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2nd Chances, Inc.
2nd Chances, Inc. provides employment training, counseling, referral and support services to ex-offenders in rehabilitation and in their transition in the workforce. 2nd Chances, Inc. was started in February 2006 by three individuals who had a burning desire to empower and help those who had been incarcerated and were facing challenges finding employment after they had been released. Whether it is teaching basic interview skills, job referrals, or counseling, providing such services not only increases the individuals chances of success, but it also positively affects communities and taxpayers as a whole.
P.O. Box 281972
Nashville, TN 37228
615-484-1500
http://www.2ndchancesonline.org
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A Hand Up Not A Hand Out
A Hand Up Not A Hand Out is a community organization founded by Beatrice Settles-Banks to help disadvantaged individuals develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to become dedicated individuals and productive professionals. We offer life skills training, housing referral, transportation assistance, financial planning & job placement, and/or referral to multiple felony offenders, welfare participants and disabled individuals. This organization is driven by people who want to ensure that disadvantaged citizens receive the opportunity to reconstruct their economic status by rejoining the working class.
We believe that a person – any person - can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon. All they need is access to the fundamental resources to make those dreams realities. A Hand Up Not A Hand Out requires the individuals to make a commitment to better their status by furthering their education, skills, and career. We do this by only pursuing and securing employment for these individuals in industries they have foreseen or can foresee a future in.
2300 Frayser Blvd
Memphis, TN 38127
901-598-7062
http://www.ahandupnotout.webs.com
http://www.ahandupforlife.org
Fee: $10.00
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Advanced Horizons
Advanced Horizons Behavioral Health Services at Copper Basin Medical Center is an intensive outpatient program designed to fill the gap between inpatient care and outpatient services. The programs:
- Address symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, Grief and others including Dual Diagnoses;
- provide a stable environment for geriatric, adult and adolescent patients;
- Develop new, effective coping skills for life;
- Work with families and caregivers to provide a smooth transition from an inpatient hospital stay or provent inpatient services.
144 Medical Center Drive
Copperhill, TN 37317
423-496-6336
Fee: Medicare, Medicaid, Tenncare, Insurance, Self Pay, Georgia and North Carolina Medicaid
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CFTRANZ
A weekly visitation shuttle service for family and friends with loved ones incarcerated in facilities surrounding the Memphis, Tennessee area.
P.O. Box 21158
Chicago, IL 60621
773-863-9148
http://cftranz.com
Fee: Yes
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Christian Women Job Corps
The purpose of Christian Women’s Job Corps is to equip women for life and employment with basic life skills necessary for self-sufficiency, within her culture, which may include: sustained employment; adequate income; housing; transportation; child care; and/or medical care. CWJC provides a loving environment where self-image can be restored and a place where women can develop life skills, set personal, educational and career goals and discover a realistic plan for accomplishing them. CWJC of Middle Tennessee does this by offering women in need "A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out."
PO Box 22388, 128 8th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37202
615-244-3669
http://www.cwjcmiddletn.org
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Lighthouse Mission Ministries
Lighthouse is nonprofit, non-denominational church offering faith-based recovery support services, transitional housing and employment preparation and placement to adults 18 years of age and older who are either addicted or homeless or both. We accept ex-offenders with the exception of sex offenders; violent offenders are considered on a case by case basis. A violent offender must be considered low risk by the agency granting parole; consideration is also given to the length of time that has passed since the offense. Participants must not object to participation in a Christian-based program and are required to perform work to offset the cost of their care. The Nehemiah Program for men is offered in Memphis, Nashville, and Clarksville; the Fresh Start Program for Women is located in Memphis.
P.O. Box 22573
Memphis, TN 38122
888-382-8107
http://www.lhmm.org
Fee: If employed.
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Mending Hearts, Inc.
Mending Hearts mission is to assist women who are homeless, or have become homeless; due to addiction and mental health disorders.We have the capacity to serve 33 at one time and the adequate staff to full our mission. Please visit our website to see a more detail list of our agency as well as our rules and regulation on admittance.
P.O. Box 280236
Nashville, TN 37228
615-385-1696
http://www.mendingheartsinc.org
Bilingual
Fee: $115.00 weekly
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Metro Transit and Regional Transit Authorities
Tranportation
130 Nestor Street
Nashville, TN 37210
615-862-5950
http://www.nashvillemta.org
Bilingual
Fee: yes
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Prison Fellowship
Prison Fellowship works as a referral ministry for inmates upon release. We work primarily with the local Christian church in the entire Middle Tennessee area to help ex-offenders with all immediate needs they may have: food, clothing, job training, employment help, mentors, transportation, and help with family issues to name a few.
P.O. Box 1077
Hendersonville, TN 37077
615-989-1455
http://www.tnpfm.org
Bilingual
Fee: None
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Project Return, Inc.
Founded in 1979, Project Return, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation of Middle Tennessee’s prison population for the good of the community as a whole. Nearly three decades of experience have resulted in a holistic case management approach designed to provide services that ensure quality, cost-effective assistance and support for former offenders and their families. The agency provides training and assistance designed to increase employability, improve life skills and coping skills, all in the hope of reducing the likelihood of recidivism.
1200 Division Street, Suite 200
Nashville, TN 37203-4000
615-327-9654
http://www.projectreturninc.org
http://givingmatters.guidestar.org/NonprofitProfile.aspx?OrgId=1967
Bilingual
Fee: None
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Stepping Out, Inc.
Stepping Out is dedicated to the work of helping people step out in confidence, not look back at failure and reach for a better future.
VISION STATEMENT
Stepping Out desires to work with other community leaders in cities around the country in a coordinated effort to meet the needs of people through education as well as meeting their physical, mental, and spiritual needs.
VALUE STATEMENT
Stepping Out is a group of both men and women, committed to excellence, supportive of each other's personal and spiritual growth; bound together by our commitment to serve in accordance to our Christian values, and beliefs. In fulfilling our mission, we strive continuously to improve the quality of life to all people no matter race, creed or age with the love and compassion of Jesus Christ.
1054 Kennedy Circle
Morristown, TN 37814
423-318-0999
http://stepoutinc.org
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Urban Family Ministries, CDC
Urban Family Ministries, CDC. is a non-profit, faith-based and Tennessee Certified Recovery Support and Treatment agency which addresses the problems and barriers that people encounter on the road to recovery from alcohol and drug addiction. UFM offers services impacting spiritual, emotional and physical demands of recovery.
2174 Lamar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38114
901-323-8400
Fee: Most services are offered free. There is a fee associated with the DUI school. Call for details.
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