JPMA-certified, elevated, rocking bassinets from old doors

Plans for turning restored, solid wood planks, from barns, decks and old, solid-wood doors into elevated, rocking bassinets for preemies to 25 pound babies.

1. Check for donated solid wood at the Habitat for Humanity shops. Check for lead paint and sealants.

2.  Get HEPA filter masks, and the following supplies:

-Power sanders and discs in varying grit textures

-Table saws, and carpentry tools for dove-tailing the reclaimed wood together

-Stencils and washable markers/pencils to mark the wood for cutting, dovetailing

-Internet-capable computer systems and printer for printing out plans/instructions/blueprints.

3.  Allocate materials per bassinet, e.g. 5 solid-wood exterior doors from available supplies per bassinet.

4.  There are free woodworking plans online that can be translated by master carpenters into JPMA-certified blueprints.

7.  Some design criteria:

Well-ventilated workspaces, e.g. donated, abandoned warehouses

Protective gear: masks, steel-toed boots and clothing

Blueprints and training by master carpenters, 1 master carpenter per 50 ex-felons, housed in a motel or youth hostel, managed/rented by local law enforcement, who are female minorities

We need the police to own & rent restored motels, ideally equivalent to the Motel 6, to address the local, homeless ex-felon population safely. This can be a Habitat for Humanity project, for female, minority law enforcement, with corporate sponsorship from Home Depot and Lowe's.

The ex-felons, some with young children and/or pregnant, are usually denied shelter at most local homeless shelters, and apartment complexes. Also, they'd potentially violate their probation if they're homeless. We could allocate half of that housing to female, minority ex-felons and their children, so they'd be included in the free basic carpentry skills training.

The local interfaith community could help them and their children learn how to read and write in both English, and Spanish (adult ESL). They might be able to assist them with both GED, basic computer skills, vocational training, and naturalized citizenship tutoring.

This would require federal and state funding also.  We also need the prisoners' orphans and ex-felons' homeless children in safe housing with year-round, public schooling so we can address the adult illiteracy rate and youth homelessness populations at the same time.  If they're continually denied shelter housing, day labor jobs, and educational opportunities, it will lead to a much higher transient population, dramatically lowering the real estate values in Denver Metro.

It will take at least four years of affordable shelter, with carpentry training by master carpenters, in order for them to achieve a GED, and enough on-the-job-training, so they'd be able to have liveable wages, with necessary medical benefits.