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In my role as the Administrative Fellow at Concordance, I work with our participants to schedule their individual one-on-one appointments, lead mindfulness groups, and assist in the facilitation of trauma-informed art groups. At Concordance, Fridays offer participants a creative space to process the week and prepare for what is to come through art therapy and…

In my role as the Program Enrollment & Intake Manager at Concordance, I work with justice-involved individuals prior to their release from incarceration, talking with them about the Concordance Re-Entry Model and what our services could do for them. If and when they consent to our program, I support our participants through the pre-release phase…

In the field of re-entry services, surrounding justice-involved individuals with a supportive community is paramount. One of the first things I noticed when I joined Concordance was the fellowship among our participants and their families, team members, community partners, and our supporters. Concordance provides integrated and personalized services to every participant and supports them throughout…

One of our 2021 strategic initiatives was to execute a brand refresh. Typically, organizations will refresh their logo, tagline, or other brand elements to better relate to changing audiences or shifting markets or to better reflect the organization’s current product or service offerings. In our case, we wanted to better reflect our company’s mission and…

At Concordance, we take great pride in delivering innovative, evidence-informed interventions in service to our mission to drastically reduce reincarceration rates. Part of our treatment approach is rooted in contingency management which provides tangible rewards to participants to reinforce positive behaviors such as abstinence, persistence, and job retention. This is an integral part of our…

The past 16 months of dealing with COVID-19 and its unknowns have been challenging, but they have also reinforced one major point. Concordance has an incredible group of team members, investors, and supporters who are committed to our mission. As our team navigated COVID, we made changes to both programming and operations with three key…

In the early days of Concordance’s inception, one of my mentors sent me a Margaret Mead quote which read, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” This quote has sat alongside me ever since. I launched Concordance in response to…