About Us

“Untapped Manpower…Our Most Abundant Natural Resource”

We are not your typical Manufacturing Plant. All of our employees are housed on-site in an efficiency home of their own, eat in a fully-staffed restaurant, have access to day and night child care and receive a paycheck that meets US Dept. of Labor minimum wage guidelines, all in exchange for a 40-hour work week!
Our program is designed for those, regardless of their life circumstances, who are in need of an opportunity to change the course of their lives.
Full educational opportunities from a GED to a college degree are available. For those aspiring to a career in technology, the trades or anything in between, training is available to support those ambitions as well.
Below you will discover the plight of those in need of opportunity, and to whom we welcome to apply to our organization.

The Homeless

• In 2024, the US experienced a significant increase in homelessness, with approximately 771,480 individuals recorded as homeless on a single night in January. This represents an 18% rise from the previous year, marking the highest count since data collection began in 2007.
• Of those experiencing homelessness in 2024, approximately 39.3% were unsheltered, residing in places not meant for human habitation.
• 53% of those living in shelters were employed they experienced homelessness and 40% of the unsheltered had formal warnings.
• There are almost 43 million people in the US living in poverty.
• Over 7 million more are homeless and categorized as ‘doubled-up’…living with friends or relatives.

Veterans

• Almost 33,000 Veterans are homeless at any given time in the America, the country they fought to serve and protect.
• Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the most prevalent cause of homelessness in Veterans.
• A 2022 study indicated that when accounting for overlooked causes of death aligned with self-harm behaviors, the average number of Veteran suicides could be as high as 44 per day, or 1 every 32 minutes.
• A 2015 VA Inspector General report revealed that hundreds of thousands of veterans listed in the VA’s enrollment system died before their applications for care were processed
• Military training and occupations are often not transferable to the civilian workforce.
• As of January of 2025, over 361,000 Veterans were unemployed, and 60% of all Veterans in the US are underemployed.

The Working Poor

• Almost 6.5 million people are considered part of the Working Poor.
• More than 5 million Americans live in ‘deep poverty’ which is related to living in third world conditions.
• Almost 37 million Americans fall below the poverty line ($15,060 per yr for 1 person and $31,200 for a family of four).
• Almost 90 million people in the United States had annual incomes ‘2 times’ below the federal poverty threshold.
• Almost half of all US workers earn less than $31,200 per year for full-time employment.
• Almost 9 million people in the US have no other income other than Food Stamps.
• Over 50 million Americans rely on Food Banks.
• Almost half of the US workforce earns less than a living wage.
• In 2024, some of America’s largest corporations such as Walmart, Amazon and McDonalds have been identified as major employers whose workers rely on Public Assistance.
• Only 44% of Americans could cover a $1,000 emergency expense from their savings, implying that 56% have less than this amount available for unexpected costs.
• Approximately 75% of workers reported living paycheck to paycheck, with minimal savings and increasing debt.
• A study by the U.S. Census Bureau noted that “hundreds of thousands of Americans at any time are in establishments that offer discounts or subsidies arranged by third parties,” including hotels and motels.

Second Chance Opportunities

• 700,000 prisoners are released from incarceration every year.
• 10% of those entering and exiting prison are homeless in the months preceding and following their incarceration.
• In a past Bureau of Labor Statistics annual report, among more than 50,000 individuals released from federal prisons, 33% had no employment over four years post-release, with no more than 40% employed at any given time.
• Ex-offenders are typically turned down for leasing in both the public and private housing sectors.
• Ex-offenders reduce their chances of getting hired for employment by 60% compared to non-offenders.
• In addition to not being able to find employment, ex-offenders must somehow find the money to pay for court costs, probation fees, child support and restitution or face possible reincarceration.
• Over 1/3 of federal prisoners are first-offense, non-violent, drug-related offenders.
• Possession of marijuana in any amount can lead to a misdemeanor which has the same alienating life-altering effect as a felony.
• Most ex-offenders were brought up on the streets when they were kids. Over 18 million children in this country live in a single parent household. Almost 3 million children have no parent living at home at all.

Victims of Domestic Violence

• Domestic violence is the #1 cause of homelessness for woman and children.
• 1 in 4 woman are victims of domestic violence
• Nearly 5.3 million incidents of Intimate Partner Violence occur among U.S. women aged 18 and older each year.
• In a recent year, the Domestic Violence Hotline received approximately 265,000 calls from victims, survivors, their families, friends, service providers, and abusers.
• Between 2001 and 2012, nearly double the amount of woman were killed by domestic violence than all the soldiers killed in both the Afghanistan and Iraqi wars during the same time period.
• The statement that “a woman is beaten every 9 seconds in the U.S.” is frequently cited in discussions about domestic violence.
  

Gang Members

• There are approximately 800,000 gang members in the U.S.
• The average age of gang members is generally around 17 to 18 years old, with a typical range of 12 to 24. While recruitment often begins in middle school (around 10-13 years old), some individuals are as young as 8, and others can be in their mid-30’s.
• There are 10.9 million single parent households in the U.S.
• 80% of those are led by the mother.
• 1 in 20 children has a parent that’s either been incarcerated or is still in prison.
• LACK OF OPPORTUNITY – poor educational resources in inner cities combined with high unemployment forces most kids to rely on ‘the streets’.
• Illicit revenue sources provide financial security.
• When youth feel excluded from mainstream society and don’t have positive role models or opportunities for social interaction, gangs can offer a sense of belonging and identity.
• Gangs offer protection from rival gangs or other forms of violence, especially in areas with high crime rates.

