BROKEN CHAMPIONS
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| Organization | Broken Champions Inc. |
| Status | 501(c)(3) public charity, 509(a)(2), effective Feb 2, 2026 |
| EIN | 41-4019197 |
| Service area | Indiana (directory covers all 92 counties) |
| Population | Adults incarcerated in Indiana and returning home; veterans track |
| Contact | Bane Elliott, Co-Founder & Reentry Specialist · admin@brokenchampions.com · 260-508-6867 |
Before release
Broken Champions provides mentoring and transitional services to adults returning from Indiana prisons. Before release, a Dream Team of twelve screened volunteers maintains weekly contact and funds commissary and a reentry fund that builds the person's credit.
Release day
On release day we meet the person at the gate and stabilize the first 72 hours (lodging, phone, food, IDs, benefits, and the first supervision report), then follow up at 30, 90, and 365 days, connecting people to existing services through our county-by-county directory. Faith-based programming is voluntary and privately funded.
Evaluation
Indicators, IDOC-comparable definitions, reporting with sample sizes.
Unit cost
$1,628
Itemized cost from the gate to employable, including a week of lodging and the volunteer.
Federal alignment
The Bureau of Justice Assistance's Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program funds nonprofits to provide “mentoring and transitional services for adults returning to communities after a period of incarceration.” Dream Teams (mentoring) plus release-day and first-year support (transitional services) match that purpose directly.
Federal alignment
Federal alignment
Our proposed FreedomSure pilot also aligns with Second Chance Act priorities on technical violations and accountability.