What We Offer
Makarios4Life program is designed for middle schools and high schools to directly address criminal thinking/criminal behavior, truancy, substance abuse prevention, bullying, gang culture, and generational poverty. Makarios4Life focuses on character development, understanding your true identity, having the courage to begin new and fight for your future. Classes are held every two weeks throughout the school year.
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MakariosLive are theatrical plays performed by formerly incarcerated adults which highlights real life scenarios about decision making and the importance of centering your life, as a young person, and working for a future free of trouble and bad decisions.
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MakariosLiveWorkshops are one day presentations which engage students with teaching panels, live testimonials, theatrical skits, and live music.
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Mentoring is essential to helping a student make the necessary decisions to create a positive life for themselves.
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Life Skills training, job preparedness training, job placement assistance, and micro-business development.
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"I think it's important for us as a society to remember that the youth within juvenile justice systems are, most of the time, youths who simply haven't had the right mentors and supporters around them - because of circumstances beyond their control."
-Q'orianka Kilcher
According to Arizona’s Juvenile Court Counts Report, 2017, there are an estimated 969,083 juveniles, ages 8-17, in the state. From July 1, 2016 to June 31, 2017, 2.3%, or 1/41 of Arizona’s children were referred to the Juvenile court system. During that time, 33,744 of the Juvenile Referrals were generated by 22,409 children, many who were already in the system, and violated probation or another form of disposition or were repeat offenders.
In 2010 it was estimated that there were 2.7 million minor children with an incarcerated parent in the United States and that at least 10 million children have experienced parental incarceration in their life-times. We know children of color are disproportionately affected: 1 in 9 are African American; 1 in 28 are Hispanic; and 1 in 57 are white. At least one-half of these children are under ten years old. We also know that the majority of people in prison are parents.
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