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How was the class helpful? “I thought I was the victim. Now I understand I am not the victim.” B. Lee “I learned that I need to take responsibility for my actions, and how my community was affected by me driving drunk. I am happy I took this class.” L. Nelsen “I learned my (crime) harm affected way more people than I thought.” C. Boggs - CJC TRANSFORMING HARM to HEALING to HOPE!   43rd North Platte, NE. Adult Probation Dist. 11 - CJC Peer Led Trauma Informed brief Restorative Justice Intervention (RJI) “Crime Victims Impact/Emotional Hygiene (Life Skills) class” Saturday – March 2, 2024. Out of the ten (10) justice involved individuals who attended our RJI – 80% demonstrated some level of empathetic response or insight into the effects their actions had on their victims or communities. The average ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience – child trauma) score for this class was “5” out of 10; with nine or 90% rating our program EXCELLENT! #goodwillLincoln #victimsimpactstatements #reentry #restorativejustice #transformativejustice

How was the class helpful? “Helped me understand how to better manage my emotions using the emotion hygiene tech.” D. Schaffert “Showing me how my actions affected the community.” J. Boline  “Helped me with my ANGER. I learned how many different people were victims due to my choices. Also Learning how many victims I have!”  P. Wahlstrom - CJC TRANSFORMING HARM to HEALING to HOPE!   315th Lincoln, NE. Adult Probation Dist. 2 - CJC Peer Led Trauma Informed brief Restorative Justice Intervention (RJI) “Crime Victims Impact/Emotional Hygiene (Life Skills) class” Saturday – March 2, 2024. Out of the fifteen (15) justice involved individuals who attended our RJI – 60% demonstrated some level of empathetic response or insight into the effects their actions had on their victims or communities. The average ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience – child trauma) score for this class was “5” out of 10; with elven or 73% rating our program EXCELLENT! #goodwillLincoln #victimsimpactstatements #reentry #restorativejustice #transformativejustice

How was the class helpful? “It really taught me ways to stop ANGER before it progresses.” C. Prather “Learning different techniques and how I have more than just ONE victim!” R.  Martin  “It gave me the process (emotional hygiene tech)  to think problems out.” C.  Kolymago - CJC TRANSFORMING HARM to HEALING to HOPE!   12TH Kearney, NE. Adult Probation Dist. 9 - CJC Peer Led Trauma Informed brief Restorative Justice Intervention (RJI) “Crime Victims Impact/Emotional Hygiene (Life Skills) class” Saturday – April 13, 2024. Out of the seven (7) justice involved individuals who attended our RJI – 57% demonstrated some level of empathetic response or insight into the effects their actions had on their victims or communities. The average ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience – child trauma) score for this class was a “6” out of 10; with five or 71% rating our program EXCELLENT! #goodwillLincoln #victimsimpactstatements #reentry #restorativejustice #transformativejustice

How was the class helpful? “Helped show me how to manage my emotions and work through them. Showed a new perspective on how my crimes affected others.” B. Phillip “Taught me what I did effects and go further than the direct victim.” C. Scalf “How to control my anger.” J. Quinones-Medina -  CJC TRANSFORMING HARM to HEALING to HOPE!   313th Lincoln, NE Adult Probation Dist. 3 CJC Trauma Informed brief Restorative Justice Intervention (RJI) “Crime Victims Impact/Emotional Hygiene (Life Skills) class” Saturday, February 3, 2024. Out of the  twelve (12) justice involved individuals who attended our RJ Intervention 58% demonstrated some level of empathetic response or insight into the effects their actions had on their victims or communities. The average ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience – child trauma) score for this class was a “5 with eight or 67% rating our program EXCELLENT! - #goodwillLincoln #victimimpactstatements #reentry #restorativejustice #transformativejustice

How was the class helpful? “Help take other people emotions into consideration that will help me make better decisions and not to repeat or do anything else.” L. Heineman “It helped me to understand the effects that my crime have on multiple (thousands) of other people.” K.  Barnett “Helped me understand what harm I did.” R. Barnett - CJC TRANSFORMING HARM to HEALING to HOPE!   50th Beatrice, NE. Adult Probation Dist. 1 - CJC Peer Led Trauma Informed brief Restorative Justice Intervention (RJI) “Crime Victims Impact/Emotional Hygiene (Life Skills) class” Saturday – April 13, 2024. Out of the seven (7) justice involved individuals who attended our RJI – 71% demonstrated some level of empathetic response or insight into the effects their actions had on their victims or communities. The average ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience – child trauma) score for this class was a “7” out of 10; with all seven or 100% rating our program EXCELLENT! #goodwillLincoln #victimsimpactstatements #reentry #restorativejustice #transformativejustice

