The Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity provided $4 million, shared among Michigan Works! offices statewide, which funds an Alpena attorney who will assess expungement requests and handle associated legal issues. The Northeast Michigan-based Michigan Works! consortium hired an expungement navigator this spring, anticipating a surge of requests for help. Those changes will not take effect until February, according to Asam.Ī year after expungement, people are more likely to be employed and earning higher wages, preliminary research from the University of Michigan finds, according to the national coalition Clean Slate Initiative. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation approving expungement of some drunk driving offenses. Courts will not expunge felony domestic violence, sexual assault, or child abuse charges. Now, courts consider people with up to three felonies and an unlimited number of misdemeanors eligible for expungement, within some parameters. Residents have long had the option of requesting expungement, but few qualified, and only 7% of those eligible applied, according to Safe and Just Michigan, a crime-related advocacy organization. “That shows you how long it can affect someone’s life.”įormer crimes or arrests can also impede people who want to obtain a professional license, secure a home, or chaperone a child’s field trip. “He still has to check that box when he applies for a job,” she said. That morning, a man in his 40s emailed Asam to ask for help expunging a mistake he made at 19.
People with criminal records - one in three Americans, according to the Sentencing Project, which advocates to reduce incarceration - receive half as many follow up calls after submitting a job application as those with clean records, Asam said on Monday.
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