OneAmerica to Help Local High-Risk Children through New Sponsorship

U.S. Dream Academy to open local branch at John Marshall Middle School

Indianapolis, November 7, 2007

More than 10 Million American children currently have, or have had, a parent incarcerated. Not only do these children suffer stress, anxiety and depression due to having a parent in prison, they are much more likely to become incarcerated themselves¹. In an effort to end this cycle, OneAmerica has teamed up with the U.S. Dream Academy to support its first program in an Indianapolis school at John Marshall Middle School.

Through an academic and social enrichment after school program, children will be exposed to an intense curriculum of values training, mentoring and technology immersion for up to 17 hours every week.

“This program equips children with the knowledge and confidence necessary to succeed,” said OneAmerica chairman, president and CEO Dayton H. Molendorp. “I believe the Indy Dream Academy will make a lasting difference in the lives of at-risk children.”

The U.S. Dream Academy accepts children between the ages of seven and 14 who have at least one parent incarcerated or who have a family history of incarceration for its programs. Programs include dream building to help set positive goals, tutoring for underperforming children, character building, computer training, one-on-one mentoring and help learning to adopt a healthy lifestyle.

The Indy Dream Academy is expected to open in the spring of 2008.

About OneAmerica

OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc., is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN. The companies of OneAmerica® can trace their solid foundations back more than 125 years in the insurance and financial services marketplace.

OneAmerica’s nationwide network of companies offers a variety of products to serve the financial needs of their policyholders and other clients. These products include retirement plans, products and services; individual life insurance, annuities, long-term care solutions and employee benefits. The goal of OneAmerica is to blend the strengths of each company to achieve greater collective results.

The products of the OneAmerica companies are distributed through a network of employees, agents, brokers, and other distribution sources that are committed to maximizing value to our policyholders by helping them plan to meet their financial goals.

We deliver on our promises when customers need us most.

About the U.S. Dream Academy

U.S. Dream Academy is a nationally honored values-centered after school program created by Wintley Phipps, empowering at-risk children to achieve their dreams. The U.S. Dream Academy is a youth-focused program that speaks to the alarming cycle of inter-generational involvement in the criminal justice system, effectively lifting the children of prisoners, and those falling behind in school, out of this devastating cycle. U.S. Dream Academy’s model combines strong academic support with one-to-one mentoring, a single community-based after-school setting.