Empowering Success Through Vocational Training: The Ongoing Impact of the Ready4Work Program
At Operation New Hope, we are committed to providing our clients with the tools and resources they need to build sustainable careers and reintegrate into society. One of the core ways we fulfill this mission is through our Ready4Work program, which offers a range of support as well as vocational training opportunities designed to equip […]
The UPS Foundation Supports Second Chances
UPS Grant Presentation to Operation New Hope The UPS Foundation has made a significant investment of $250,000 to support second chances in Jacksonville, Florida. Operation New Hope is excited to partner with UPS to expand vocational training opportunities for our Ready4Work clients. Grant funding will also support development of an Emerging Leaders Training program that […]
Ready4Work Graduates are on the RISE
Operation New Hope is excited to be partnering with the City of Orlando to ensure our Ready4Work graduates are on the RISE! Clients who successfully complete our Ready4Work Orlando Career Development program and take advantage of additional Career and Technical training can earn additional stipends to support their Second Chance journey to a new career and […]
Forklift Certification at Ready4Work Space Coast
Please join us in celebrating the 22 Ready4Work Space Coast clients who recently received their Forklift Certification. Partnering with the Florida Masonry Apprentice & Educational Foundation, Operation New Hope is helping to provide support and training that further empowers individuals seeking a second chance. The vocational training opportunities offered to our Ready4Work clients, including forklift certification, […]
Voices of Hope – Andrew L.
“I had a great job with a good company doing Department of Defense contracting for the Navy, but my kids’ mom was struggling with addiction making it impossible for me to be deployed for 2-3 months at a time. I came home and things went from bad to worse. I got myself into trouble and […]
Second Chance Supporters – Open Road Bicycles
Open Road Bicycles in San Marco spearheaded an effort to donate bikes for Operation New Hope’s Ready4Work clients. When the owner of the bike shop located in the Miramar shopping center, Scott Gross, heard about the need for transportation so that the nonprofit’s clients could get to work after incarceration, he networked with the other […]
Voices of Hope – Ricky B.
“I was in prison for 12-13 years, wrongly accused of something I didn’t do, and I had no intention of doing the right thing when I got out. I figured I would just go right back, because there wasn’t anything for me on the outside anyway. But then I met the guys from Operation New […]
Voices of Hope – Aaron F.
Drugs and doing stuff to get drugs sent me to prison. I started using when I was 13 and I went to prison 8 times. Every time I got out, it was the same thing. I’d spend 2 years in and then spend 6 months out. And when I got sentenced to 10 years the […]
Ready4Work Continues to Match Clients with Living Wage Jobs
Operation New Hope’s Employment Services Team remains hard at work and is crushing goals! Since the beginning of the year, we have placed 157 clients in living wage jobs despite the uncertain and shifting economy. Even in the midst of a pandemic, we not only exceeded our prior years’ achievements, but we have been helping […]
Annual Report, Ready4Work St. Johns County Reopens, and more!
Latest News – June 2020 Operation New Hope is pleased to share our 2020 Annual Report highlighting our Vision for Hope. When we began working in the community 20 years ago to address the issues of poverty, crime, homelessness, and drug addiction, we never could have imagined that our organization would evolve into the national reentry […]
