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Project Impact - South
Bend, Inc. delivers training, counseling and education services to
assist women and men having scared past and ex-offenders, transition
from incarceration to free-society and/or a life of sobriety. Through
its services, the organization improves its clients' abilities to
obtain meaningful employment in their lives is an inexpensive and
effective method of reducing criminal recidivism. Standard service
transactions include job-preparation, job-placement, and job-retention
assistance and address the most prominent barriers to employment such
as relationship building, attitude, substance abuse and illiteracy.
For
more than 20 years Pastor Hardie and Perl Blake have provided services
and support to change the lives of over one hundred families in the
South Bend Community. In 2006 Project Impact USA asked them to open an
affiliate chapter incorporating their highly regarded "Men and Women of
Scars" program into the youth programs Project Impact USA provided.
Through the Men of Scars and Sons and Daughters of Destiny programs
Project Impact - South Bend, Inc. Provides powerful, proven programs
that teach economic empowerment, personal accountability and effective
communication enriching families in a holistic, faith-based way.
A
collaborative approach to success is at the heart of Project Impact -
South Bend's success. Many job readiness programs are designed to help
individuals who have overcome the self debilitating challenges that
have been obstacles to success. Project Impact's program is focused on
individuals who have consistently failed to gain or maintain employment
and have not been successful utilizing other employment services. These
problems may stem from past incarceration, addiction or other issues.
In addition to building trust, teaching life skills and job readiness
and providing on the job training experiences, Project Impact refers
participants to other programs in the community that specialize in
providing support in areas not covered by our program. The combination
of trust developed and the self improvement mindset our program
engenders encourages participants to take advantage of programs they
otherwise would not utilize.