Rise Up Industries

Rise Up Industries minimizes gang involvement by providing integrated gang prevention, gang intervention, and post-detention reentry services.

Rise Up Industries (RUI) was founded in 2013 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, modeled after Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the world’s most successful gang intervention and reentry program. In March 2016, we opened our Reentry Program. It assists formerly incarcerated, previously gang involved individuals to successfully reenter society; thereby reducing the gang population and the recidivism rate. A key component of the Reentry Program is employment and job training in our Machine Shop Social Enterprise. The social enterprise provides on the job training (OJT) on contracted machining work that generates revenue to help off-set program operating costs.

In August 2024, RUI launched Rise Up Leadership Academy (RULA). RULA is a gang-prevention program that serves youth beginning in 5th grade and will continue to provide services through high school graduation.