Jubilee Jobs
WISH LIST: $100: 1-hour career counseling training session; $500: scholarship support for continuing education or vocational training; $1000: full program of services for 1 job seeker
In 1981 the residents of Jubilee Housing, a low-income housing program in Adams Morgan, decided to form their own employment agency to help themselves and other vulnerable, poor, and disadvantaged people. They understood that living with hope and dignity meant finding a way to be employed. In the first year, 98 individuals were placed; 28 years later, nearly 19,000 have found the work they desperately needed. Offering job preparation and placement services with long-term retention support (two years or more), Jubilee helps those unfamiliar with the process -- among them ex-offenders, homeless persons, and immigrants -- to go out, get a job, and move up to a better one. Job counseling, mentoring, skill development, help with résumés, and interview assistance are all available. At monthly Job Friends dinners, participants share achievements, challenges, and goals while building a community of support. As the economic downturn brings increasing numbers of jobseekers to the door, Jubilee Jobs remains committed to being part of the solution. Your philanthropic engagement means an independent future for hundreds of families a year.
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