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Those are the driving principles behind Second Chance’s flagship program, STRIVE (Support Training Results in Valuable Employees). With pre-employment attitudinal and job readiness training, as well as post-job placement support services, Second Chance uses this program to lead participants to permanent employment and self-sufficiency.
Originally pioneered in Harlem in the 1980s, STRIVE has graduated over 33,000 individuals internationally[1]. Second Chance is one of the largest and most successful STRIVE affiliates in the world, helping change the lives of some of the most "difficult-to-serve" populations in the region, including at-risk youth, the homeless, recovering addicts, and former prisoners reentering the community. Designated as the official training center for all STRIVE affiliates in the western U.S., Second Chance offers the two-year program on a large scale, placing participants in good jobs at a record-setting pace. With an emphasis on individual accountability, STRIVE participants engage in 120 hours of intensive instruction during which they break personal barriers to self-sufficiency, obtain new job skills, develop résumés and career plans, and practice interviewing techniques. And with two years of graduate follow-up services—including mental health counseling, affordable housing placement, job placement, professional clothing for interviews, computer lab support, and case management—the STRIVE program can be the difference between moving up the ladder and a downward spiral. [1] For more information about the national STRIVE program, visit their website. |
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