{"id":55926,"date":"2026-04-11T01:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T05:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=55926"},"modified":"2026-04-11T00:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:17:10","slug":"state-announces-reentry-partnership-with-kctcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/state-announces-reentry-partnership-with-kctcs\/","title":{"rendered":"State Announces Reentry Partnership with KCTCS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18176\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2018\/03\/09\/official-says-he-was-fired-for-reporting-harassment\/ky-capitol\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ky-capitol.jpg?fit=932%2C652&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"932,652\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ky capitol\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ky-capitol.jpg?fit=932%2C652&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ky-capitol.jpg?resize=300%2C210\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ky-capitol.jpg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ky-capitol.jpg?resize=768%2C537&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ky-capitol.jpg?w=932&amp;ssl=1 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Governor Andy Beshear announced on Thursday (4\/9) the Commonwealth\u2019s first true reentry partnership with Kentucky\u2019s Community Technical College System.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The partnership proposed in House Bill 5 created the state\u2019s first dedicated reentry campus program to boost second-chance opportunities and fill vital workforce positions across Kentucky. The new law stated that no one would be disqualified from public employment or obtaining an occupational license solely because of a previous criminal conviction, and obtaining a certificate of employment from the department would count as rebuttable evidence for the ex-convict\u2019s rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Quarles, president of the KCTCS, said House Bill 5 was a powerful way to reinforce the college system\u2019s dedication to its community and improve the future of the state\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Andy Beshear announced on Thursday (4\/9) the Commonwealth\u2019s first true reentry partnership with Kentucky\u2019s Community Technical College System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":18176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-archive","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ky-capitol.jpg?fit=932%2C652&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-ey2","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 15:54:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55927,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55926\/revisions\/55927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}