Our Purpose
Our Vision
Our Vision is to keep hopes and dreams alive as well as empower and challenge justice-involved, our military veterans, and the disenfranchised to take responsibility for their actions and consequences.
Our Mission
Our Mission is to provide pre/post release employment-driven and personal/professional development workshops for the justice-involved, our military veterans, and the disenfranchised.
Our programs take a pro-social worldview and advanced curriculum to develop character, leadership, and empowerment as participants are taught the skills necessary to secure meaningful employment and the tools to advance.
What makes 2nd Chance University’s recidivism reduction programs effective…
Foremost, we understand the importance of evolving respect with each participant in an understanding and identifiable method. To achieve best results, our programs take advantage of multiple learning styles, including visual, auditory, kinesthetic, verbal, solitary, and social methods.
We offer brick and mortar as well as online platforms where every lesson is guided by doing, not just learning. Curriculum, length, complexity, and participant expectations are customized and based upon institutional requirements, demographic needs, and goals. In other words, no projects are the same in content, duration, or intent.
Areas of concentration:
Personal development / trauma informed care
- Employer onboarding / looking glass self-theory
- Community onboarding / looking glass self-theory
- Professional development / certified career mentorship
- Freedom for today and tomorrow / relationship building
- Action and consequences / behavioral modification theory
- Conflict resolution and management / behavioral modification theory
- Collective consciousness / exercises in empathy and social understanding
Methodologies:
Triangulation for 360 degree understanding
- Journal writing, affirmations, and visualization
- Self-paced with daily activities and mentorship
- Relationship building, community, staff, and self
- Recognition and confidence every step of the way
- Proponents of belief, self-esteem, and the ability to forgive
- Vicarious learning, identifying with others in their stories and success
2nd Chance University does not allow participants to aim low. We believe everyone has the capacity to keep HOPE alive with proper direction.
Committed to eliminating convict recycling, we are currently seeking partnerships with like-minded institutions.
2nd Chance University developed a longitudinal method to measure Commitment, Hope, and Empowerment progression. (the Che Quotient)
Certification Proctor Station
2nd Chance University currently proctors two certifications.
EPA
NATE
* The proctor is located on site.
EPA Certification
EPA prep is is conducted by HVAC Technical Academy once a month.
Individuals interested in particpating in EPA Prep, EPA cert, or both need to reach out to 2nd Chance University or HVAC Technica Academy admin support for details.
Participants must register one week in advance of scheduled date and time.
EPA scheduling:
Universal EPA Prep and Test dates for scheduled HVAC classes
There is a two-hour time limit for the test.
2024
February 22nd
April 25th
June 27th
August 22nd
September 26th
November 21st
December 19th
2023 EPA Schedule
2023
April 26th, beginning at 10:00 am – Completed
June 22nd, beginning at 10:00 am – Completed
August 24th, beginning at 10:00 am
October 26th, beginning at 10:00 am
December 21st, beginning at 10:00 am
Our Locations
Florida
Sanford, Fl
Our Partners
Sponsor Program
Immediate Needs and Long-Term Recovery Support
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