Ready4Work – Operation New Hope

Ready4Work

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For individuals with a criminal history, Operation New Hope offers personalized support from a caring team and access to tools that empower participants to overcome obstacles and build new lives for themselves.

Implementing a comprehensive approach (case management and mental health, supportive services, job training, and job placement assistance), our Ready4Work program ensures each client succeeds at reconnecting to the workforce, their families, and community.

“I was in such a dark place before coming to Operation New Hope, but after Ready4Work, I was truly transformed.”

– Anthony B., Ready4Work Graduate

Program Benefits

Up to three weeks of in-person Employability Skills Training that includes up to $350 in Participation Stipends
Job Placement Assistance
Vocational Training Opportunities
Transitional Housing Assistance
Bus Passes
Daily Lunch
Help from a Case Manager, Therapist, Job Coach
Family Reunification Assistance
Clothing Resources
Medical/Prescription Drug Support
Financial literacy, credit building, budgeting, and other financial services
Other Financial Incentives

Individualized attention.

We work with clients one-on-one to address personal needs and help overcome obstacles on their path to a new life.

A whole team has your back.

A personal employment coach, mental health therapist, and case manager are ready to listen and give practical, realistic support for a full year.

Participants earn and learn.

Participants have access to skills training, job placement, financial benefits, support services, housing and transportation – everything needed to reconnect to the workforce, their families, and community.

A job is just the beginning.

Raise your own expectations for what is possible. We focus on your potential, not your criminal past. Financial independence, career growth, and success can be your future.

Our Additional Programs:

Working in collaboration with the Department of Corrections, we deliver pre-release services to over 40 facilities in Florida. Our dedicated Ready4Release Case Managers bridge the reentry divide to ensure adequate housing, transportation, and job training.

Ready4Success delivers first-class case management, career development, and other crucial program services in a blended service model that is innovative, effective, and primarily virtual.

Ready4Change is a Community Violence Intervention initiative focused on reducing violence by reaching individuals most at risk. Through strong community partnerships and access to vital resources, we work to interrupt cycles of violence and foster safer, more resilient communities.