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Its Possible Incorporated
IPI assists Adults and Juveniles released from correctional facilities or jail with life empowerment/employment skills that will build their self esteem and resocialize them back into their communities while preventing recidivism.
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
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- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Mentoring
- Inititative/program name:
- IPI
- Year Established:
- 2010
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Its Possible
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local detention facilities
- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Juveniles
- Men
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
Downloads
Its Possible Incorporated
Contact:
Bill D Anderson JrFounder/Executive Director
Its Possible Inc
Phone: 269-262-0857
1105 North Front Street Suite 204
Niles, Michigan 49120
itspossibleinc@comcast.net
www.itsallpossible.org
Its Possible Incorporated
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
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- Education
- Employment/Job Training
- Mentoring
- Inititative/program name:
- IPI
- Lead agency/organization name:
- Its Possible
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- State and Local Funding
- X
- X
Funding
Partners in the reentry initiative/program
| Informal Agreement | Formal Agreement (e.g., a written contract or an MOU) with this partner. |
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| Community- and faith-based services providers: |
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| Education and training providers (e.g., local public school officials, vocational instructors): |
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Participants
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local detention facilities
- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Juveniles
- Men
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
- 10
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- 10
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 100
- 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?
- Program is very new to this community stillmaking important connectionc
Data Collection
- Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- our agency is new still maping out data collections currently use assessment tool for intake
- Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- Yes a large number of clients not including our current population lack basic educational skills.
- 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?
- gathering information from local corrections department
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 currently target those who havce criminal history but not incarcerated.
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- Not as of yet
- How are people placed into your program?
- Referral