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Life Learning Center seeks local support for reentry program in Morehead
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Alicia Webb Edgington, president and CEO of Life Learning Center, told the Morgan County Fiscal Court the nonprofit has funding for five years to open a Morehead site and cited a 3.82% recidivism rate for graduates as evidence the program aids workforce reentry.
Alicia Webb Edgington, president and CEO of Life Learning Center, asked the Morgan County Fiscal Court for support as the nonprofit expands to Morehead and nearby counties.
Edgington, who said she is a retired Kentucky state trooper and served with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, urged the court to consider the program as a bridge between treatment or incarceration and steady employment. "Once individuals are outside of treatment, outside of incarceration, they are directed to us," she said, describing Life Learning Center as a workforce reentry program rather than a treatment facility.
The organization emphasizes five "pillars of life" — physical, financial, emotional, relational and spiritual — and partners with more than 200 employers, presenters said. Deborah Ehresman, a project director who identified herself with UK Saint Clair AHEC and as Life Learning Center's strategic communications and planning officer, joined the presentation and helped describe program operations and communications plans.
Edgington told the court Life Learning Center measures recidivism using data from Justice Exchange and said graduates from Covington, Kenton, Boone and Campbell counties had a 3.82 percent recidivism rate. She contrasted that figure with a stated national average of "hovers at 83 percent," framing the local figure as evidence of the program's effectiveness; the meeting transcript records both figures as claims made by Edgington.
The presenters said they have secured funding to operate in Morehead for five years, left printed materials with the court, offered to make their video available to the court later, and invited members to tour the facility. "Please stop by. Take a tour. Kick the tires. See what we do," Edgington said.
The judge and court members offered brief favorable remarks; one attendee described the program as filling a gap between rehabilitation and teaching practical life skills. The presenters said they would accept follow-up questions by email and encouraged any court members who could to visit the site.
The Life Learning Center presentation concluded with the group thanking the court for the opportunity; presenters noted partnership with UK Saint Clair AHEC and emphasized employer connections as a core part of their model.
The court proceeded to routine business after the presentation.
