Reentry that Works!
Jim Cotterill co-founded 2nd Chance Indiana (as UNITE INDY) in late 2016. After a decade as the founding president of National Christian Foundation Indiana following several years developing a chain of Business Journals across the country, he and his wife, Nancy, were led to serve those coming out of long term incarceration by helping them find and keep jobs that pay a living wage. Jim and Nancy believe that, through the dignity of work, reentrants' lives can be changed and their families can be lifted out of poverty.
January 20, 2026
Transportation Poverty, Lite Program Accomplishments, 2CI Job Counselor Gives Hope, & More!
"Headlines around the U.S. are awakening communities to the problem of Transportation Poverty, which includes up to 67% of reentrants who don't have access to a car or truck. Without it they won't be able to apply for jobs, or get there every day so they can keep the job...."
December 19, 2025
"Thanks to 2nd Chance Indiana's Job Counselor, and it's Career Path Workshop, 85% of reentrants who took the Career Workshop are employed. THAT is an INCREDIBLE." - Julie Fidler, Program Director, Duval Work Release Facility
December 5, 2025
Jeremy Hayes is like many men who paid the price for a mistake and just wanted a better life. He wrote us recently and said, "A little over two weeks after I got out of jail, I was given a second chance , and that opportunity changed my life.
