Causes: Employment Preparation & Procurement, Job Training, Vocational Counseling
Mission: The mission of Washington Women's Employment & Education is to assist low-income individuals gain the skills, the knowledge and the courage to be self-supporting. WWEE envisions a robust community that empowers all its members to achieve meaningful careers that are both self-sustaining and self-actualizing. WWEE furthers this vision by providing job-readiness and computer training, by administering individualized follow-up support with employment consultants and by offering basic support services. Combined, these programs are designed to help our participants, the majority of whom are mothers receiving welfare, gain a career at a wage sufficient to support a single-parent family. The agency has program locations in both King and Pierce counties and over its 25-year history has assisted 12,000 families in their quest to successfully gain independence from welfare.
Programs: Reach plus tm: enhances the employability of low-income and welfare dependent individuals through focused job training, including computer skills, work habits and attitudes, financial literacy training, consultation on barriers to employment, and wrap-around supportive services. These services combine to form a holistic program which empowers clients to gain permanent self-reliance through living wage employment. Clients served last year: 354
housing: the goal of courage360's housing program is to assist low-income families in achieving stable housing, employment and economic self-sufficiency. Working with homeless families, courage360 provides rental assistance, training and support to help stabilize their home and life circumstances. Clients served last year: 89
community jobs (cj): cj program participants receive training in job skills, work habits and ethics in addition to gaining valuable work experience and access to support services. Courage360 staff has established collaborative relationships with many local employers, offering cj interns a wide variety of positions and worksites. Participation in the cj program qualifies participating individuals for the advanced earned income tax credit. Clients served last year: 62
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.
Mission: The mission of Washington Women's Employment & Education is to assist low-income individuals gain the skills, the knowledge and the courage to be self-supporting. WWEE envisions a robust community that empowers all its members to achieve meaningful careers that are both self-sustaining and self-actualizing. WWEE furthers this vision by providing job-readiness and computer training, by administering individualized follow-up support with employment consultants and by offering basic support services. Combined, these programs are designed to help our participants, the majority of whom are mothers receiving welfare, gain a career at a wage sufficient to support a single-parent family. The agency has program locations in both King and Pierce counties and over its 25-year history has assisted 12,000 families in their quest to successfully gain independence from welfare.
Programs: Reach plus tm: enhances the employability of low-income and welfare dependent individuals through focused job training, including computer skills, work habits and attitudes, financial literacy training, consultation on barriers to employment, and wrap-around supportive services. These services combine to form a holistic program which empowers clients to gain permanent self-reliance through living wage employment. Clients served last year: 354
housing: the goal of courage360's housing program is to assist low-income families in achieving stable housing, employment and economic self-sufficiency. Working with homeless families, courage360 provides rental assistance, training and support to help stabilize their home and life circumstances. Clients served last year: 89
community jobs (cj): cj program participants receive training in job skills, work habits and ethics in addition to gaining valuable work experience and access to support services. Courage360 staff has established collaborative relationships with many local employers, offering cj interns a wide variety of positions and worksites. Participation in the cj program qualifies participating individuals for the advanced earned income tax credit. Clients served last year: 62
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This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.
Job Training
