• About one-third of STRIVE graduates become STRIVE staff members.
  • The average recidivism rate among all ex-offenders is about 50 percent within one year. STRIVE program participants have a recidivism rate of just 15 percent representing an enormous social and fiscal benefit to our communities.
  • More than 50 percent of applicants for our services will not have a high-school diploma or GED equivalent; however, after completing our programs many will go on to earn certificates or further their education.
  • Minimum wage in Georgia is $7.25/hour yielding $15,080/year, before taxes.
  • HUD guidelines say no more than 30 percent of a households income should go toward housing. (30 percent of minimum wage yields $270/mo. for rent)
  • An average two-bedroom apartment in rents for $834/mo. (Earnings of $16+ per hour is needed to afford that apartment, according to HUD.)
  • Atlanta is the poorest city in the U.S. for children - more children in Atlanta live in poverty than in any other city.
  • Forty-eight percent of Atlanta's children-in-poverty live in families with annual incomes of less than $15,000 a year.
  • For children under age 6 living in female-headed families, the poverty rate is 58.8percent. Children ages 6-17 living in female-headed families have a poverty rate of 44.9percent.
  • Nearly half of all formerly incarcerated people are black-American, nearly one-fifth are Latino or Asian, and studies find that black-American men are the least likely applicants to receive job offers.
  • Formerly incarcerated people want to work, but often lack the work references necessary to obtain job interviews.
  • People fresh out of prison and jail are often unprepared to enter the workforce, lacking training, and work experience they need in order to find and hold a job.
  • Access to basic support services will significantly increase the likelihood of finding a job.
  • Job readiness services are pivotal to short-term job retention.
  • Hard-skills training is vital for long-term job retention (12 months or longer), as well as advancement and wage gains.
  • The more comprehensive the services and trainings offered, the better chance for successful work and wage increases.
  • Placement into jobs with employer-provided benefits is likely to lead to higher job-retention rates.
  • Access to mentoring support after job placement is a factor associated with long-term employment success.
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