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Amachi History The word Amachi is a Nigerian word that means, “Who knows what God has brought us through this child?” The Amachi program dates to 2001 and was the result of a collaborative think tank which included the University of Pennsylvania, Pew Charitable Trust, Public Private Ventures, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Then, as now, the mission was/is to break the intergenerational cycle of crime and incarceration and give a forgotten (invisible) group of children the chance to reach their highest potential. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr., a former two-term mayor of Philadelphia, took the mission to heart and implemented it successfully in Philadelphia and across the country. Amachi Texas is a joint initiative between the Office of the Governor, The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Education Agency, OneStar Foundation and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Texas. People of Texas Mentoring Children of Promise
While many programs reach out to those incarcerated, very few address the specific needs of the children affected by this situation. The Amachi Texas program is designed to address these needs and alter the potentially negative direction of these children’s lives. The Amachi Texas program ensures that these children will benefit from the interaction of having an additional caring adult in their lives. Amachi Texas Mentoring Partners Texas Youth Commission  About Amachi Texas/TYC Youth Mentoring:
On April 1, 2009, Amachi Texas joined the mentoring effort at TYC's Gainesville State School. The partnership will greatly expand mentoring services at the campus. Each adult volunteer will be matched with a TYC youth for six months prior to the youth's release, and will continue the mentor relationship for a year afterward. The mentor will receive specialized training and help from a professional 'match support specialist' who will monitor the match monthly. Match support specialists will serve as liaisons not only between mentors and youth, but also parents and guardians to help with any issues that may arise. Dallas Bar Association 
About Dallas Bar Association "Mentoring the Next Generation" is the 2009 Dallas Bar Association (DBA) theme, and the premier mentoring program being brought to the DBA is Amachi Texas. This partnership provides members of the DBA to give back to the community in which they serve through mentoring children impacted by incarceration. TOMS Shoes 
TOMS Shoes founded in 2006, has a simple one-to-one policy - for every pair of its unique light weight slip on shoes purchased, TOMS Shoes donates a pair to an underprivileged child in a third world country. Now for a limited time, every pair of TOMS Shoes sold a pair will go to an underprivileged child plus a percentage of the sale will be donated to the Amachi Texas program. Prison Fellowship Prison Fellowship, founded by Chuck Colson, reaches out to prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families both as an act of service to Jesus Christ and as a contribution to restoring peace to our cities and communities endangered by crime. The best way to transform our communities is to transform the people within those communities.
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