The First Chance Campaign

Approximately 100 million people in this country are affected by incarceration, making it one of the most significant societal issues we face today. The First Chance Campaign is a $50 million fundraising effort chaired by World Wide Technology Founder and Chairman David Steward to expand our re-entry model to 11 additional U.S. cities by 2025.

Most incarcerated individuals have experienced horrific trauma at a young age, which is the result of being born in neighborhoods that have been devastated by inequity and often lack social capital and positive support systems. African American men are six times more likely to be incarcerated compared to white men; Hispanic men are nearly three times as likely. This is an issue that disproportionately affects African American and Hispanic communities.

Concordance is working to break the cycle of reincarceration and forge a path toward equity by supporting people who have been released from prison and are re-entering society.

Our holistic, evidence-informed re-entry program is the first of its kind, working to dramatically reduce the rate of reincarceration.

Given the transformations we experience as we partner with participants on their journey, we are reminded, time and again, that our participants never needed a second chance.
They needed their first.

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77%

of individuals are rearrested within five years.

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Nationally, 77% of individuals who return to their communities after being released from prison are rearrested within five years.

This number has not changed in more than 30 years, revealing the lack of a successful re-entry approach. We are working to break this cycle with the first holistic, integrated and evidence-informed re-entry model in the country.

10M

children have experienced parental incarceration.

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The generational trauma of reincarceration is astounding.

Children of incarcerated parents are six to nine times more likely to go to prison themselves. Moreover, these children are also more likely to experience depression, anxiety, poor academic performance, school absenteeism and homelessness.

30M

U.S. citizens have been convicted of a felony.

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There are approximately 30 million individuals in this country who have been convicted of a felony.

This devastates communities all over our nation. Arrest rates for crime are 30 to 45 times higher for the formerly incarcerated than the general population, making failed prisoner re-entry a major contributor to the exceedingly high incarceration rates in the U.S.

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Concordance Academy has reduced the rate of reincarceration among its participants by more than

40%

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We offer the first set of holistic and evidence-informed
re-entry services in the country.

Each participant receives an integrated, individualized plan to help them heal from trauma and substance use, learn the skills needed to earn a sustainable living, and put daily practices into place that reduce their likelihood of reincarceration.

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