The First Chance Campaign

Approximately 100 million people in this country are affected by incarceration, making it one of the most significant societal issues we face today. The First Chance Campaign is a $200 million fundraising effort chaired by World Wide Technology Founder and Chairman David Steward to expand our re-entry model to 40 centers over the next eight years. 

Most incarcerated individuals have experienced horrific trauma at a young age, which is the result of being born in neighborhoods that have been devastated by inequity and often lack social capital and positive support systems. With the imprisonment rate of Black males at nearly six times that of white males and Hispanic men at nearly three times, this is a problem disproportionately impacting Black and Hispanic communities across our country.

Concordance is working to break the cycle of reincarceration and forge a path toward equity by supporting people who have been released from prison and are re-entering society.

Our holistic, evidence-informed re-entry program is the first of its kind, working to dramatically reduce the rate of reincarceration.

Given the transformations we experience as we partner with participants on their journey, we are reminded, time and again, that our participants never needed a second chance. They needed their first.

Help us make lasting change across the U.S.