Reentry that Works!
The No.1 barrier to getting and keeping a job after release from incarceration is the lack of dependable and affordable transportation. What reentrant-employees need is structure and assistance, and 2nd Chance Indiana's Reentry Transportation Program provides both.
Utilizing 15-passenger vans, drivers pick up employees and return them to a convenient location every day to and from jobs throughout Indiana. These jobs pay a living wage, which allows a reentrant to not only support himself or herself, but also to save for a vehicle that one day will allow the “rider” to become a “driver” to and from a job that offers a solid foundation of economic advancement.
Employees who are able to dependably report to work every day, having been trained to understand the team-oriented culture of employment, have every chance of putting the time they spent in incarceration in the rear view mirror.
A Well Established Network Through our Government Agency Partnership with the Recovery Works Program, which is part of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction under the Family and Social Services Administration, State of Indiana, 2nd Chance Indiana became familiar with the Indiana Regional Recovery Hubs. By partnering with three members of the group (LITE, Thrive, and Safe Haven) that are strategically located throughout the state, in the last 9 monts 2nd Chance Indiana has developed a system that has been transporting 88 reentrants to and from work daily to 27 employers in 22 cities and towns within 14 Indiana counties.
2nd Chance Indiana hopes to secure additional grant funding in order to address the Indiana's transportation deserts (areas without access to any form of mass trasportation) on the west and southeast portions of the state.
