By Shannon Marvel McNaught shannon.marvel@doverpost.com
A new Sussex County nonprofit is seeing early success in employing prior offenders.
Elevated Community Development Corporation was founded by 48-year-old Lillian Harrison-Brown, of Millsboro, in December. People on work release or recently released from prison can turn to Elevated for both job skills and jobs.
Harrison-Brown’s background is in community and economic development. She works full time for the Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council, providing counseling on things like credit and budgeting.
When her son was incarcerated in 2017, she formulated a goal.
“The chatter of those incarcerated is that once you have anything on your record, it’s going to be hard to succeed, to get a job or education,” she said. “I made him a promise that that would never be his story.”
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A new Sussex County nonprofit is seeing early success in employing prior offenders.
Elevated Community Development Corporation was founded by 48-year-old Lillian Harrison-Brown, of Millsboro, in December. People on work release or recently released from prison can turn to Elevated for both job skills and jobs.
Harrison-Brown’s background is in community and economic development. She works full time for the Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council, providing counseling on things like credit and budgeting.
When her son was incarcerated in 2017, she formulated a goal.
“The chatter of those incarcerated is that once you have anything on your record, it’s going to be hard to succeed, to get a job or education,” she said. “I made him a promise that that would never be his story.”
Read the full article here!