Good things are happening for men who live in the Duvall Residential Center and for the men and women in Marion County Adult Detention Center. 2nd Chance Indiana has joined with Trusted Mentors to create an integrated program of training to fight recidivism. Plus! Read about Project.Me in Allen County...
February 14, 2025
The pipeline to prison can be linked to literacy! And, check out the big hits and visits to 2ndChanceIN.com - 156,000 hits over thirty days! Plus lots going on with Piper Logistics, Interstate Business Solutions, and Duvall Team who met with 2nd Chancew Indiana about job fairs, job training and the future!
The work continues! With job training graduations, new vans carrying reentrants to Madison County for good jobs, and a new Team Leader for our Correspondence Team. Plus: Read about the UP-side of the COVID lockDOWN and how we can learn from the drop in juvenile crime. Good stuff! https://conta.cc/3zTes88
Focus on reentrant success! "Mr. Anonymous" is doing great at his new job. Plus 2nd Chance Indiana's job training program is expanding, with help from Trusted Mentors, which will provide one-on-one mentoring to each of the folks going through the course. Check out Project Restore, where gang members meet their adversaries...
How we treat the most financially needy: Payday Lenders Gouge Borrowers with Rates As High as 391% APR. In 2021, Marion County payday loan borrowers paid more than $8.7 million in interest on their loans. If a 36 percent rate cap had been in effect, the cost to those borrowers would have totaled about $876 thousand, a reduction of $7.8 million. Plus! Conexus' Indiana's Catapult program provides critical job training...
Read about how our Jobs for Life graduate now has her dream job, how reentrants can receive training for high-pay jobs, and about other happenings at Unite Indy in our March 2023 newsletter.
Read about the 400 reentrants served at a recent job fair, how Jobs for Life training kicked off in Shelby County, and about other happenings at Unite Indy in our July 2022 newsletter.
Read about how Unite Indy's vans are transporting hundreds to job sites, how 30 champions have signed up for the Jobs for Life training at Crossroad Community Church, and about other happenings at Unite Indy in our April 2022 newsletter.
Read about fighting the root cause of poverty by training people why they should work, how to work, how to find a job, how to keep a job, and other happenings at Unite Indy in our December 2020 newsletter.
