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ThankYou.

YOU ARE CREATING GENERATIONAL CHANGE.

Because of your generosity and partnership, we continue to disciple current and former prisoners and assist with reentry to society. We are at work providing support for spiritual, educational, employment, healthcare, housing, and family relationship needs.

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The Inside Program

The Inside Program introduces participants to Jesus and helps them discover a greater purpose for their lives by providing:

• A 40-week intensive discipleship process

• Unique, peer-to-peer assessments that ensure accountability and drive growth

• Class curriculum focused on transforming lives through: worship, fellowship, discipleship, mentoring, serving others, living with purpose, and reentry education

• An emphasis on daily living out our core values of accountability, responsibility, and submission to authority

The Outside Program

The Outside Program provides a safe and stable environment for people in transition after incarceration. This 12-month program offers our participants:

• Low-cost, safe and stable housing with access to physical, mental, and dental healthcare

• Individual case management, mentoring, and financial stability training

• Transportation to service providers, employment, and shopping

• Permanent and meaningful employment at a living wage

• Spiritual growth opportunities

4,500 IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS WERE IMPACTED BY JUMPSTART

$789,000 DONOR INVESTMENT IN RESTORATION VILLAGE

900+ INDIVIDUALS (PARTICIPANTS, VOLUNTEERS, AND MENTORS) WERE INVOLVED MONTHLY WITH JUMPSTART

700+

MEN AND WOMEN PARTICIPATED IN OUR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE PROGRAMS

265 RIDES WERE PROVIDED WEEKLY FOR OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

480 HOURS WERE INVESTED WEEKLY BY VOLUNTEERS

3 NEW CLASSES BEGAN IN FACILITIES (BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 18)

639 PARTICIPANTS GRADUATED FROM OUR INSIDE PROGRAM

100% EMPLOYMENT FOR TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY ABLE TO WORK

$17 AVERAGE STARTING HOURLY WAGE EARNED BY GRADUATES

Doc Smith (r) stands inside Tyger River Correctional Facility with Don Williams (l), Co-Founder of JUMPSTART and Director of Community Relations. Doc spent 25 years at TRCF for a crime he committed at age 22. He now serves as a JUMPSTART volunteer helping men discover how with Christ their future will be greater than their past.

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