Read about our coordination with Boone County's Economic Development Corporation to help provide jobs for reentrants, our efforts to combat pay day loans, and about other happenings at Unite Indy in our February 2022 newsletter.
Read about our coordination with Boone County's Economic Development Corporation to help provide jobs for reentrants, our efforts to combat pay day loans, and about other happenings at Unite Indy in our February 2022 newsletter.
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.
A new prison near LaPorte, Indiana, is under construction. It will be the state's largest prison, and will hold more than 4,000 inmates. Scheduled to open in 2027, the new facility will be "more about rehabilitation and less about punishment." Read about much more!
It's Christmas! and 2nd Chance Indiana is working with some new potential employers who are willing to give a hand up to folks who want a good job as a foundation to build a better life after incarceration. General Devices and Enterprise Services are gearing up to support this work. Plus, team mentoring is being developed to support reentrants. Read about the $millions that can be saved for Indiana taxpayers as we reduce recidivism. It's all here: https://conta.cc/4gvL4US
Almost 70% of reentrants will return to incarceration within 3 years of release. That stunning statistic can be shattered when 2nd Chance Indiana connects reentrants with good jobs and support them with transportation to and from work for a time that gives them a chance to get their own vehicles. Plus a lot more!