How was the class helpful? “Great presentation. I learned a lot about how I impacted people.” R. Mcgraw “Yes, was helpful with understanding how many more people my choices impacted and harmed.” J. Jurgensen “I learned how to process my emotions and my actions and how they have affected everything around me.” J. Russell -  CJC TRANSFORMING HARM to HEALING to HOPE!   75th Norfolk, NE. Adult Probation Dist. 7 CJC Trauma Informed brief Restorative Justice Intervention (RJI) “Crime Victims Impact/Emotional Hygiene (Life Skills) class” Saturday, December 9, 2023. Out of the eleven (11) justice involved individuals who attended our RJ Intervention 73% demonstrated some level of empathetic response or insight into the effects their actions had on their victims or communities. The average ACE score for this class was a “6” with nine or 82% rating our program EXCELLENT! #goodwillLincoln #victimimpactstatements #reentry #restorativejustice #transformativejustice

How was the class helpful? “I Needed this!” A. Isburg “Everything! I thought I really had no victim but I had many more. The tools EH (emotional hygiene).”  J. Martinez “Everything I am taking home with me is absolutely beneficial to my recovery “Daniel Sindt - CJC TRANSFORMING HARM to HEALING to HOPE!   11th Kearney, NE. Adult Probation Dist. 9 CJC Trauma Informed brief Restorative Justice Intervention (RJI) “Crime Victims Impact/Emotional Hygiene (Life Skills) class” Saturday, February 3, 2024. Out of the seven (7) justice involved individuals who attended our RJ Intervention 86% demonstrated some level of empathetic response or insight into the effects their actions had on their victims or communities. The average ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience – child trauma) score for this class was a “5 with all seven or 100% rating our program EXCELLENT! - #goodwillLincoln #victimimpactstatements #reentry #restorativejustice #transformativejustice

How was the class helpful? “Learning about my Emotional Hygiene, the Harm (apology) Letters, and my Direct/Indirect victims.” N. Primes  “Understanding where my anger comes from and how to address it.” W. Lanier  “Showed me a different ways to cope with my emotions rather than jumping to ANGER!” H. Magnuson - CJC TRANSFORMING HARM to HEALING to HOPE!   113th Omaha, NE. Adult Probation Dist. 4A CJC Trauma Informed brief Restorative Justice Intervention (RJI) “Crime Victims Impact/Emotional Hygiene (Life Skills) class” Saturday, November 4, 2023. Out of the elven (11) justice involved individuals who attended our RJ Intervention 55% demonstrated some level of empathetic response or insight into the effects their actions had on their victims or communities. The average ACE score for this class was a “4” with all elven or 100% rating our program EXCELLENT! #goodwillLincoln #victimimpactstatements #reentry #restorativejustice #transformativejustice

How was the class helpful? “I was very surprised about how much I got out of this class! It taught me to manager my feelings (emotional hygiene tech)” J. Munson “Was able to see and control my anger and also how to clean up my emotional messes.” D. Davis “Helped me with problem solving.” R. Lytle - CJC TRANSFORMING HARM to HEALING to HOPE!   118th Omaha,  NE Adult Probation Dist. 4A CJC Trauma Informed brief Restorative Justice Intervention (RJI) “Crime Victims Impact/Emotional Hygiene (Life Skills) class” Saturday, February 10, 2024. Out of the nine (9) justice involved individuals who attended our RJ Intervention 78% demonstrated some level of empathetic response or insight into the effects their actions had on their victims or communities. The average ACE score (Adverse Childhood Experience – child trauma) for this class was a “5” with all nine or 100% rating our program EXCELLENT! - #goodwillLincoln #victimimpactstatements #reentry #restorativejustice #transformativejustice

How was the class helpful? “It was helpful for me because I got to learn and see how my actions affected everyone including my community, victims’ families.” A. Cronin  “Yes, explained how crime hurts the community how it causes the Domino Effect.” T. Yonker “Gave me a broader aspect on how my harm affected others. It also made me understand the indirect harm that I did.” A. Karr - CJC TRANSFORMING HARM to HEALING to HOPE!   58th Hastings, NE. Adult Probation Dist. 10 - CJC Peer Led Trauma Informed brief Restorative Justice Intervention (RJI) “Crime Victims Impact/Emotional Hygiene (Life Skills) class” Saturday – April 13, 2024. Out of the seven (7) justice involved individuals who attended our RJI – 63% demonstrated some level of empathetic response or insight into the effects their actions had on their victims or communities. The average ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience – child trauma) score for this class was a “5” out of 10; with all seven or 63% rating our program EXCELLENT! #goodwillLincoln #victimsimpactstatements #reentry #restorativejustice #transformativejustice