Diana Sanchez, a Los Angeles single mom, worked over 80 hours a week at two minimum wage jobs until discovering an apprenticeship with the Flintridge Center. This program trains individuals for blue-collar jobs, contributing to Sanchez's new ironworker role, where she earns over $30 an hour for 40 hours of work. The center, serving mainly formerly incarcerated individuals, boasts a 90% non-recidivism rate for graduates, significantly lower than the county average. Training costs $7,000 per trainee and aims to provide economic advancement while saving taxpayer money.
Sanchez now makes just over $30 an hour, almost double California's minimum wage, and she only works 40 hours a week.
Ninety percent of graduates do not return to prison, unlike the L.A. County average of 53%.
The Flintridge Center costs $7,000 per trainee, compared to the over $130,000 annual cost of imprisoning an individual in California.
The program is not only saving taxpayer dollars, it is providing a pathway to economic advancement for formerly incarcerated individuals.
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