Here Are the Details on Our Successful TYRO Programming! TYRO: (Latin, n): an apprentice, novice, or young warrior, someone learning something new, or founding father.
TYRO, our flagship suite of programs, was created and is based on the Tijerina family's personal experience with welfare and incarceration. It is comprised of four components: TYRO Dads, Couple Communication®, TYRO Job Ethics Training (JET), and TYROnomics. TYRO is a holistic, multi-faceted character-building program, designed to strengthen individuals and families. It teaches participants how to overcome destructive generational cycles of poverty, incarceration, and dependency. TYRO ADULT PROGRAM SUITE
- TYRO Dads
- TYRO Job Ethics Training (JET)
- TYROnomics
- Couple Communication
Our TYRO programs offer individuals a clear picture of what responsibility looks like, and how they can achieve success within themselves and their own family. The RIDGE Project's nationally recognized TYRO Programs have yielded the following positive results: Ex-Offender Recidivism 3.28% one-year rate for TYROs! Fatherhood/Marriage 98.9% of TYRO participants improved in at least one responsible parenting or healthy marriage category! Workforce Development 225 clients placed in jobs generating over $6 million in taxable wages!* Infraction Rate TYROs are 46.2% less likely to have an infraction than non-TYROs!** *For participants who completed the TYRO program and obtained employment between April 2012 and August 2013. Clients were obtaining employment prior to April 2012, but tracking employment data did not begin until April 2012. **As recently measured at Belmont Correctional Institution. "This project has been very successful in reuniting families, in particular after the fathers leave prison, keeping them home and out of prison. And, to have a successful program that achieves results in that area is absolutey astounding." - Lynn Wachtmann, Former Ohio Senator and State Representative |