Matt Waltz

So for RFK Jr., Dr. Ross. That's amazing. Just know we exist. We're creating miracles. We're helping people become good citizens, good neighbors, good fathers, good sons, and helping the community with adding to the GDP, reducing crime. There's so many benefits.

So for RFK Jr., Dr. Ross. That's amazing. Just know we exist. We're creating miracles. We're helping people become good citizens, good neighbors, good fathers, good sons, and helping the community with adding to the GDP, reducing crime. There's so many benefits.

I'm not, that term does not ring a bell for me.

I'm not, that term does not ring a bell for me.

So what we're doing, we're providing discrete services, peer support, you know, group therapy. So it's just the clinical services that are being reimbursed.

So what we're doing, we're providing discrete services, peer support, you know, group therapy. So it's just the clinical services that are being reimbursed.

Correct. Shall we bring in Fred?

Correct. Shall we bring in Fred?

Well, I'm a serial entrepreneur. I've started and exited about five businesses in my career. I've never seen anything come together the way New Freedom came together. The employees love working there. I mean, the second we started hiring, we had lined up out the door to get in there. And great people who have turned their lives around. I mean, it's been nothing short of amazing.

Well, I'm a serial entrepreneur. I've started and exited about five businesses in my career. I've never seen anything come together the way New Freedom came together. The employees love working there. I mean, the second we started hiring, we had lined up out the door to get in there. And great people who have turned their lives around. I mean, it's been nothing short of amazing.

And I would love to give you a tour in person, Dr. Drew, because you hear about this program and it sounds amazing. Every time I've given a tour, people tell me, I can't believe what's happening here. You're walking, you feel the energy. The employees are fired up. The program are fired up. You feel this energy of success and hope and change that's hard to describe.

And I would love to give you a tour in person, Dr. Drew, because you hear about this program and it sounds amazing. Every time I've given a tour, people tell me, I can't believe what's happening here. You're walking, you feel the energy. The employees are fired up. The program are fired up. You feel this energy of success and hope and change that's hard to describe.

It's like nothing I've seen before. So we didn't realize when we first started, we didn't even plan on doing vocational training. It's something that evolved. People are saying, hey, we want jobs. Can you help us get jobs? So we developed this vocational training program. I've been in construction development for close to 30 years. So I brought some of my trade contractor partners in.

It's like nothing I've seen before. So we didn't realize when we first started, we didn't even plan on doing vocational training. It's something that evolved. People are saying, hey, we want jobs. Can you help us get jobs? So we developed this vocational training program. I've been in construction development for close to 30 years. So I brought some of my trade contractor partners in.

They started teaching classes and then hiring these people. Today, there are over 90 employers who hire out of New Freedom. Some of them exclusively hire from New Freedom because they're the best employees I've ever had. I mean, the average incarceration... That's a major piece of this.

They started teaching classes and then hiring these people. Today, there are over 90 employers who hire out of New Freedom. Some of them exclusively hire from New Freedom because they're the best employees I've ever had. I mean, the average incarceration... That's a major piece of this.

There are about 15 different vocational tracks, commercial driver's license. We offer peer support certification so they can go out and work in other behavioral health facilities. We have a commercial kitchen, so we're training people how to work in restaurants and do food service.

There are about 15 different vocational tracks, commercial driver's license. We offer peer support certification so they can go out and work in other behavioral health facilities. We have a commercial kitchen, so we're training people how to work in restaurants and do food service.

um yeah but the overwhelming majority are in the trades I mean it's a natural fit if talk to any general contractor or subcontractor finding people who want to work in construction is incredibly challenging and the men and women coming out of prison love that work they're not afraid to work hard they roll up their sleeves they're again you hear all the time they're some of the best employees that our employer partners are hiring

um yeah but the overwhelming majority are in the trades I mean it's a natural fit if talk to any general contractor or subcontractor finding people who want to work in construction is incredibly challenging and the men and women coming out of prison love that work they're not afraid to work hard they roll up their sleeves they're again you hear all the time they're some of the best employees that our employer partners are hiring