.

Address: 2149 Collingwood Blvd. Toledo, Ohio 43620

Phone: 419-243-9178

Certificate of Qualification for Employment

CQE is short for Certificate of Qualification for Employment. It is part of an Ohio law that helps people with criminal records obtain employment. The CQE allows persons living in the community who have a previous felony or misdemeanor conviction to apply to the court to lift the collateral sanction that bars them from being considered for employment in a particular field.

Career Services and Educational Support

PathStone provides customized, people-centered professional development services leading to portable skills and enhanced employability for diverse individuals:

- unemployed and under-employed adults, agricultural workers, mature workers aged
- 55+, returning/reentering citizens, veterans, and youth.

Address: 1111 Research Dr, Red Cross Bldg, Toledo, OH 43609

Phone: 567-970-7063

Email: jdoe@pathstone.com

Financial Opportunity Center (FOC)

Pathway partners with the Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC) and Premiere Bank to operate as a Financial Opportunity Center. FOCs are career and financial coaching service centers that help families living on a low-to-moderate income build effective money habits and focus on the financial bottom line.

Address: 505 Hamilton Street, Toledo, Ohio 43604

Phone: 419-242-7304

Professional and Individual Development (P.A.I.D.)

The P.A.I.D. program is designed to help participants obtain and retain employment byproviding job training and job placement services necessary to help unemployed, underemployed, and hard-to-employ residents of Lucas County become self-sufficient.

Address: 505 Hamilton Street, Toledo, Ohio 43604

Phone: 419-242-7304

Going Home To Stay

Free reentry resource program for returning citizens, family members, and/or significant others.

11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., 1st Wednesday of every month

Address: 525 Jefferson Ave, Toledo, OH 43604
Phone: 419-930-2313

Residential Reentry Program

Our programs serve formerly incarcerated individuals, some of whom are eligible for early release from prison due to judicial release, and/or have substance abuse issues in the Cincinnati, Dayton, Evansville, Indianapolis, Mansfield, and Toledo areas. Case managers and residents create an individualized program plan to address their specific needs. Client progress is routinely assessed to ensure a positive outcome by the end of the program.

Address: 1201 Champlain Street, Toledo, Ohio 43604

Phone: 567-806-5120

Email: info@voaohin.org