About Us

Our Growth

• 2008 (to date)
  59 Mentor/Mentee Partnerships
  Opened Schirmer House
  Granted United Way membership
  Eleven additional full-time staff and eight additional part-time staff; 41 total staff
  Recidivism 5% to date
  
  
• 2007
  Averaged 82 Mentor/Mentee Partnerships
  Opened One World Neighborhood Cafe
  Project Re-Connect Begins
  Eleven additional staff members (9 for OWNC); 22 total staff members
  Recidivism drops to 1%
  
  
• 2006
  Average of 68 Mentor/Mentee Partnerships
  Four additional staff members added; 11 total staff
  Franklin County program added
  Recidivism rate drops to 6%
  
  
• 2005
  Average of 82 Mentor/mentee Partnerships
  Courtois Place purchased for transitional living for 11 women and a resident manager.
  Recidivism remains at 9% over the entire seven years.
  Convened Missouri Restorative Justice Coalition
  House Manager added; 7 total staff.
  
  
• 2004
  Average of 60 Mentor/Mentee Partnerships
  Missouri Restorative Justice Initiative began.
  Restorative Justice Director added; 6 total staff
  
  
  
• 2003
  Average of 56 Mentor/Mentee Partnerships
  Supported the passage of Senate Bill 5, making numerous changes to sentencing laws and encourages alternative to incarceration.
  Judges began referring women to mentoring program and other stipulations in lieu of incarceration for women with non-violent crimes.
  Associate Director added; 5 total staff
  
  
• 2002
  Average of 63 Mentor/Mentee Partnerships
  Recidivism rate of 9% compared to national statistic of 73%
  Monthly gatherings of Mentees and Mentors added
  Advocacy Advisory Board and Advisory Board of Corporate Executives initiated.
  
  
• 2001
  Average of 51 Mentor/Mentee Partnerships
  Advocate Director added; 4 total staff
  Programs for children added
  
  
• 2000
  Average of 38 Mentor/Mentee Partnerships
  
  
  
• 1999
  Average of 13 Mentor/Mentee Partnerships
  Board of Director formalized; State Incorporation; IRS Tax Exemption
  Development Director added; 3 total staff
  
  
• 1998
  Average of 5 Mentor/Mentee Partnerships
  Administrator added to staff; 2 total employees