Reentry that Works!
Statistics show that mentors greatly improve the chances for successful reentry of those coming out of incarceration. Could you be a mentor? 2nd Chance Indiana has four levels of mentor care that range from no personal contact to regular face-to-face contact. Each level has its own designation. Which might fit you?
2nd Chance Indiana envisions having, in each of the Hoosier state's 92 counties, at least one Church Prayer Partner, a church group actively praying for those incarcerated in our state's prisons and jails as well as for the work of 2nd Chance Indiana and that of our partners. We'll provide your church's prayer group leader with the names of people who need to be lifted up in prayer, including those who are preparing to reenter the outside world as well as some who are facing multiple years of incarceration and others who don't expext to ever again set foot outside the walls of the correctional facility. This is a “no contact” position.
2nd Chance Indiana's Inmate Correspondent Team Leader connects each Inmate Correspondent with a person who has asked for somebody to write to him/her. We provide guidelines that help the volunteer to be comfortable corresponding with an inmate. No personal contact is necessary unless a Correspondent decides to call or visit.
A 2nd Chance Indiana mentor can go inside the corrections facility to walk along side their mentee as he or she completes a Career Path Workshop, develops an understanding of his or her true value as a human being, and learns how to successfully transition into the workplace culture. Then, a mentor continues to provide encouragement and guidance for a minimum of 90 days following their mentee's release from incarceration. A 2nd Chance Indiana mentor is there for friendship, advice, emotional (not financial) support, encouragement, and contacts as their mentee reconnects with his or her family or finds housing elsewhere, gets a job, and begins the process of rebuilding his or her life.
If you're interested in exploring the possibility of your church prayer team becoming a 2nd Chance Indiana Church Prayer Partner, please either email info@2ndChanceIN.com or you can reach us through our Contact page.
Either way, please put Church Prayer Partnership in the subject line.