Jackson County Constructing Futures is committed to providing the unskilled, underskilled, unemployed and/or underemployed an opportunity to learn construction skills on the job through performing the restoration work of vacant homes. These individuals receive hands-on training using equipment and building materials. This is precisely the kind of training they'll need to secure long-term employment in construction.

Some of the construction apprentices trained through the program were formerly incarcerated; others have gone through Jackson County's Drug Court system.

Getting Back to Work
The Missouri Department of Corrections has released an average of 19,712 inmates per year during the last decade. The ability find and maintain employment is vital to reducing recidivism. State Department of Correction figures show that among those individuals who successfully complete probation or parole, 73% are employed.