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Second Chance for Youth Project
Mentoring Leaders for Tomorrow
You may fill your heads with knowledge, or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing.
Second Chance 4 Youth is a Utah based non-profit program dedicated to helping incarcerated youth during their post release phase. The goal of SC4Y is to help these "at risk" youth to begin a new chapter experiencing their American Dream. It is founded on four foundational tenets introduced to the early 1900 Black community by Booker T. Washington. By embracing of these tenets this community, during the 1940’s, 50’s and mid-60’s, led our nation in the growth of its middle class, the commitment of men to marriage, the percentage of entrepreneurs and the percentage of men matriculating from college. They are:
- Head- Education and Critical Thinking Skills
- Heart- God, Service, Compassion & Empathy
- Hand- Industry, Self-Reliance and Love of Work
- Home- Family
Second Chance 4 Youth provides the tools, support, environment and post-incarceration career opportunities to those seeking to be productive citizens. Highlighted throughout this initiative is the recognition of the blessing of being an America, where the concept of second chances is innate and within the core of its DNA.
To support its mission Second Chance 4 Youth relies on its corporate sponsors, private donations, volunteers and special annual events. This includes an annual The Sons of Serendip concert, a NFL All-Star Golf Tournament and a Holiday Gala that recognizes the success of our youth and those throughout our community who have supported them.
Presented by Perry Homes
Night Under The Stars with Sons of Serendip
Presented by Keller Investment Properties
Second Chance 4 Youth is a non-profit service organization founded byBurgess Owens, former All-Pro NFL Super Bowl Champion, and governed by an engaged board of directors including:
Second Chance 4 Youth is a non-profit service organization founded by Burgess Owens, former All-Pro NFL Super Bowl Champion, and governed by an engaged board of directors including:
- Vaughn Alvey, Former Assistant Head Coach Brigham Young University
- Lyle Beecher, Beecher Walker Architects
- Summur-Rayn Berrett, SC4Y/Executive Program Coordinator
- Tai Biesinger, Pentad Retail/Hospitality
- Greg Hughes, Former Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives
- Tyler Perry, Perry Homes
- Lance Rawlings, RCS Chiropractic
- Brent Reddekopp, Powerblanket
- Lisa Turville, Buehner Marble
- Dan Waddington, PhD, Utah Valley University, Criminal Justice Department
Second Chance 4 Youth extends a warm invitation to join us in our mission to mentor at-risk youth in one of several different ways:
Make a DonationBecome a VolunteerJoin as a Corporate PartnerSupport a SC4Y ProjectSponsor or Host a SC4Y Project
Corporate sponsors of Second Chance 4 Youth include:
SOLUTIONS
Certification as Framers by Salt Lake Community College
in collaboration with Utah Home Builders Association
BY THE NUMBERS: The Invisible generation-
- 85% of incarcerated juveniles are fatherless.[1]
- 75% of juveniles are incarcerated for nonviolent offenses.[2]
- 70% of approximately 60,000 youths in juvenile facilities are 16 or older. More than 500 confined children are no more than 12 years old.[3]
- 66% of youth who have been arrested will become repeat offenders within 24 months. 49% of youth become repeat offenders within the first year.[4]
- 66% of youths who are detained in juvenile prisons never return to school.[5]
- 53% of those abused or neglected are more likely to be arrested as a juvenile.[6]
- 92% of the youth in Missouri, who go through a community-based treatment program, limited in size to 30 youth or less, DO NOT return to the juvenile or adult justice system.[7]
- Juvenile incarceration more seriously effects human capital than does adult incarceration.[8]
- The average cost to incarcerate a child in juvenile facilities is $88,000 a year.[9]
- Community-based programs are more expensive than standard incarceration, so many communities don’t offer or use them.[10]
- US spends an average of $6 billion a year on juvenile incarceration.[11]
[1] Fulton Co. Georgia jail populations, Texas Dept. of Corrections 1992
[2] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/05/2-million-kids-are-arrested-in-the-us-every-year-congress-is-trying-to-change-that/450522/
[3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771618/
[4] https://brandongaille.com/20-juvenile-repeat-offenders-statistics/
[5] https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/youth-risk-neglected-education-incarcerated-juveniles/
[6] https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/youth-risk-neglected-education-incarcerated-juveniles/
[7] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771618/
[8] https://brandongaille.com/20-juvenile-repeat-offenders-statistics/
[9] http://chicagopolicyreview.org/2013/08/20/juvenile-incarceration-are-we-locking-away-our-nations-future/
[10] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/05/2-million-kids-are-arrested-in-the-us-every-year-congress-is-trying-to-change-that/450522/
[11] https://brandongaille.com/20-juvenile-repeat-offenders-statistics/
Projects
www.sagamoreinstitute.org/liberty-and-justice
Sagamore Institute: Operating Partner
www.sagamoreinstitute.org/liberty-and-justice
www.thefirstteeutah.org
The First Tee
www.infinitemind.io/individual
Infinite Mind
www.infinitemind.io/individual
www.mrmac.com
Mr. Mac -Orem
www.hbautah.com
Utah Home Builders Association
www.hbautah.com
www.usana.com
USANA
www.powerblanket.com
Power Blanket
www.powerblanket.com
Make a Donation
All donations to Second Chance 4 Youth are tax deductible and used only to advance our mission of mentoring young men and women through proven programs that reduce recidivism, promote self-reliance, and contribute to personal and professional success.
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Granting hope and opportunity to at risk young men and women is our mission, and Second Chance 4 Youth is blessed by its individual and corporate sponsors who share in that vision. It is with your support that we are able to serve, direct, educate and prepare our young men and women to take advantage of the second chances our nation offers them. With your support there are no limits to what can be achieved.
Second Chance 4 Youth serves as an incubator for at-risk youth within the juvenile corrections system, helping them achieve success through a mentoring program based on four proven pillars:
1. Head (education)
2. Heart (service /compassion)
3. Hands (Industry/ entrepreneurship)
4. Home (Family)
Second Chance 4 Youth provides young men and women with training, confidence, skills and opportunity to build their futures on a firm foundation.
Booker T. Washington taught that “success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” The mission of Second Chance 4 Youth is to provide its young men and women with the life skills (education and career opportunities) to overcome the negative environments and decisions that have placed them in a position of needing a second chance.
If you are interested in joining our game-changing initiative as a mentor, volunteer, corporate sponsor, employer, or host of a Second Chance 4 Youth project, please contact us.
All programs associated with Second Chance 4 Youth have a single objective—to provide mentoring, services, tools, and support for the young men and women it serves through comprehensive outreach programs like the Decker Lake Youth Center.
Funding for these programs is provided through individual and corporate donations, as well as events like Red Ledge Golfing with NFL All-Stars, St. Regis Executive Lunch with NFL All-Stars and a popular concert series by The Sons of Serendip, championship finalist from the hit television show America’s Got Talent.