About Clean Slate Utah    

Criminal records—even very old and minor ones—can create huge barriers for people trying to find safe housing, good employment, and move forward with their lives. Although Utah has a legal expungement process, that process is so costly, time-consuming, and complicated, that more than 90% of people eligible to clear their records haven’t made it through the process.

Utah’s Clean Slate law is estimated to clear over 400,000 historical criminal records automatically, and is projected to effect hundreds of thousands of criminal records into the future. However, the law has no direct notification requirement, meaning individuals whose records are automatically cleared will not receive notice that their record has been cleared.

The mission of Clean Slate Utah is to help people clear their criminal records and access opportunity. We will do this by:

• Spreading the word about Utah’s Clean Slate law to individuals with records, so they are aware of the law and its positive impact on their lives;
• Providing information about the law and links to free and low cost legal resources to assist individuals who need to go through the petition-based expungement process or obtain a pardon;
• Raising money to help cover the cost of government fees associated with the legal expungement process;
• Helping eligible individuals take advantage of the law to access greater opportunities;
• Elevating the voices and stories of directly impacted people and their families.

We need everyone’s help to spread the word about Utah’s Clean Slate law. To ensure Utahns have access to information through trusted community messengers, Clean Slate Utah is working with a number of faith, government, and community-based organizations across the state to spread the word about the law to impacted individuals. Our partners include:

Faith

• Catholic Diocese
• Catholic Community Services
• Holy Cross Ministries

Legal & Advocacy

• ACLU of Utah
• Equality Utah
• Libertas
• Project Success
• Salt Lake Legal Defenders
• Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Americans for Prosperity, Utah Chapter
• Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)
• Responsible Business Initiative for Justice (RBIJ)

Racial & Ethnic Fairness

• Asian Association of Utah
• Communidadas Unidas
• NAACP of Ogden
• NAACP of Salt Lake

Government

• Mexican Consulate
• Salt Lake County Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice Initiatives
• Utah Department of Workforce Services
• Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs

Housing, Health, & Recovery

• Journey of Hope
  
• The Other Side Academy
• Utah Community Action
• Utah Harm Reduction Coalition
• Utah Health Policy Project
• Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness
• Utah Tribal Relief
• Volunteers of America
• Utah Community Action
• Fit to Recover

For more information about becoming a Clean Slate Utah partner, contact: intake@cleanslateutah.org.
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