HOPE News
The latest news updates and events from the Wilmington HOPE Commission.
OUR SUCCESSES
On November 17, 2019 – The Wilmington HOPE Commission was recognized by the Wilmington NAACP for its Reentry work
The Wilmington HOPE Commission was recognized with the Leonard L. Williams Criminal Justice Reform by the Wilmington NAACP for its work in reentry.
The Wilmington HOPE Commission (WHC), located at the Achievement Center, is Delaware’s premier correctional re-entry program, providing comprehensive re-entry support services that target crime-causing factors, shown to be predictors of recidivism, for formerly incarcerated high-risk men leaving prison and returning to Wilmington’s most distressed communities.
- Purpose: Founded on research-informed solutions (and using qualified professionals and agency partners), WHC provides rehabilitative treatment services and programs designed to promote successful re-entry through – risk and needs assessments, cognitive behavioral treatment, vocational readiness training, educational and peer support, behavioral health services and family-reunification programs – to reduce recidivism and improve safety in the Wilmington community. Participants (i.e. members) are provided convenient access to the services essential to successful community reintegration – all under one roof.
Project HOPE – Christiana Health Care System and the Wilmington HOPE Commission
The Wilmington HOPE Commission has a workforce development program in partnership with Christiana Health Care System which provides employment opportunities. The Wilmington HOPE Commission provides an Enhanced Workforce Development (EWFD) Program that is a 12 week comprehensive program for those seeking employment or better employment. EWFD teaches individual’s basic workforce development skills such as presentation, interview skills, resume writing and then continues with instruction on how to maintain a job and other key employment skills. Upon successful completion of the 12 week program an individual has an opportunity to interview with CHCS for a position in a variety of areas. This program is open to the general public. The class is free and you can pre-register for the next class on line at www.wilmhope.org.
Our most recent Project HOPE successes are:
St. Clair Jackson – started on 7/15
Marlon Cable – cleared to start 8/12
And, Terrence Bailey who was hired into a casual position in May, recently was offered and accepted a full-time position.
Construction Laborer Training Program and Graduation on May 10, 2021
HOPE NEWS
Wilmington HOPE Commission’s 6th Annual Comencement Ceremony – “The Next Chapter”
Last Thursday we held the 6th Annual Commencement Ceremony for the FY21 graduates. For those unable to attend, I just wanted to give you a short summary of the event. By all accounts it was a wonderful program with the peers/graduates stealing...
HOPE Commission Celebrates the graduation of its first “Word & Workforce Development Program” cohort
On July 13, 2021, the Wilmington HOPE Commission graduated its first cohort of trainees from our “Word and Workforce Development” Program. The “Word and Workforce Development” Program is a computer-skills training program, launched in partnership with the Wilmington...
Construction Laborer Training and Placement Program
Associate Builders Contractors, Inc., Delaware Chapter interviewing the graduates of the Wilmington HOPE Commission's Cohort 1 of the Construction Laborer Training Program. Our graduates went through a Penn Foster curriculum taught by BSTA and also received their...
Progress After Prison Series
Next in the series will be February 24, 2021 Location: 38 Vandever Ave. Wilmington HOPE Commission Achievement Center Host: Haneef Salaam
COVID-19 information
The Wilmington HOPE Commission's top priority is the health and well being of it's staff and those we serve during this pandemic. This page is provided as an information resource for the virtual and in person services that are provided during our new normal. During...
February 11, 2020 Enhanced Workforce Development Cohort Graduates
Recent graduates of the Wilmington HOPE Commission’s Enhanced Workforce Development Program. The next class starts March 3, 2020. Contact Haneef Salaam at 302-407-3397 ext 108.
NAACP Recognition of the HOPE Commission on November 17, 2019
The Wilmington HOPE Commission was recognized for its evidenced based reentry work. WHC is Delaware’s premier reentry program of its kind. Its results have been shown to have greater successful reentry then that of the State’s DOC.
Executive Director, Wilmington HOPE Commission, panelist at Hayes Symposium
Tamera Fair, Executive Director - Wilmington HOPE Commission was a panelist on the Behavioral Health Consortium at the University of Delaware's Hayes Symposium on October 2.
Financial Empowerment at the HOPE Commission by Stand by Me’s Karen Summa (Financial Coach)
Ex-offenders in Wilmington, Summer Trash pick up a path to employment (9/3/19)
Two hours into his shift on a cool, bright Thursday morning, Anthony Owens and his three-person crew of street cleaners did a little extra work, picking up some bottles from a fenced-in corner park in northeast Wilmington. A privately run community space, it wasn't...