PREREQUISITES FOR PROGRAM
Qualified COF participants must demonstrate:
1. A willingness to complete vocational training programs and the required groups and classes designed to improve character and life skills;
2. The ability to be a productive member of a dynamic team that includes other participants, volunteers and training staff;
3. An enthusiastic commitment to our mission to rehabilitate abandoned homes and properties; and
4. The faithfulness and discipline to show up on time, every time; the humility to be respectful and accountable to one another; and the commitment to always act with integrity and honor.
Additionally, participants must:
5. Have earned a high school diploma or GED;
6. Have at least two years remaining executed time; and
7. Continue to maintain good conduct in and out of the classroom.
PHASE ONE
- Life Skills Training available in prison
- Program acceptance
PHASE TWO
- Pursue Vocational Training (Building Trades or other similar program) available in prison
- Pursue U.S. Department of Labor Apprentice Certification in building trades or other similar program
PHASE THREE
Once the participants are released, they are eligible to reside at the program’s “Home Base,” where they will establish a case plan through PACE Indy, connect with and strengthen their support system, and gain outside employment, all while continuing to put in hours renovating homes. Connect participants to carpentry and related building trades employment and training. The ultimate goal is that the participant will eventually own a home, renovated with their learned skills and hard labor.
IWP Indiana Statehouse Presentation – Constructing Our Future
We take pride in being responsive, making a difference at a critical point in peoples’ lives. We envisage continuing doing so for the ‘long haul’ – supporting re-integration for our members and their families.
