A central Illinois non-profit is getting itself in front of incarcerated Logan County inmates to provide a portion of its services to inmates.

Alison Rumler-Gomez is the Executive Director of Community Action and she indicates she has been going to jail in recent weeks. She recently connected to the Logan County Sheriff's Department and is getting in front of its detainees providing portions of services designed to form good habits.

Community Action recently developed an app called 'Grow Me' and Rumler-Gomez indicates it is designed for their clients but they are tailoring it for these inmates to help them. She says the response has been tremendous.

The mobile app provides a lot of interactive ways of measuring progress but because detainees do not have access to electronic devices or the internet, Rumler-Gomez indicates they have to do a lot of their measurements of progress on a week-to-week basis. She says it hasn't been a problem and credits the detainees for working hard and wanting to be a part of the process.

Rumler-Gomez hopes the inmates will view the opportunity as something they would probably not otherwise take advantage of. She has received positive feedback and has seen good effort from the detainees so far.

While the ultimate goal is to provide good sound principles for these folks to not end up back in jail, she hopes at a simpler level she provides sound principles for their lives. She enjoys giving people the tools and resources to change their lives and live a different way.