AFTERCARE FOR THE INCARCERATED

                                                                 THROUGH MENTORING

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You can make the difference in the life  of a youth today!

     Apply to be an AIM Mentor

Mentors are needed

to serve youth returning

to your Community

"It’s cool and the people are great!"
   -Marsalis

"As an AIM Mentor, I feel that I am really making a difference!"

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For more information on how you can become a mentor, please call (317)923-0355 or email traininginstitute@ijjtf.org

"WE OFFER INDIANA'S YOUTH

A SECOND CHANCE

AIM-Aftercare for the Incarcerated through Mentoring is a non-profit youth service  organization.  Our goal is to reduce the rate of recidivism among Indiana youth.  To accomplish this goal, we recruit, train and manage volunteers around the state who serve as mentors. 

    "I benefit myself by aiding him."       - Sophocles 

AIM mentors guide and inspire youth to pursue successful and productive futures where they reach their potential, through self-development and the utilization of community resources.

NEW PATH DESIGN

This year, AIM turned a job skills training class into a real business where at-risk and formerly incarcerated youth are taking a new path in their lives.  New Path Design, a social enterprise created at AIM lets students put what they learn in the classroom into practice.  read more

Second Chance

Juvenile Reentry Initiatives

AIM was recently awarded a grant for the Second Chance Juvenile Mentoring Initiative by the U.S. Department of Justice-Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. For this initiative, AIM will serve youth returning to Marion and Elkhart Counties.

AIM has also partnered with IDOC- Indiana Division of Youth Services as part of a Second Chance Juvenile Reentry Demonstration Project to enhance existing transitional services offered to high-risk incarcerated youth returning from state juvenile facilities to Marion and Hendricks Counties.

As part of these projects, youth will participate in a series of life-skills and job readiness classes, receive educational and employment assistance, and be connected with community-based resources. There is also a mentoring component which incorporates service learning activities for youth and mentors, whereby juvenile offenders meet weekly with a mentor shortly after commitment to the Department and continue to do so upon return to the community.