Goal: Lift more gang members from the streets to the American mainstream.
Website: http://www.hopenow.org
Begun by the Rev. Roger Minassian, Hope Now For Youth targets gang members who have criminal records and are school dropouts. Working out of churches, the Hope Now staff share their faith in Christ and offer work site and after hours Bible studies, as well as marriage, family, and parenting classes. Hope Now has worked to place at-risk and gang youth into permanent jobs with 210 businesses with an 85% success rate and only an 8% recidivism rate. Hope Now has won national and state awards. Contributions help to pay salaries for the Hope Now staff, such as Rev. Roger Feenstra, the current director. Directed #06-960350, Extra Giving #22-90402
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