GED prep, trade pathways, CPR/First Aid certifications.
Resumé coaching, interview prep, and employer job fairs.
Safe housing connections, budgeting, and credit repair.
Access to medical, mental health, and recovery supports.
Elite Game Changers guide with honesty and accountability.
STRONGER PUBLIC SAFETY & HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES
More reunifications, fewer victims, and reduced jail costs.
Pre-release classes build structure, discipline, and essential life skills that prepare participants for a successful transition back into the community.
Personalized case management creates an individualized plan, addressing barriers such as housing, treatment, and employment while ensuring consistent support after release.
Through training, certifications, resumé coaching, and employer-led job fairs, participants are connected directly to hiring opportunities that lead to stable careers.
Game Changers—credible messengers with lived experience—provide accountability, guidance, and hope, helping participants stay on track and build positive futures.
A Game Changer is more than a mentor. As a credible messenger with lived experience, each Game Changer disrupts negative cycles by providing accountability, guidance, and hope. They serve as trusted role models in schools and the community, helping youth and adults make positive choices that lead to lasting change.
Game Changers intervene early, guiding youth away from risky paths and toward opportunities that foster stability and growth.
They serve inside schools as trusted mentors, building relationships that prevent conflict and create safer learning environments.
Beyond mentoring, Game Changers provide hands-on support, helping participants meet goals, stay accountable, and succeed after release.
Our 10-week specialized curriculum goes beyond classroom learning. Participants build essential soft skills, address anger management, practice conflict resolution, and receive trauma counseling.
With strong partners like Illinois Central College and local employers, graduates leave prepared with education, job offers, and a renewed purpose.
Many also engage in community service — from supporting law enforcement initiatives to speaking in schools and contributing at public events — showing firsthand the power of second chances.
Learn how Elite’s Employer of Choice program supports fair-chance hiring and connects you with job-ready graduates.
Families and community members are vital to the success of re-entry. Elite provides connections to resources, mentors, and opportunities that help returning citizens rebuild their lives. Together, we create safer neighborhoods and stronger support networks.
Disclaimer (important):
Please note: Elite coordinates services through trusted partners but is not a direct walk-in re-entry agency.
Elite Community Outreach sponsors the annual Chocolate Turkey run & walk on Thanksgiving morning in Peoria, IL.