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Defy Ventures' mission is to shift mindsets to give people with criminal histories their best shot at a second chance through career readiness, personal development, and entrepreneurship training programs offered in prisons and in the community. With a vision to cut recidivism rates in half by leveraging entrepreneurship to increase economic opportunity and transform lives, Defy currently works in eight states and 27 prisons nationwide.

Recovery Partners, founded in 2005, is a nationally licensed collection agency that provides recovery services to Insurance, Education, Healthcare, and other business segments within the collection industry. Recovery Partners’ process driven work treatment delivers results on subrogation claims, student loans, and medical accounts. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Recovery Partners serves an extensive and diverse client base, including many large national insurance carriers, medical providers, and as a subcontractor for the Department of Education. Recovery Partners has long maintained a reputation for excellence in the following areas of subrogation recovery results, student loan recovery management, and healthcare collections. Recovery Partners’ techniques, technology, and trained professionals execute client specific processes to maximize performance, compliance, and data security. We are Experts in: Subrogation Recovery | Property & Casualty, Workers Compensation, Healthcare | Student Loan Collections | Department of Education Subcontractor | Consumer and Business Collections Data and System Security: SSAE16 SOC2 Compliant

Pathways is a Birmingham-based agency which provides housing and support for women and children who are in shelter and on the streets. Pathways’ mission is “ending homelessness for women and children through hospitality, housing and hope.” Pathways was created in January 2003 by the merger of Bread and Roses Hospitality, Inc. and Birmingham Partnership Assistance to the Homeless (PATH). Both agencies began in the 1980s as responses to the increasing number of women and children who were experiencing homelessness. Bread and Roses began a shelter in 1983 with the support of The Catholic Diocese and became a United Way agency in 1986. St. Mary’s Guild of the Cathedral Church of the Advent and Greater Birmingham Ministries began PATH in 1985 as a day shelter where food, clean clothing, showers and laundry facilities were provided. Last year this program served 1,291 women and children. Pathways continues to expand its services to meet the needs of homeless women and their children. Today the agency operates three transitional shelters and ten two-bedroom transitional apartments in Birmingham, and a housing program for chronically homeless women at our downtown location. Each of Pathways’ housing programs includes supportive services and case management.