Social enterprise and workforce development programs offer strategies to improve an individual’s potential in the workplace and contribute to alleviating poverty.
Too many individuals are either unemployed or underemployed, facing upheaval in the economy and the job market, and with no sustainable career pathway ahead of them. Access to opportunities and resources can change not only their lives, but those of their families and communities.
Safe Beacon in collaboration with Catholic Charities agencies offer a combination of workforce development programs — to provide those who are unemployed or underemployed with the necessary skills to pursue meaningful work — and social enterprise programs that offer opportunities for clients to hone their new skills in a supportive environment.
Workforce development pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship
programs combine specialized skills trainings, so clients can
follow a career pathway in a trade, with case management,
client-employer connection and follow-up until the client becomes
self-sufficient.
Undergirding many of these programs are foundational educational
offerings, such as adult basic education (ABE), GED, English for
speakers of other languages (ESOL), employment readiness and
financial education.
Employees of social enterprises make significant gains toward economic self-sufficiency and stability in housing and income while decreasing their reliance on government benefits.
Annual revenue from social enterprises
Professional certifications/credentials earned
People served through social enterprises
PROGRAM LEAD
Julieta is the vice president of social enterprise and workforce development initiatives. She manages the Innovation Challenge and the Rework America Alliance Project, providing technical support to local agency staff to build capacity and make connections with workforce development opportunities. She also leads the Construction Trades, Language Interpretation and Employment Readiness Communities of Practice.
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