In a collaboration of a 3-way partnership: CRAM, Inc., the L.E.A.D.E.R. Project and TLC Work-Based Training Program, Inc. (in partnership with TLC Construction & Renovation, LLC), provides skills and on-the-job training in construction and renovation trades, that certainly enhances the vision of the L.E.A.D.E.R. Project.  TLC owner, Tarik Casteel (a highly successful ex-offender) secures renovation and construction contracts that create employment opportunities and on-the-job training for ex-offenders.  More importantly, the 3-way partnership empowers ex-offenders and “hard to place individuals” to become self sufficient through employment, secure supportive housing through residential properties managed by the 3-way partnership, secure permanent housing through our mentoring services, entrepreneurship mentoring and other support services needed to experience a positive reentry from confinement to the community.

Governor Leader’s daughter, Jane Leader-Janeczek, so graciously picked up the mantel of her father and continues to be consistently involved with the 3-way partnership.  Jane is mentoring Juanita Edrington-Grant, Tarik’s aunt and Director of CRAM, Inc., and Tarik in areas of financial sustainability for the future of their organizations and the collaboration of the 3-way partnership. Jane’s guidance focuses on: how to produce additional services that benefit the client and the community, public safety, successful reentry of ex-offenders, reducing recidivism and generating additional property tax income for the City of Harrisburg.