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.
Lots going on! 2nd Chance Indiana will soon be debuting an online catalog of apprenticeships, certifications, and educational opportunities for reentrants across the state of Indiana, as well as a greatly expanded database of second-chance employers in the state. These opportunities will increase the earning potential of our reentering men and women who want a better life, and are willing to work for it. Plus lots more!
Support for reentrants' with substance use issue is here, with transportation to and from jobs for those without a vehicle. Plus big graduation inside Duval work-release facility. Then curl up and read about the cat program at the Michigan City maximum security prison, that seems to turn hardened criminals into loving caregivers.
With thousands of jobs in Indiana that need to be filled, it's time to explore the benefits of hiring Reentrants! And, read about Decarceration and how other states are doing it!
Plus, more than 70% of reentrants have used addictive substances and many need help to gain freedom from an addiction disorder. Check out this newsletter for help all over the state. Transportation is key!
