{"id":273,"date":"2025-05-01T13:08:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b-inpowerd.com\/?page_id=273"},"modified":"2025-05-01T15:49:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:49:03","slug":"clean-slate-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/b-inpowerd.com\/?page_id=273","title":{"rendered":"Clean Slate Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>There are 70-100 million adults in the U.S. with a past legal record. Most records are for low-level offenses or arrests that never resulted in a conviction. 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