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Peer Mentorship
You Do Not Have to Rebuild Alone.
Candice Baughman provides lived-experience mentorship for justice-impacted individuals who are preparing for release, coming home, or trying to rebuild their life with dignity, support, and hope.
300+
People Supported
Mentorship With Understanding
Support From Someone Who Knows the Road Back.
Peer mentorship is not about judgment, lectures, or empty encouragement. It is about walking alongside people with honesty, practical guidance, lived experience, accountability, and hope.
Candice in the Community
Mentorship Happens Through Relationship, Trust & Showing Up
Candice’s work is personal, relational, and community-centered. She walks with people as they take real steps toward stability, healing, and a better future.
How Candice Helps
Peer Mentorship That Helps People Move Forward
Candice helps people slow down, identify what matters most, and take practical next steps toward stability, confidence, and community connection.
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Listening Without Judgment
Candice begins with each person’s story, needs, barriers, and goals. The mentorship relationship starts with dignity and trust.
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Preparing for Reentry
For those preparing for release, Candice helps identify practical next steps, fears, needs, and resources before the transition home.
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Resource Navigation
Candice helps individuals connect with community resources related to basic needs, transportation, education, recovery, employment, and support.
04
Confidence Building
Reentry requires courage. Candice helps people rebuild confidence, practice self-advocacy, and remember that a new future is possible.
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Accountability & Encouragement
Mentorship includes honest encouragement, realistic goals, healthy boundaries, and support through challenges.
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Community Connection
Candice helps individuals move from isolation toward supportive relationships, programs, partners, and trusted community connections.
The Mentorship Pathway
A Simple Way to Begin.
Peer mentorship works best when the process feels human, clear, and possible. Candice helps people move one step at a time.
Step 01
Connect
Start with a conversation. Candice listens to your story, your needs, your hopes, and what feels difficult right now.
Step 02
Name the Need
Together, you identify what support matters most: resources, planning, confidence, education, employment, or community.
Step 03
Make a Plan
Candice helps break the journey into practical next steps that feel clear, realistic, and manageable.
Step 04
Walk Forward
Through encouragement, accountability, and connection, mentorship helps people keep moving toward stability and hope.
Who This Is For
Peer Mentorship for People Rebuilding Their Lives
People Preparing for Release
Candice can help individuals think through what life after release may look like and begin identifying supports before they come home.
Recently Released Individuals
For those already home, mentorship can help with next steps, community connection, confidence, and navigating real-life challenges.
Families & Supporters
Families and loved ones can also benefit from guidance, encouragement, and a better understanding of the reentry journey.
Programs & Community Partners
Candice supports organizations seeking lived-experience mentorship, peer support insight, and stronger reentry pathways.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
Start a Conversation With Candice Today
Whether you are preparing for release, recently home, supporting a loved one, or building a reentry program, Candice is here to help people move forward with dignity, support, and hope.