OVERVIEW

Education Creates Opportunity

Education can change the direction of a life. At Project Kinship, we believe every person has gifts, potential, and a future worth investing in. Through trusted relationships, guidance, and access to opportunity, we help people discover their strengths and pursue educational pathways that may have once felt out of reach.

Kinship Learns meets people wherever they are in their educational journey, from helping a young person reconnect with school and graduate to supporting someone pursuing a GED, vocational training, industry certification, college, or an advanced degree. From a GED to a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree, we believe a person’s past should never determine how far they can go.

Learning also extends beyond the classroom. Restorative practices, social emotional learning, emotional regulation, life and reentry skills, mentoring, and leadership development help people build confidence and skills to navigate challenges and move forward.

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OUR SERVICES

We Offer Support for Every Stage of Healing

School Based programs

Provides support within schools to help students stay connected, engaged, and on track.

Restoration Practices

Builds stronger relationships and supportive school environments through restorative approaches.

Educational Advocacy

Helps participants navigate educational systems and access the support they need.

Academic Coaching

Provides personalized guidance to strengthen learning, confidence, and academic progress.

High school Completion

Supports students as they work toward completing high school and reaching graduation.

GED preparation

Provides guidance and resources to help participants prepare for GED completion.

College Navigation

Helps participants explore, plan for, and navigate pathways into higher education.

Carrer education

Connects learning with career goals through practical education and career preparation.

Industry Certifications

Supports participants in earning credentials that can open doors to employment.

Vocational Training

Provides pathways to hands-on training and skills for future careers.

LIFE AND REENTRY SKILLS

Builds practical skills that help participants navigate daily life, reentry, and greater independence.

EMOTIONAL REGULATION

Helps participants understand and manage emotions, stress, and responses in challenging situations.

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING

Strengthens self-awareness, communication, relationship building, and healthy decision making.

LEADERSHIP AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Builds confidence, responsibility, and leadership skills that support personal growth and future goals.

THE PROJECT KINSHIP MODEL

Our Learning Approach

Learns + Heals

Emotional support can help participants reconnect with school and education.

Learns + Works

Education and career preparation work together to help participants build skills.

OUR PROGRAMS

Where Healing Connects Our Programs

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Restorative Practices in Schools

Builds safer school communities through restorative circles, mediation, mentoring, counseling, and relationship based support.

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employment & Education

Connects participants to schools, training, mentorship, paid work experience, and pathways toward meaningful employment.

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Youth transformation programs

Supports young people through counseling, mentoring, case management, family support, and coordinated reentry services.

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Reentry Success Center

Provides adults with case management, behavioral health, housing, mentoring, and coordinated reentry support.

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Kinship Center

Provides intensive care coordination and peer support for individuals facing repeated incarceration and complex barriers.

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WAGEES 24

Coordinates health, housing, benefits, and community resources for justice involved individuals with complex needs.

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Healing Institute

The Project Kinship Healing Institute is a training hub dedicated to community healing and trauma-informed practice. By blending research, professional expertise, and lived experience, we offer learning opportunities for staff, partner organizations, educators, and practitioners. Because healing requires both knowledge and relationship.

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Kinship grinds

Kinship Grinds is Project Kinship’s social enterprise, using coffee to create opportunity, build skills, and bring community together. Through the mobile coffee cart, participants gain hands-on work experience while developing confidence, workplace skills, and pathways toward future employment.

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Explore the Path Forward

Discover the Other Pillars

Discover how Kinship Works connects career preparation, paid experience, and employment support to help participants move toward meaningful work and lasting stability.