Tayborn Gives Back to Quad Cities
After spending nearly 15 years of his life in prison, Darryl Tayborn has spent the last four making up for lost time. A lifelong Chicago resident prior to his incarceration, Tayborn has forged a new life for himself in the Quad Cities, working two jobs and giving back to his community whenever he gets the chance.
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North Lawndale Play Helps ATC Residents Learn What's Going On
Though they remained silent throughout, a group of North Lawndale Adult Transition Center (ATC) residents performed a play that sent a strong message about where they have been and where they hope to be in the future.
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Safer Employer Cox Receives Business Leadership Award
October 22, 2009 – For Christopher Cox, it’s always just been about finding the right employees for the job. As Director of Operations at Metro Kleeners in Evanston, Cox helped create an employment environment that has allowed people with criminal records the chance to reenter society with an opportunity to build their resumes. For his efforts, Cox received the Illinois Business Leadership Award at the annual Illinois Workforce Development Conference sponsored by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in Springfield.
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YEP West Loop Learning Center Hosts Career Fair
November 4, 2009 – As part of an effort to show their students what opportunities are available to them upon obtaining their GEDs, the staff and volunteers at the Safer Foundation’s Youth Empowerment Program West Loop Learning Center (YEP) hosted a career fair today.
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Safer Helps Turn Up the Heat
November 24, 2009 – With Chicago’s notoriously brutal winter fast approaching, the need for reliable heating becomes a top priority. With this in mind, Safer Foundation partnered with the Hope Organization to provide a workshop for clients who might qualify for assistance to pay for their utility bills.
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WIA Program Helps Safer Client Gain Security
December 21, 2009 – Angeline Johnson has accomplished a lot since arriving as a client at Safer Foundation’s downtown Chicago office. Since beginning a job readiness programming in June, Johnson has utilized Safer’s Workforce Investment Act (WIA) services to complete an unarmed security guard training program.
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Richardson Understands Value of Second Chance, Proudly Supports Safer
The corner office on the seventh floor of City Hall is about what you’d expect for a lifelong Chicago public servant. On one wall, flags buttress a portrait of a young Mayor Richard M. Daley. Across the room, a large wooden desk sits framed between two windows. On it rests an ashtray with a chewed but unlit cigar, harkening back to a time when tobacco smoke filled the city’s seat of power. In front of everything on the desk is an ornate carved nameplate with the words “Robert Richardson, Deputy Commissioner.”
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Davenport YEP Helps Kids Against Hunger
October 1, 2009 – Earlier this month, 15 students and five staff members from the Davenport Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) found out that a little bit goes a long way in terms of world hunger. Working with Kids Against Hunger – Your Quad Cities, the volunteers assembled 3,000 meals, most of which destined for Nicaragua or Honduras. A percentage of the meals also stayed in the area to help stock local food pantries in the Quad Cities area.
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CareVan Gives North Lawndale a Shot in the Arm
October 2, 2009 – As the calendar turns to October and the temperatures drop, it’s beginning to look a lot like fall. Unfortunately, it also marks the beginning of flu season.

In order to preemptively strike at the flu bug, North Lawndale Adult Transition Center (ATC) has formed a partnership with the Chicago Department of Public Health to provide the Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois CareVan at the facility every month.
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Safer Foundation, White House Faith-Based And Community Initiative Honor of Hope Awardee
June 2008-When Vincent Johnson was released from prison for the
second time, he went to the Safer Foundation in Chicago
to try to find work. Vincent was matched with a mentor
from Valley Kingdom Ministries, a Safer Foundation faithbased
partner.
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A Trip to Harvard
September 11, 2009 - Safer Foundation's President/CEO was on the move this week. B. Diane Williams accepted an invitation to participate in a meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Task Force on the "Challenges of Mass Incarceration in America."
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Transitional Employment Helps Curb Recidivism,
Boost Corporate Bottom Line
September 2007–State and local elected officials, community stakeholders, and business leaders joined Allied Waste Services and the Safer Foundation on September 24 to tout a partnership that has resulted in the employment of over 1,000 formerly incarcerated individuals, and to call on Chicago-area businesses to work with organizations such as the Safer Foundation to hire people with criminal records.
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Ready4Reentry, Prisoner Reentry Toolkit
February 2008-This toolkit, based on the Ready4Work model, is a
promising practices guide for small to medium sized faith-based and community organizations interested in starting or bolstering their reentry efforts. The work of the Safer Foundation's Faith-Based team is highlighted throughout the publication that was recently released by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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