Tag: Second Chance

  • Careers for Mid-City Youth Sprout From Unlikely Place

    A nonprofit that helps youth find jobs after being arrested has jumped on the food movement bandwagon. It’s using gardening to teach at-risk youth responsibility and help springboard them into the local food industry. Speak City Heights intern Bianca Bruno speaks to three program graduates whose careers are just beginning to sprout. | Video Credit:…

  • San Diego Tackles Prisoner Recidivism

    San Diego is one of a few California counties that plan to avoid building more jails by keeping offenders from ending up back behind bars. That’s a tough assignment when jobs are scarce and many in this population have nowhere to live. By Nicholas McVicker and Alison St John Frederick Recupido, 35, recently arrived in…