Focus on reentrant success! "Mr. Anonymous" is doing great at his new job. Plus 2nd Chance Indiana's job training program is expanding, with help from Trusted Mentors, which will provide one-on-one mentoring to each of the folks going through the course. Check out Project Restore, where gang members meet their adversaries...
Big turnout for August Job Fair where reentrants lined up to get help from the 2nd Chance Indiana crew. Plus, check out the plans of the folks at EmployIndy that is interested in using 2CI van transportation to and from work for those who do not have reliable or affordable vehicles. And: Big doings at the Marion County Adult Detention Center. We cannot take pictures inside, but if we could you'd be able to see...
How we treat the most financially needy: Payday Lenders Gouge Borrowers with Rates As High as 391% APR. In 2021, Marion County payday loan borrowers paid more than $8.7 million in interest on their loans. If a 36 percent rate cap had been in effect, the cost to those borrowers would have totaled about $876 thousand, a reduction of $7.8 million. Plus! Conexus' Indiana's Catapult program provides critical job training...
Sadly, we bring you the most violent zip codes in Indianapolis, where more than 220 people were killed in both 2022 and 2023. Also, RecycleForce, a perennial leader in employing reentrants, is adding van transportation to make it easier for folks to keep their jobs. Big plans are in the works to use our data to communicate more often with reentrants. And more!
In this Newsletter, four free videos are available to help other employers learn how to hire and train people coming out of incarceration, produced by Volumod and Renewing Management. Also, KeHE Distributors located in Elletsville, IN, need van support to hire reentrants: 2CI is working on it! Plus, walk in the shoes of a reentrant. Read about MCRC's Reentry Simulation event!
Addressing Hendricks County's labor shortage with reentrant labor. Also, artificial intelligence is being used to provide reentry support and contacts to agencies and information. They have identified the No.1 barrier to adequate labor is lack of reliable and affordable transportation and are working with 2nd Chance Indiana.
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.
This is what successful reentry through a good job looks like.Goodwill providing jobs in 70 locations through 2nd Chance Indiana. Plus Duvall Residential Center--a work-release facility under the Department of Correction, is working with 2CI to plan an in-house job fair.Plus! New management at the 2nd Chance Indiana Reentry Room in the Marion County Adult Detention Center.
Effective outreach to people coming out of incarceration is a necessary step to bring them successfully into society. Coach/mentors are aligning with 2nd Chance Indiana to guide and support new reentrants. Meanwhile another experienced gentleman who served 32 years in prison is available to speak to young people and guide them away from violence.
We're Expanding! 2nd Chance Indiana is now working with folks in Monroe, Owen, and Adams County and need new inmate correspondents. Also, more reentrants are signing up for transportation at Volumod, and Indiana's Workforce Development leaders meet with 2CI to help. Meanwhile, youth violence and death continues…
