Project M.E.S.S. Initiative

Project M.E.S.S. (Mentorship, Economic Mobility, Stability & Support Services) is Taming My M.E.S.S. Foundation’s comprehensive, trauma-informed reentry initiative designed to empower justice-impacted women and at-risk girls as they rebuild their lives. Through partnerships with local and state correctional institutions, community organizations, and referral partners, participants are engaged before and after release, creating a continuum of care that promotes healing, restores hope, reduces recidivism, and creates pathways to long-term economic mobility and self-sufficiency.

Mentorship

Personalized, relationship-centered mentorship pairs participants with trained mentors and peer support specialists—many with lived experience—who provide consistent guidance, encouragement, and accountability throughout the reentry journey. Beginning with pre-release engagement and continuing into the community, mentorship helps participants build resilience, strengthen decision-making, and successfully navigate the emotional and practical challenges of rebuilding their lives.

Economic Mobility

Economic mobility is more than employment—it’s about creating sustainable career pathways that lead to long-term financial stability and independence. Through workforce readiness training, career coaching, resume development, industry-recognized certifications, and transitional employment opportunities, participants gain the skills, credentials, and confidence needed to secure meaningful careers.

Stability

Long-term success begins with a strong foundation. Participants receive individualized support to develop life skills, establish healthy routines, access housing and community resources, navigate transportation barriers, and strengthen their overall stability. These services help reduce crisis-driven setbacks while empowering participants to build independent, productive lives.

Support Services

Project M.E.S.S. provides holistic, wraparound support that addresses the whole person. Through case management, resource navigation, support groups, referrals, life skills development, and wellness-focused programming, participants receive the tools, encouragement, and community connections needed to heal, grow, and thrive. By addressing barriers to success and promoting overall well-being, the Foundation empowers women to create lasting change for themselves, their families, and future generations.

At Taming My M.E.S.S. Foundation, we believe lasting transformation begins with mentorship, grows through economic mobility, is sustained by stability, and is strengthened through ongoing supportive services and aftercare. Together, these four pillars create a pathway from incarceration to opportunity—reducing recidivism, restoring hope, and empowering women to build brighter futures for themselves, their families, and their communities.

The Project M.E.S.S. Workforce Development Program creates career pathways for justice-impacted women through workforce readiness, industry-recognized training and credentials, hands-on learning, paid work experience, mentorship, and individualized career support.

Our goal is simple: prepare women for more than a job—we prepare them for a career.

Four Career Pathways

Project M.E.S.S. is designed to provide multiple pathways to employment, career advancement, and entrepreneurship. Each pathway combines training, practical experience, mentorship, and support to help women move toward sustainable economic independence.

Career Pathway #1 | Commercial Cleaning Academy

Our Commercial Cleaning Academy prepares participants to enter the commercial cleaning industry with the technical skills, professional knowledge, credentials, and confidence needed to succeed.

Participants receive comprehensive training focused on industry standards, workplace safety, professionalism, customer service, job readiness, and career development. Participants also receive individualized guidance to help identify their goals and determine the best next step after completing the program.

From Training to Opportunity

Completing the academy is not the end of the journey—it is the beginning of a career pathway.

Paid Internship & Transitional Employment

Eligible graduates may have the opportunity to participate in paid internships and transitional employment through M.E.S.S. Haven Cleaning Services, our social enterprise. Participants gain real-world experience, strengthen their work history, develop professional skills, and prepare for long-term employment.

Employment Pathway

Participants who want to pursue a career in commercial cleaning can continue building their experience and move toward employment opportunities within the industry.

Entrepreneurship Pathway

For women interested in business ownership, Taming My M.E.S.S. provides one-on-one guidance to help participants explore starting and developing their own cleaning business—from understanding the next steps to building the foundation for sustainable self-employment.

Continued Career & Business Advancement

Eligible participants may also have opportunities to advance into additional workforce and entrepreneurship programs, including the Step Up program, to continue developing their skills, business knowledge, and economic opportunities.

More Than a Job. A Pathway.

At Taming My M.E.S.S. Foundation, we believe workforce development is about more than helping women find jobs. It is about creating a pathway from training to experience, experience to opportunity, and opportunity to economic mobility.

Through Project M.E.S.S., women can access training, industry-recognized credentials, mentorship, paid experience, employment opportunities, entrepreneurship support, and continued career development.

Our vision is not simply to help women get hired. It is to help women build careers, increase their earning potential, achieve financial stability, and create generational change.

Career Pathway #1: Commercial Cleaning Academy

Launching Winter 2026. Stay tuned for program updates and enrollment information.