Televerde Foundation Graduates Develop Self-Confidence & Support Network
Meet Televerde Foundation PATHS Graduate Alex Hunt Alex Hunt was headed back to prison for the third time for an offense she committed years prior. This time would be different, she decided as she prepared to return to Perryville. This time, she’d get something out of...
Televerde Foundation and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Collaborate to Empower Women Impacted by Incarceration
AWS will provide funding, free cloud computing skills training, and mentorship opportunities to helpincarcerated women grow tech skills and prepare for job opportunities after release PHOENIX, AZ – July 28, 2021 – Today, Televerde Foundation, a non-profit...
What Freedom Really Means
When you’re incarcerated, your vision of freedom changes. As an incarcerated woman, no one asks me how I plan to spend a summer holiday. Beach vacations, BBQs, and trips abroad are all on hold for me. It may sound strange but that does not bring me sadness. Through...
Televerde Foundation Opens First Workforce Development Center
Televerde Foundation’s Career PATHS Center will enable incarcerated women to earn Customer Service, Computer Technicians and Sales Development Representative certificates PHOENIX, AZ – June 29, 2021 – There is a growing skills gap in sales, customer service and...
Headed Down a New PATH
This is not the road I’m supposed to be on. For years I thought I was on the road less traveled: the road of self-discovery and non-conformity. But even those with lofty goals are subject to the harsh realities of the world. To the tragedies and misfortune that cross...
First Year Impact Report
First Year Results: 3 Cohorts 81 Participants 95% Employment Rate 20 Released 0% Recidivism Rate 175 Hours of Programs $40K Average Salary 180+ Mock Interviews 47 Mentor Relationships How It Began In 2020, Televerde Foundation was launched to leverage the...
A Second Chance: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever
You may not care at all about who is incarcerated—many people firmly believe that if a person commits a crime, they should pay for it. I get it. I also felt that way too until my 20-year-old son was arrested, incarcerated, and housed in San Quentin for stealing a...
You May Be Surprised to Know Who’s Really in Prison
If I made a list of all my mistakes it would take a while to apologize for all of them. I think many of us, at one point, moved through life as younger, freer beings; I remember feeling invincible. If we were sitting together right now, talking about old school days,...
Worth a Thousand Words.
If 5000 words are spoken in an average 3-minute interview, and a smile is worth a 1000 words, then you can understand exactly how important dental aesthetics can be for the graduates of Televerde Foundation’s reentry program upon release from incarceration. Kathy...
Tarra Simmons: from Incarceration to Election
Tarra represents what we have all come to embrace at Televerde Foundation: incarcerated women need and deserve a ‘path forward’ to break the shackles of repeat incarceration.