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Bridging the Gap
Program to help men with education,job training and help in becoming a better member of society. Offering job traing, resume writing and on the job traing. Also help with every day life in overcoming a mistake made in life. Help with getting records expunged and changing there past by takeing a postive step toward the future
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Children and Families
- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mentoring
- Substance Abuse
- Inititative/program name:
- Bridge the Gap
- Year Established:
- 2011
- Lead agency/organization name:
- www.Godofa2ndchance.com
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local detention facilities
- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Not under community corrections supervision
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Juveniles
- Men
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Gang members
- Sex offenders
Bridging the Gap
Contact:
James TaylorOwner
Non-profit
1425 Ridenour Blvd
Marietta, Georgia 30152
jtchris77@aol.com
www.Godofa2ndchance.com
Bridging the Gap
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Children and Families
- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Housing
- Mentoring
- Substance Abuse
- Inititative/program name:
- Bridge the Gap
- Lead agency/organization name:
- www.Godofa2ndchance.com
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- Private Foundation Funding Me and my wife
Funding
Partners in the reentry initiative/program
| Informal Agreement | Formal Agreement (e.g., a written contract or an MOU) with this partner. |
Participants
- Population served by initiative/program:
-
- Returning from local detention facilities
- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Not under community corrections supervision
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Juveniles
- Men
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Gang members
- Sex offenders
- Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
- 10
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- 8
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 10
- If your initiative/program serves people under community corrections supervision, how does your organization work in partnership or work in collaboration with participants’ probation or parole officers?
- Just starting getting to know all the info I needed to work with parole officer and others in my community
Data Collection
- Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
- No
- Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
- No
- Does your organization measure and/or track the outcome of participation?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- Just try to stay in touch with everyone help with job search and follow up one what going on. Have a weekly check in just to keep everyone encourged and staying on the right path.
Activities
- What, if any, activities does your initiative/program include for people while they are incarcerated and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- We offer mailing info also write letters to inmates to let them know of or organtion and to keep them up beat and encourged. Also let them know of programs and other things that maybe avaiable to them once the are released
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- We offer more hands on approach with substance abuse placement,help with bridging the cap with family members. Also one on one training and guide help and steps to getting back on there feet
- How are people placed into your program?
- Try to get a feel for the the indivaul and share my past. Let everyone know that we all deserve a chance and its on us to make the best of it