Aged-Out Foster Children

•  In 2023, almost 16,000 children aged out of the foster care system upon turning 18.
• After reaching the age of 18, 24% of the children who were in foster care will become instantly homeless, although they can enter the workforce at age 14 if they can find employment.
• Tens of thousands of children in the foster care system were taken away from their parents after extreme abuse.
• 71,329 youth exited foster care without the State reunifying them with their families or finding them an adoptive family.
• 75% of females and 33% of males receive government benefits to meet basic needs after aging out.
• Male former-foster children are 4 times as likely to commit a crime than non-foster males.
• Female former-foster children are 10 times as likely to commit a crime than non-foster females.
• 48% of former foster youth will be unemployed, while 60% will be convicted of a crime and nearly 50% will be incarcerated.
  
• Former foster kids are 7 times as likely to be drug addicts and twice as likely to become alcoholics than non-foster kids.
• They are 5 times more likely to develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
• 25% will not graduate from college or pass their GED. Less than 3% will attend college.
  
• In 2022, 4.2 million maltreatment reports involved 7.5 million children, with 415,445 cases (74%) involving neglect; 95,026 involved physical abuse; 59,044 sexual abuse. The CDC estimates that In 2021, 1,820 children died from abuse/neglect.
• 71% of female foster children will be pregnant by age 21.

African Americans Facing Discrimination

• Job Discrimination…resumes with White sounding names got 50% more call backs than resumes with Black sounding names.
• Wages for Whites are 26% higher than for Blacks due to discrimination.
• Discrimination in the school system…Blacks are 3-1/2 times more likely to be suspended or expelled than Whites for the ‘same offense’.
• Blacks lead all other races in the ‘school-to-prison pipeline’, and for whom that phrase was coined.
• Bank lending discrimination…Eight major banks got caught and were fined for loan discrimination against Blacks.
• Criminal justice system discrimination, aka- Mass Criminalization and Incarceration and the expansion of the Prison Industrial Complex…1 in 3 Black men will spend time in prison at some point in their lives. Once out of prison, Blacks are 3 times more likely than Whites to be disenfranchised.
• Innocent Blacks are 3-1/2 times more likely to be wrongfully convicted of sexual assault, 7 times more likely to be wrongfully convicted of murder and 12 times more likely to be wrongfully convicted of drug crimes than innocent Whites.
• White on Black killings were deemed 8 times more justifiable than Black on White. 
• 70% of NYPD stops were of Black and Latinos. Just 8% of Whites that were stopped were frisked, vs 85% Blacks and Latinos that were frisked.
• Blacks are arrested for drug offenses at rates 2-11 times higher than Whites. 
• Blacks were 33% more likely to be detained awaiting felony trials than Whites. 
• Black offenders receive sentences that are 10% longer for the same crimes, 20% more likely to receive mandatory minimum sentences, and 20% more likely to be sent to prison for similar crimes as Whites. 
• 17% of White job applicants with criminal records received employer call backs, vs only 5% of Blacks. Employers were more receptive to Whites ‘with’ criminal records than Blacks ‘without’ criminal records.

And the list goes on, “and has taken its toll on Black society.” ref: US News Report-Institutional Racism Is Our Way of Life

At Risk Youth 

• Almost 16 million children under the age of 18 lives in a single mom household in the U.S.
• From 1960 to 2016, the percentage of children living with a single mom nearly tripled.
• Less than half of all children live in a ‘traditional’ family.
• In America, there is an estimated one divorce every 80 seconds.
• The most recent estimate of approximately 850,000 gang members represents an 8.6 percent increase over the previous year.
• 1 of 5 adolescents lives in poverty.
• The ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’ is decimating the future of our youth.
• Students of color face harsher discipline for the same offense than their Caucasian peers.
• 40% of students expelled from school each year are African American.
• 70% of students involved in ‘in school’ arrests are African American.
• African American students are 3 ½ times more likely to be suspended than their Caucasian peers for the same offense.
• African-American students are twice as likely NOT to graduate high school than their Caucasian peers.
• 68% of all males in prison do not have a high school diploma.
• 50% of all foster care children African-American.
• 70% of inmates in California State Prison are former foster care youth.
• 30% of foster care youth entering the juvenile justice system are placement related behavioral cases.
• 25% of ‘aged out’ foster kids will be incarcerated shortly after turning 18.
• 50% of foster care youth will be unemployed a few years after turning 18.

Physically and Emotionally Adaptive

• Almost 1 million non-institutionalized people with a disability were ACTIVELY SEEKING EMPLOYMENT in 2016.
• 80% of people with mental illness are unemployed.
• 70% of hearing impaired are unemployed but want to work.
• Based on a 2015 survey, of the 57% of people with Down’s Syndrome that were employed, only 3% were in full time jobs. 30% of people with Down’s are employable but are unemployed.
• Over 5 million people with disabilities live below the poverty line in the U.S.
• The average Social Security Disability Income payout is $1,171 per month.
• Of the $394 billion dollar cost of mental illness in the US, $193 billion was comprised of lost earnings.
  
• Nearly half of those receiving Federal Disability Income (44%), have a mental illness, the largest and fastest growing population on disability.
•  Over 2 million Veterans have a service-related disability.
•  Disabled workers earn $9,000 less per year than their non-disabled  counterparts.
• In a study regarding Workplace Discrimination Against People with Disabilities, the three key obstacles to hiring disabled workers are:
  • 1) Negative perceptions that the disabled will create more work for their supervisors
    2) Lack of external hiring support due to lack of hiring services to help recruit the disabled
    3) Lack of internal hiring support due to insufficient budgets for creating internal expertise in hiring, accommodating and training people with disabilities
• 60% of people with mental illness want to work and 66% of those could successfully hold down a job if they were given the right support.