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The Carpenters Friend
We are a nonprofit, 501C-3 vocational carpentry teaching organization that is newly formed and our mission is to bring these teaching programs to county jail and state prison inmates throughout the United States.
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Education
- Inititative/program name:
- The Carpenter Friend
- Year Established:
- 2010
- Lead agency/organization name:
- The Carpenters Friend
- Population served by initiative/program:
- Adults
- Juveniles
- Men
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Men in county jail or state prison
The Carpenters Friend
Contact:
William GustavsonKannapolis, North Carolina
wgustavson@thecarpentersfriend.com
The Carpenters Friend
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Education
- Inititative/program name:
- The Carpenter Friend
- Lead agency/organization name:
- The Carpenters Friend
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- Self-funded
- 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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| Education and training providers (e.g., local public school officials, vocational instructors): |
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Participants
- Population served by initiative/program:
- Adults
- Juveniles
- Men
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Men in county jail or state prison
- Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
- Limited
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- None
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 20
- 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?
- Does not work with them.
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?
- No
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?
- While the inmates are incarcerated, they can be taught vocational carpentry trade basics, so when they are released they can pursue employment and further their trade by on-the-job-training and additional schooling and self-study. View our website at www.thecarpentesfriend.com
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- At this time no post release programs are available.
- How are people placed into your program?
- Selection