YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUIT:
570% Growth in 2nd Chance IN Website Stats
In only five months since 2nd Chance Indiana premiered its new jobs website and programs, the demand and growth has been amazing. Let's just say, things are getting Big, Fast.
- We have grown from 7 weekly job site application visits to more than 4,000 visits, 17,000 page views, and 25,000 hits per week.
- We have connected with new partners in 16 Indiana counties.
- We have 21 new employer-candidates for our transportation program.
- We now work with 16 government agencies.
- We have connected with at least of 9 service agencies to help their clients.
- And currently operate 16 vans in 5 counties and project deploying an additional 12 vans in the next 10 months to take reentrants to and from work.
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SOUTH BEND EXPANDS:
More Second Chance Employers & Van Transportation?
The South Bend Community Re-Entry Center promotes the successful reintegration of reentrants into the community through rehabilitative programming and by helping reentrants find and keep a good job. 2nd Chance Indiana's Jim Cotterill, Molly Oliver, and Scott Whiting met with Sherm Johnson, the Executive Director of Offender Employment Development for Indiana Department of Correction, and South Bend's Deputy Warden, James Henry, to discuss ways in which 2nd Chance Indiana can help them connect with more second chance employers, and potentially develop a transportation program to get reentrants to and from work--avoiding absenteeism and job loss.
Pictured (L-R Top Row) 2nd Chance Indiana's Molly Oliver, Executive Director of Offender Employment Development for IDOC Sherm Johnson, (Bottom Row) South Bend Re-Entry Center Deputy Warden, James Henry, 2CI's Scott Whiting, and Jim Cotterill.
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10% HAVE NOWHERE TO SLEEP:
IU's 'Net Impact'
To Survey Reentrant Beds For 2nd Chance Indiana
A number of highly capable Net Impact volunteers from IU Business School have engaged with 2nd Chance Indiana's Executive V.P. Nancy Cotterill to undertake a survey of transitional beds available to those reentering from prison or jail sentences in the nine county Central Indiana area. Ten percent of Indiana reentrants (about 26,000 annually) have nowhere to go after release and need a free or low cost place to stay, an address to receive mail, and a bed, to provide a staging area for life as they get a job, and handle the miriad of details required after release.
The survey will not only count and locate beds, but will indicate whether the reentrant must qualify as needing care for mental or addiction support, supply information on available length of stay, costs, and more. It is our hope that over the years we can quantify this information in counties across the state to help all Indiana reentrants in their passage to a successful future.
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2ND CHANCE INDIANA TO SPONSOR:
Keidrain Brewster To Speak At Martin University On April 24th!
April is Second Chance Month, and 2nd Chance Indiana is so proud to help sponsor a book signing and talk by Keidrain Brewster. He served 13 years in a Texas prison, but that didn't stop him from making his life a success. He is now the owner of Brewster Logistics Trucking Company and founder of Big Reform Movement as well as a best selling author. Please join us at his book signing and speaking event on April 24th at 12pm, at Martin University, 2186 Sherman Dr. Indianapolis. Register Here! Listen to his Ted Talk Here!
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INDIANA COUNTIES CARE:
Hendricks County Joins
Effort To Increase Reentrant Employment
2nd Chance Indiana's Molly Oliver met with Bridgett Collins-George, the Director of Hendricks County Corrections, and its case managers, Colin Bishop, Taylor Lewis, WaQuanza L. Woods, and Yolanda Smith. Studies show that a good job found soon after release can drive recidivism down from an average of 67% to around 8%. But far too many reentrants have no reliable transportation which is the No. 1 reason for job loss due to absenteeism.. Hendricks County officials are working closely with 2CI to develop options for reentrant employment that includes needed transportation to and from job sites, helping to secure a solid future for reentrants and their families.
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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION:
2nd Chance Indiana's Phil Moore Tapes Jobs Message For Offender TV System
Phil Moore, who staffs 2CI's Reentry Lobby in the Marion County Adult Detention Center was filmed to encourage soon-to-be released offenders to take the time to sign up for job openings available in the 2nd Chance Indiana Reentry lobby area. The video promotes support services available through tablets and internal TV for those who are soon to be released from jail through the reentry lobby.
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FOR YOUR SAKE AND THEIRS:
Read The 7 Important Steps to
Welcome Your Reentrant Home
Re-Homing your reentrant is no small task. He or she is coming out of living in a place that offers few if any choices and fewer responsibilities. When a family member comes home there are many challenges that you and other family members will face as well. The number one greatest gift you can give your family member coming out of incarceration is love. When a person's love bank is truly full, you can make withdrawals in the form of household rules and requirements that will smooth the transition and begin to integrate your family member into the rhythm of the home. That's just a start...check out this encouraging post and go easy. Adjusting to a culture so different from living inside a prison or jail is no small thing....Read more Here!
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DOING GOOD:
Hoosiers for Good & Stop The Violence Indianapolis Are Raising $$ for Charity
2nd Chance Indiana partner Stop the Violence Indianapolis has once again joined Hoosiers For Good and other non-profits to "create positive change and inspire those in the community." They'll be collaborating with a group of 44 Indiana University athletes to raise money for charitable causes through the athletes’ name, image, and likeness (NIL). The list of outstanding athletes are said to include swimmers Anna Peplowski and Kristina Paegle, volleyball player Ramsey Gary, soccer player Sam Sarver, baseball’s Connor Foley, and Mike Katic, James Madison and wide receiver transfer Elijah Sarratt, from the football program. Says Stop The Violence Indianapolis’ Anthony Beverly, “This partnership is a significant step forward in our collective efforts to foster positive change."
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Why Support 2nd Chance Indiana?
2nd Chance Indiana's team works to reduce recidivism and rebuild lives through the dignity of work. In the process we believe that our efforts can also have a profound, multi-generational impact by reducing poverty, crime, and homelessness.
Our major focus is to assist the thousands of inmates returning to communities across Indiana after long-term incarceration. 2nd Chance Indiana provides mentored job training inside the correctional facility, and a jobs website for those with a criminal record, 2ndChanceIN.com, which is filled with job opportunities and support agencies to help reentrants get back to work, support themselves and their families, and contribute to the economic improvement of their neighborhoods.
How You Can Support Jobs for Justice- Involved Individuals
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Support For Reentrants After Incarcertion:
Since 2017 UNITE INDY, now 2nd Chance Indiana, has provided a free web-based system, 2ndChanceIN.com, that connects those released from incarceration with jobs offered by our 45 employer partners, willing to hire people with a criminal record and pay them a living wage.
The site also offers a huge network of support organizations that can help with housing, drug abatement, licensing, clothing and so much more.
A good job found quickly after release from incarceration drives down recidivism about 90%, according to studies. Unemployment is connected to poverty, a criminal record, and re-incarceration. Our poorest neighborhoods contain many who have not been able to get good jobs because they have a criminal record, but 2nd Chance Indiana not only connects them with jobs, it also provides van transportation to many sites to help those who do not have affordable or reliable transportation. In some neighborhoods of Marion County unemployment is extremely high and poverty remains the overwhelming cause of violence and lack of opportunity for children.
You can help us to help a reentrant today, Here! To know more, go to 2nd Chance Indiana now. There are a number of choices that are all secure and safe. By sending your fully tax deductible gift* now we can have a greater impact meeting needs in our community.
Many, many thanks!
*Unite Indy, Inc. dba 2nd Chance Indiana is approved under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3) as a Public Charity, donors can deduct contributions they make under IRC Section 170.
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Corporate Partners
A big Thank YOU to our Corporate Partners for their unwavering support which makes it possible for us to provide our services at no charge to job applicants and employers!
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