About Indiana Reentry Corporation
I didn't write a grant proposal about the gap.
I built infrastructure to close it.
Tammy J. Scudder — Founder & CEO
Tammy J. Scudder spent decades in corporate leadership before a federal conviction changed everything. When she walked out of a federal facility, she encountered the same system that fails 68% of returning citizens within three years: disconnected services, no coordinated plan, and no unified front door.
She didn't write an op-ed about the gap. She built the infrastructure to close it.
Indiana Reentry Corporation was designed from the inside out — by someone who lived the failure of the system and had the corporate, operational, and policy experience to build something better. IRC is not a social services add-on. It is a coordination infrastructure: a platform, a coalition, and a three-year commitment to every person who walks through its door.
"I walked out of a facility and found nothing coordinated waiting for me. No connected path. No unified system. Just the same broken experience that fails 68% of people within three years. So I built the door that should have been there."
Tammy's theory of change is built on three truths: identity must come before workforce, systems must be built before they are needed, and no one can build a coalition alone. IRC's three pillars reflect exactly that.
IRC's theory of change
Identity First → Operating System → Coalition
Pillar 1 & 2
inPOWER™
Identity healing and skills
Mental health stabilization and 44-week gender-responsive curriculum. inPOWER Her™ and inPOWER Him™ build the internal foundation required before workforce readiness is possible.
Pillar 3
Reentry OS™
The operating system
EEOC Green Factor documentation, SOC-coded job matching, 207 PIRL fields, and 365-day retention tracking. Fair-chance hiring infrastructure that works for employers and participants.
The Coalition
The Village™
10-domain Co-Builder network
Without a coordinated coalition, even the best individual services fail. The Village™ connects 10 service domains under one participant ID standard and shared outcome framework.