Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Columbus Works in support of the organization’s Job Readiness Training program.
Columbus Works is a non-profit organization providing hope and encouragement to area residents living in poverty who desire to advance to economic self-sufficiency through full-time employment. They offer holistic job readiness training and wraparound services, and job placement services via a network of employer partners.
In addition to providing Job Readiness Training programs, Columbus Works partners with members who complete the program for 5-7 years to eliminate barriers to sustained employment. Wraparound services include legal services, behavioral health care, housing referrals, day care referrals, transportation, and job placement services. As the relationship between the member and the coach continues, job retention coaching and financing coaching, as well as career development training, become part of the program.
To allow members to choose the location most convenient for them, Columbus Works has learning centers in multiple neighborhoods, including Linden, the East Side, South Side, Weinland Park, and Franklinton.
With this funding, Columbus Works would be able to serve 50 new, unique individuals, bringing their total membership of those actively receiving services to 470.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Job Growth subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Columbus Works to support of the organization’s Job Readiness Training program; and to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Job Growth subfund. ($75,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus Works provides Job Readiness Training and long-term wraparound services and connects participants to employer partners; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Works participants receive competitive wages and full benefits through employer partners in addition to long-term career development;...
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