Project Impact - South Bend, Inc. delivers training, counseling and education services to assist women and men having scared past and ex-offenders, transition from incarceration to free-society and/or a life of sobriety. Through its services, the organization improves its clients' abilities to obtain meaningful employment in their lives is an inexpensive and effective method of reducing criminal recidivism. Standard service transactions include job-preparation, job-placement, and job-retention assistance and address the most prominent barriers to employment such as relationship building, attitude, substance abuse and illiteracy.   For more than 20 years Pastor Hardie and Perl Blake have provided services and support to change the lives of over one hundred families in the South Bend Community. In 2006 Project Impact USA asked them to open an affiliate chapter incorporating their highly regarded "Men and Women of Scars" program into the youth programs Project Impact USA provided. Through the Men of Scars and Sons and Daughters of Destiny programs Project Impact - South Bend, Inc. Provides powerful, proven programs that teach economic empowerment, personal accountability and effective communication enriching families in a holistic, faith-based way.

A collaborative approach to success is at the heart of Project Impact - South Bend's success. Many job readiness programs are designed to help individuals who have overcome the self debilitating challenges that have been obstacles to success. Project Impact's program is focused on individuals who have consistently failed to gain or maintain employment and have not been successful utilizing other employment services. These problems may stem from past incarceration, addiction or other issues. In addition to building trust, teaching life skills and job readiness and providing on the job training experiences, Project Impact refers participants to other programs in the community that specialize in providing support in areas not covered by our program. The combination of trust developed and the self improvement mindset our program engenders encourages participants to take advantage of programs they otherwise would not utilize.

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