National Employment &
Job Training Directory
Explore employment and job-training resources across all 50 states and Washington, DC. OACRA connects people—including individuals seeking second-chance employment after justice involvement—with state workforce services, career centers, training, and reentry employment support. This directory helps locate programs; it is not a live job board.
Find employment & job-training resources by state
Search a state name or abbreviation to open its OACRA employment directory. Each state page organizes workforce entry points, job training, career services, reentry-useful employment support, and employer or staffing pathways where available.
Use the state search above to reach the correct directory. State pages may include public workforce systems, career-center entry points, training and education routes, staffing pathways, reentry employment support, and employer resources depending on local coverage.
Common employment pathways
State directories are organized around practical pathways rather than one-size-fits-all employer lists. Availability and program design vary by jurisdiction.
Start with the state or local workforce system when you need job-search support, training referrals, hiring events, resume help, or employer connections.
Use technical colleges, community colleges, apprenticeships, adult education and workforce-funded training where those routes appear in the state directory.
Look for barrier-reduction programs, reentry employment services, staffing pathways, employers and support organizations that may help people returning to work.
Federal and state workforce developments for reentry employment
OACRA tracks grants, workforce programs and implementation changes that affect job training, apprenticeships, career services, employer connections and pre- and post-release employment support.
DOL’s $81M RESTART Initiative Moves Into Awards
The federal reentry workforce initiative supports employment preparation, skilled trades, advanced manufacturing, apprenticeships and related job-training pathways.
Read the RESTART workforce report →Massachusetts Awards $2.25M for Reentry Jobs
The state awards connect returning residents with occupational training, career support and employer-linked placement through funded reentry workforce organizations.
Read the Massachusetts workforce report →Pathway Home Continues Pre- and Post-Release Workforce Services
Pathway Home supports employment preparation before release and continued workforce services after release through active federal grant cohorts.
Read the Pathway Home report →Additional recent employment and workforce reporting
Relevant updates from the OACRA News & Policy Review feed. The three reports above remain available regardless of feed access.
Browse all state employment directories
Search by state name or postal abbreviation. Every card opens the employment directory already mapped in OACRA’s national directory routing system.
Alabama
Alabama employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Alaska
Alaska employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Arizona
Arizona employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Arkansas
Arkansas employment, workforce and job-training resources.
California
California employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Colorado
Colorado employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Connecticut
Connecticut employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Delaware
Delaware employment, workforce and job-training resources.
District of Columbia
District of Columbia employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Florida
Florida employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Georgia
Georgia employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Hawaii
Hawaii employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Idaho
Idaho employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Illinois
Illinois employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Indiana
Indiana employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Iowa
Iowa employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Kansas
Kansas employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Kentucky
Kentucky employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Louisiana
Louisiana employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Maine
Maine employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Maryland
Maryland employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Michigan
Michigan employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Minnesota
Minnesota employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Mississippi
Mississippi employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Missouri
Missouri employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Montana
Montana employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Nebraska
Nebraska employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Nevada
Nevada employment, workforce and job-training resources.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire employment, workforce and job-training resources.
New Jersey
New Jersey employment, workforce and job-training resources.
New Mexico
New Mexico employment, workforce and job-training resources.
New York
New York employment, workforce and job-training resources.
North Carolina
North Carolina employment, workforce and job-training resources.
North Dakota
North Dakota employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Ohio
Ohio employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Oregon
Oregon employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island employment, workforce and job-training resources.
South Carolina
South Carolina employment, workforce and job-training resources.
South Dakota
South Dakota employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Tennessee
Tennessee employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Texas
Texas employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Utah
Utah employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Vermont
Vermont employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Virginia
Virginia employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Washington
Washington employment, workforce and job-training resources.
West Virginia
West Virginia employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Wyoming
Wyoming employment, workforce and job-training resources.
Employers, workforce organizations & employment providers
Request a listing review, update an existing resource, or support state employment-directory coverage. OACRA separates public navigation from provider visibility and organizational use.
Public access, reuse & intellectual property
Public navigation: individuals, families and referral professionals may use OACRA’s public directories for service discovery, education, referrals and case-specific assistance. Direct links may be shared.
Search & AI discovery: legitimate search engines, AI search services, assistants and discovery systems may fetch and access OACRA’s public pages for ordinary indexing, transient retrieval, source-attributed summarization, citation, linking and user-facing answers.
Restricted machine use: bulk or systematic extraction, persistent machine ingestion, corpus or dataset construction, embeddings, model training or fine-tuning, database reconstruction, commercial monitoring, recurring structured redistribution, embedded/API use, white-label use and substitute-product use may require authorization or licensing.
Patent status: Patent pending. Certain OACRA software systems, methods, workflows, and related technology are the subject of U.S. Patent Application Publication US 2026/0228845 A1, published August 6, 2026.