Ohio’s sex offender laws make it significantly harder for people to find work or a place to live compared to other returning citizens and socio-economic classes of citizens. The resources offered are solely for your reference. Ohio RSOL has confirmed that every resource possesses experience in working with citizens affected by the registry, yet your experience is your own. There is no assurance or guarantee from Ohio RSOL that these resources will be appropriate for your personal needs or situation.
Employment
Center for Employment Opportunties
The Center for Employment Opportunities 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.
Ohio Means Jobs
Ohio Means Jobs (www.ohiomeansjobs.com), is Ohio’s job placement site. Job seekers will find thousands of job openings listed by county, along with great career information. This site also gives you access to Ohio’s job placement services. By enrolling on Ohio Means Jobs, your job requirements will be matched to job openings that have been posted on the State’s system through Ohio Department of Job and Family Services staff. When a match is found, you will be notified or job seekers may choose to simply scan the thousands of job openings listed on the system.
Find an Ohio Means Jobs Center
Ohio Means Jobs Services: OMJ Services Dashboard
Ohio Means Job Centers: Find an OhioMeansJobs Center | OhioMeansJobs
Housing Resources
Safe Living Search
Safe Living Search
Need a new place? Ready to move? Safe Living Search is a residency pre-screening search engine that can help identify schools and daycares within a specific distance of an address. The application was created by a registrant's spouse who was searching for their first home after getting married.
The app isn't meant to give legal advice or help you figure out if you're following laws. These application results are genuine, but they hold no legal weight; courts and cops won't honor it as evidence. It is simply a tool to aid in locating a possibly appropriate residence.