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Aventiv Technologies and Mission: Launch Convene Stakeholders to Advance Reentry Innovation in Los Angeles

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AVNT Aventiv Technologies is highlighted as a proud sponsor of a hackathon focused on reentry innovation, with its Chief Corporate Affairs Officer emphasizing the company's commitment to designing technology that supports justice-impacted individuals. The article showcases Aventiv's role in creating meaningful connections and strengthening community outcomes through its technology solutions.

Community-led hackathon surfaces locally informed solutions to expand education, wellness, and workforce opportunity for justice-impacted Californians

PLANO, Texas, Nov. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission: Launch, with Aventiv Technologies as a proud sponsor, shared outcomes from the 2025 Bank on 100 Million Hackathon in Los Angeles, a two-day convening designed to bring justice-impacted leaders, employers, technologists, and community partners together to co-create reentry solutions rooted in lived experience. The event centered on creating connections and fostering dialogue to drive actionable, community-informed outcomes for California's reentry landscape.

In California, where more than 40,000 individuals are released from state prisons each year and nearly 40 percent return within three years, the need for collaborative, community-driven solutions is urgent. The Hackathon aimed to address these challenges head-on by developing practical tools to improve reentry success, reduce recidivism, and strengthen pathways to employment and stability.

"What happened in these rooms wasn't theory; it was real problem-solving," said Teresa Hodge, CEO of Mission: Launch and Chair of the Aventiv Advisory Board. "When justice-impacted people help design the tools they need for work, housing, and stability, the outcomes are stronger, faster, and rooted in lived experience. This partnership helps create true second chances in California."

Through roundtable discussions, California-focused ideation, listening sessions, and concept design, participants developed several core solution areas aligned with the state's priorities. Each area was informed by partners in attendance, whose specialized expertise shaped the discussions:

"I'm grateful to be part of this Hackathon; it was filled with real energy, real ideas, and a vision that feels achievable," said Sam Lewis, a national advocate for justice impacted individuals. "Innovation is the next step in transforming correctional facilities into places where people can access technology, education, and rehabilitation. My hope is simple: that every person in custody, in every city and state across our country, has a tablet in their hands so they can learn, grow, and work toward becoming the best version of themselves."

Fireside Chats and Listening Session

"These listening sessions ground us in what matters most," said Margita Thompson, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Aventiv Technologies. "Hearing directly from justice-impacted people ensures we design technology that aligns with California's workforce needs, centers lived experience and strengthens connection and opportunity in the reentry journey. "These insights help us build technology that supports people as they reenter into the real world and move forward."

Roadmap and Next Steps

Mission: Launch and partners will now shape these ideas into a reentry innovation roadmap, identifying the most viable concepts to advance toward real-world implementation in California communities.

For more information on Hackathon events, visit Mission: Launch's website.

About Aventiv Technologies

Aventiv Technologies, headquartered in Plano, Texas, is a leading provider of innovative, secure technology solutions that transform connectivity for correctional facilities, law enforcement agencies, incarcerated individuals, and their loved ones. Through its trusted brands—Securus Technologies®, Securus Monitoring®, and JPay®—Aventiv delivers over 80 cost-effective, safety-enhancing products that drive operational efficiency and create meaningful connections that strengthen community outcomes. Serving over 1,800 agencies nationwide, Aventiv is part of the Platinum Equity portfolio. Learn more at www.Aventiv.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X.

About Mission: Launch

Mission: Launch Headquartered in Columbia, MD, Mission: Launch (M:L) supports individuals living with arrest or conviction records and uplifts the voices of families impacted by mass incarceration. Its mission is to shorten the time it takes justice-impacted individuals to achieve economic stability through pathways to family-sustaining wages. For over a decade, Mission: Launch has led the country in building cross-sector bridges through convenings, coalition building, and innovation cohorts. Signature initiatives include the Bank on 100 Million Coalition, the hackathon convening platform, and LaunchPad Career Pathways, a 12-month career exposure program for justice-impacted workers to drive American growth in high-demand sectors.

SOURCE Aventiv Technologies