Shannon Pettypiece is senior policy reporter for NBC News digital.
For nearly three years, Tonya Jones went on one job interview after another, only to be passed over for positions and have offers rescinded when background checks revealed a misdemeanor food stamp fraud conviction on her record.
Postal Service, but after two months it was rescinded when her background check was completed. “I felt hopeless, depressed. You feel like you’re just back at square one, and it just takes a lot of faith and your support system from your family and friends to help you out and pull you out of that bad funk,” she said. “You’ll get a whole list of all these jobs that are hiring because everyone needs help, and they’re going to waive the background check and everything like that.
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