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Nancy Cotterill co-founded 2nd Chance Indiana (as UNITE INDY) in late 2016. She was editor and later publisher of Indianapolis Business Journal, and then created a not-for-profit online news outlet for the four million wheelchair users in the U.S. As an award-winning journalist, Nancy uses her talents to promote efforts to fight the causes of overall poverty throughout our area while working to spread the specific message that second chance employment is lowering recidivism, changing lives, and raising families out of poverty.

January 7, 2025

It may surprise you, but one man out of every three in the U.S. has a criminal record—In Indiana, that is 1.11 million men who have a criminal record today. We are here to help Hoosiers who need a hand up. We write to them, train and transport them, and connect them to jobs that pay a living wage. Over time, we can change the face of poverty...


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2nd Chance Indiana
241 West 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208

317-279-6670

Our Mission

Our mission is to reduce recidivism and rebuild lives through the dignity of work.