Presidential / policy brief
Rolling Redemption – Freight miles that keep families together.
A small, contained pilot that turns trucking into a practical, measurable re-entry and
workforce tool – one that stabilizes families and reduces repeat justice-system use.
Thesis: A scalable, road-based re-entry model that turns freight miles into
family, financial, and future stability. We use trucking and CDL work not just to “place”
people in jobs, but to deliberately stabilize housing, income, and parenting time – the
three pillars that actually move recidivism.
The problem we’re addressing
- Re-entry often fails not from lack of programs, but from fragmented support.
- People bounce between short-term work, unstable housing, and crisis parenting arrangements.
- Systems measure “placements” and “program completions” instead of years that families stay intact.
The core idea
Rolling Redemption uses a small fleet of trucks as a mobile, revenue-generating platform
for re-entry:
- Participants move through CDL training into curated trucking roles with coaching and guardrails.
- Each participant has a plan for housing, debt, and parenting time aligned to their lane.
- We track “family-years stabilized” – not just jobs – as the primary outcome.
Why trucking?
- Chronic driver shortages and high churn create room for a structured, high-support lane.
- Revenue from freight miles can fund the support infrastructure if it’s designed correctly.
- Schedules and geography can be managed to protect parenting time instead of destroying it.
What leadership would see from a pilot
- A contained cohort with clear intake, guardrails, and exit criteria.
- Shared data on housing, income, parenting time, and justice-system contact.
- A template for expanding to other corridors or partner fleets if it works.
For deeper numbers see the investor view and impact table:
Investor View ·
Impact / academic table