Summary
Organization name
Second Chance Center, Inc.
other names
SCC
2012
Tax id (EIN)
90-0794239
Category
Crime & Legal-Related
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
224 Potomac StreetAurora, CO 80011
Adams County, CO, US
Second Chance Center, Inc.
A nonprofit organization
$20,422 raised by 268 donors
51% complete
$40,000 Goal
The Second Chance Center, Inc. (SCC) is currently constructing the new Residences on Acoma housing development in Denver. Residences on Acoma will include 57 one and 3 two-bedroom supportive housing units targeting individuals and families who are homeless, at or under 30% of the Area Median Income, and have a disabling condition. The Residences will also provide 64 one-bedroom apartments and 4 two-bedroom apartments at 60% of the Area Median Income. Second Chance Center has partnered with WellPower, a nationally recognized behavioral and mental health services provider in Denver. Together, WellPower and Second Chance Center will provide a diverse range of services to residents. Second Chance Center will make available career development services and paid apprenticeship services to all 128 of the residents at the apartment homes while WellPower will be the lead service provider providing the supportive services.
The project is 40% complete and expected to complete construction by the end of November 2025. The project is a 4 story building with an underground parking garage for residents. Each apartment will have an Energy Star refrigerator, oven/range, dishwasher, disposal, ceiling fans and microwave. There will be approximately 10,860 square feet amenity space that includes, administrative and services offices, a large lobby with front desk, a secured front entry, community kitchen, lounge area, and a large outdoor courtyard.
Mission
The mission of the Second Chance Center, Inc. (SCC) is to help formerly incarcerated people transition to lives of success and fulfillment. We provide the formerly incarcerated, and their network, with education, resources, and support to successfully re-enter the community and cultivate a rewarding life.
Background Statement
Twelve years ago, in February 2012, Second Chance Center was launched as a “mobile program” from the back seat of Founder Hassan Latif’s car. After a year of driving around the streets, reaching out to people he recognized as returning citizens in desperate need of help. SCC graduated to a walk-in closet courtesy of our friends at It Takes a Village.
In 2020, we purchased our own welcoming two-story building in Aurora, and in 2021, we opened “SCC in the City” where we provide re-entry services at the Denver City and County jail. Today, SCC is the most extensive, most effective re-entry program in Colorado, maintaining a recidivism rate under 10% compared to 47% statewide.
We’ve come a long way, and that’s thanks to generous donors like you who took a chance on a group of returning citizens - and what a difference you have made!
In Fiscal Year 2022 we served 1,884 clients in our Aurora home, 742 at our Denver City & County Jail re-entry site, “SCC in the City,” and 48 adults and 13 children in our permanent supportive housing development, Providence at the Heights.
We offer a welcoming space for returning citizens where they can find housing, job training, employment, behavioral health services, practical resources, and the support they need to address mental health problems and substance use disorders. But our connection begins long before re-entry with programming and pre-release planning in prisons throughout the state.
SCC staff have an immediate connection with our client partners because many have walked the same path. Half of SCC’s 51 staff members are 'justice involved.’
Please help us continue to make a difference in the lives of people just looking for a second chance -with your support, they can build a new life of success and fulfillment.
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Aurora, CO 80011