BEHIND HOPE WITHIN INITIATIVE
Hope Within Initiative, Inc. (HWI) provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of people who are released from prisons and jails that are returning to our communities. We aspire to provide comprehensive and collaborative strategies that address the challenges posed by reentry. Our vision is to increase public safety and reduce recidivism.
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To impact youth, we use culturally relevant education and training to prevent interaction with the criminal justice system and increased use of drugs and alcohol. Currently preventing youth and young adults from using opioids and other drugs is the central focus of our work.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that since 1999, there has been an increase in drug overdoses involving opioids among those ages 15-19, with heroin being the highest cause of overdose in 2015 among this age group. Thanks to a $100,000 grant from AmerisourceBergen Foundation we will provide education and training, drug prevention services and host a program to return unused opioids in 2020 and beyond.
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HWI was also awarded a grant to administer the Treatment, Education, Mutual Help Groups, Prevention (TEMP) Initiative. TEMP facilitators will use curriculum included in the State of Ohio Start Talking movement to combat the effects of the opioid epidemic that has ravaged Northwest Ohio by targeting youth in grades K-12 and their parents, living in zip codes 43605 and 43612.
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Looking for prevention education and training for young people in the Greater Toledo Area? Watch our calendar for events around the city!
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MEET OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ALICE QUINN
Founder
Evangelist Alice Quinn, a self-described doer of the Word of God, had many gifts and talents. Alice was a teacher, networker, entrepreneur, evangelist, missionary and public speaker as well as a life-long learner.
Her accomplishments include owner of Amazing Contour Fashions & Design; CEO of 1st Choice Grant Writing and Consulting and Founder of Hope Within Initiative. She was also a frequent media commentator, consultant and speaker on women’s success in the workplace, women and wealth investing, financial planning, and high-impact philanthropy.
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Alice loved her city and her community. Her vision of a healthy, stable community where women and children are valued and protected will become a reality. Although she passed away suddenly in January 2019, her family has picked up the baton to carry on her legacy.
