Largest Programs

Safer Foundation reported its three largest programs on its FY 2020 Form 990 as:

Employment services in Illinois and Iowa - programs are designed to prepare people with criminal backgrounds for job opportunities by providing job preparedness, job referral and placement and retenti ... (More)
Employment services in Illinois and Iowa - programs are designed to prepare people with criminal backgrounds for job opportunities by providing job preparedness, job referral and placement and retention services. Clients participating in the job-readiness program receive training in workplace etiquette, how to complete job applications, develop a resume and prepare for job interviews. Mock interviews are conducted during the week-long training. Individual counseling, case management and mentoring as well as group sessions focus on needs assessment and the development of both long and short range employment goals and the steps necessary to achieve those goals. Group sessions focus on a variety of topics including money management, health awareness, careers and life skills improvement. Safer's employment services division provides more than 300 employers with recr0itment assistance, logistic support and education re: tax and bonding incentives. Each year over 5,100 clients are served by Safer's workforce services. More than 3,800 clients secured subsidized and private sector employment. More than ninety-nine percent of clients rated Safer's services as satisfactory or very satisfactory. During FY20, Safer engaged individuals into several funded training programs. Of the 219 enrolled in training programs, 116 completed the credentialed training. 93 individuals or 82% were employed in the industry in which the training prepared them for the industry. SDSC The Safer demand skills collaborative (SDSC) is an employer-driven initiative of public and private partners working to get companies the skilled workers they need to meet in-demand occupations. It is a supply chain strategy that allows Safer to build a pipeline of well-qualified individuals to fill employer gaps based upon labor market information (LMI). Moreover, it allows Safer foundation to bring people with arrest and conviction records into the workforce with career ladder employment and fully into the economic mainstream of society. Our SDSC pathways include: healthcare, advanced manufacturing, logistics, construction, automotive technology, hospitality and information technology. Apprenticeship programs Safer foundation utilizes a variety of strategies to train people with arrest and conviction records for positions that can fuel a companies' growth and success. Our approach to building talent pipelines includes work-based learning programs. Our pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs are designed to bring underrepresented populations into apprenticeship programs in the skilled trades. These programs integrate our proven client services employment model (case management, wrap-around services, Safer skills training (SST) and workforce development) and our basic skills education with industry recognized construction and construction-related curriculum and on-the-job training through our reconstruction technology partners division. Current areas of focus include carpentry, electrical, solar panel installation. Violence reduction programs Safer foundation is a social impact organization. We believe that rebuilding personal economic security through work and meaningful employment is a path to eliminate violence in our communities and rebuild vital and human and social capital. Our work intentionally seeks to engage individuals in positive, affirming, meaningful pathways to economic security, freedom from substance abuse, and other influences that can lead to violence as a by-product of hopelessness and despair. Our violence reduction programs include: in-demand skills training, cognitive behavioral interventions, substance abuse treatment, transitional jobs employment, and case management. We partner with a diverse set of partners to carry out this work. Representative collaborations include: hospitals, university research centers, occupational training partners, community and faith-based institutions and governmental entities (criminal justice system, city and county government, etc.). (Less)

BASIC SKILLS/EDUCATION IN ILLINOIS AND IOWA - SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS TO IMPROVE BASIC EDUCATION SUCH AS READING, WRITING AND MATH. UPGRADING THESE SKILLS LEADS TO IMPROVED JOB OPPORTUNI ... (More)
BASIC SKILLS/EDUCATION IN ILLINOIS AND IOWA - SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS TO IMPROVE BASIC EDUCATION SUCH AS READING, WRITING AND MATH. UPGRADING THESE SKILLS LEADS TO IMPROVED JOB OPPORTUNITIES. MORE THAN 1,200 CLIENTS PARTICIPATE IN SAFER'S EDU (Less)

ADULT TRANSITION/RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS - SAFER FOUNDATION IS THE ONLY NONPROFIT PRIVATE AGENCY THAT OPERATES SECURED RESIDENTIAL CENTERS ON BEHALF OF THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. AT THE TWO  ... (More)
ADULT TRANSITION/RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS - SAFER FOUNDATION IS THE ONLY NONPROFIT PRIVATE AGENCY THAT OPERATES SECURED RESIDENTIAL CENTERS ON BEHALF OF THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. AT THE TWO SAFER ADULT TRANSITION FACILITIES, INCARCERATED INDIVIDU (Less)