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Providing services to convicted criminals is not always a popular
effort in modern society who have been conditioned to take a punitive approach
to high crime rates. But there remains a good argument for the benefits of
redemption. Helping people who admit to their failures, have paid the price for
their crimes against society, and have resolved to become better persons, is an
effort which gives hope and opportunity to those who deserve it. This program
helps those who are capable of rehabilitation, while making valuable prison bed
space available for those who are incorrigible.
COTS encourages businesses to provide job opportunities to ex-offenders as a
means of reducing crime and recidivism. The most significant unanticipated
result of this program has been the response from the business community.
Many employers report that in addition to the
tax credits,
free bonding and other financial
incentives derived from hiring ex-offenders, their most important benefit has
been the hiring of highly motivated, grateful, and loyal employees who earn
their employers trust by their honesty and reliability.
Indeed, the individual who has resolved never to go back to prison, and
especially one who has overcome drug and/or alcohol addiction, is among the best
workers any employer has ever hired. This is good business and good public
policy.
Thousands of ex-offenders have changed their lives by getting a job when they
most needed an opportunity. They have become better fathers and mothers,
responsible citizens, and in many cases, employers themselves who come back to
COTS to find the workers they need to build successful businesses.
Your support is essential to our work in helping ex-offenders get employment at
a living wage deterring them from the cycle of crime and empowering them to be
self-sufficient, law abiding citizens. Please consider donating...
By making a commitment to donate regularly, you will help to fulfill the vision
that God has set before us.
Donate by Mail: You may send cash, check or
postal money order to:
COTS Jax
PO Box 13086
Jacksonville FL 32206-3086
Donate by Credit/Debit Card: It is safe and secure
through PayPal and you do not need to have a PayPal account to do so.
How ELSE
can you help? Click on our
How Can You Help web page to see our immediate
needs.
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