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The GIVE Team grant helped fund a graduation ceremony for 2011-2012 participants, program supplies, and marketing and outreach efforts. The program has received accolades from San Jose City Councilmember Sam Liccardo (pictured above), who recently attended a Clean Slate graduation ceremony. In the last four years, the program has helped more than 300 participants remove tattoos, resulting in more than 7,800 hours of community service.
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Past participants have described the service as giving them “a new start.” By removing tattooed gang symbols, participants enjoy increased educational and employment opportunities and have the ability to become more productive citizens. This program offers youth a second chance. The tattoos can take up to two years to be fully removed. The City of San Jose partners with the Santa Clara County Health and Hospital Systems and a dedicated team of volunteer doctors, nurses and medical clerks to operate the tattoo- removal clinic.
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#Clean slate tattoo free
The tattoo-removal service is free to city residents, provided they meet certain criteria, including the completion of 30 hours of community service, attendance at weekly life-skills group workshops and current employment or enrollment in a school or vocational/job-readiness training program. The Clean Slate Tattoo Removal Program is a youth intervention program that serves high-risk and former gang members, ages 14-25, whose tattoos have become a barrier to education and/or employment. The team also worked together to address the increasing gang problem in San Jose by finding gang prevention programs to support.Īfter conducting significant research, they approved a $10,000 grant to the City of San Jose’s Clean Slate Tattoo Removal Program. Last fall, the Bay Area GIVE Team made 45 grants to a variety of nonprofits recommended by employees.