Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO)

Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) provides immediate, effective, and comprehensive employment services exclusively to people recently released from incarceration. Our program consists of providing participants with immediate employment with daily pay, skills training, job placement, and ongoing career support. CEO is dedicated to ensuring that justice-impacted job seekers have opportunities to achieve social and economic mobility.

In 2026, CEO received an $800,000 leasehold improvement loan from RIIF for their new Oakland office will serve as a hub for employment training, advanced-skills development, and professional growth for approximately 325 participants on transitional work crews and six participants in its Emerging Leaders Program.