In 2016, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner established a unique partnership with Concordance Academy of Leadership in St. Louis, a non-profit organization providing holistic re-entry services to individuals released from incarceration. Since 2016, Concordance Academy ("Concordance") has provided its quality, integrated services to more than 500 program participants, and in doing so, has proven to reduce recidivism by more than 38%.
Concordance Academy is awarded NAP tax credits for its substance use disorder (SUD) program for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Before being released from prison, Concordance Academy participant, Melvin Hill Jr., was doing everything in his power to secure a sustainable job that would allow him to fulfill his lifelong goals.
Concordance Academy’s main campus, tucked in an office complex in the Maryland Heights borough of St. Louis, looks like your typical local college.
Concordance Academy raises $1 Million at the fifth annual gala to serve ex-offenders
Concordance Academy of Leadership, a non-profit that supports individuals as they re-enter society and the workforce after prison, raised $1 million through its 5th annual gala, “Big Top Bizarre,” held at The Ritz-Carlton St. Louis on Saturday, October 19. Through generous event sponsors and nearly 500 engaged attendees, Concordance exceeded its fundraising goals and raised
Former President & CEO of Wells Fargo Advisors Danny Ludeman recently opened an executive office for non-profit Concordance Academy of Leadership on South Main Street in Kilmarnock, Virginia. The Concordance executive office employs one administrative team member and does not offer programming or direct services to formerly incarcerated individuals.
