Education, Job Skills & Supports to Help Individuals

Below is summary information for the human services programs funded by the City in 2020 that support education, job skills and other supports to help individuals reach their full potential.

Organization: AtWork!

Program: Community Liaison

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2020): $6,000

Program Overview:  Community Liaison (CL) team focuses on job discovery, job development and job retention. Each of these activity areas are specific to a unique portion of the supported employment process, but are intrinsically connected with one activity helping define and lead the service parameters of the next. AtWork! is committed to supporting individuals through the entire life-cycle of a career, from school to work until retirement and leaving no one behind in this process. 

Organization:  Child Care Resources

Program: Information and Referral/Technical Assistance

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2020): $5,000

Program Overview:  Assists families in their child care search by referring them to child care providers, community resources, and education about quality child care. CCR also provides customized, culturally-relevant and inclusive Technical Assistance and Training to child care providers to strengthen their delivery of child care.

Organization:  HERO House NW 

Program: Supported Employment

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2020): $11,000

Program Overview: HERO House NW is a place where people with serious mental illness, who are known as "members," participate in their own recovery process by working and socializing together in a safe, welcoming environment. The Employment Program is just one of many programs offered at HERO House and follows a strict fidelity scale to provide evidence-based employment supports to guide members through their employment journey from pre-vocational skill building, employment placement and retention. 

Organization: Hopelink

Program: Adult Education

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2020): $14,229

Program Overview:  Provides basic skills training to residents of north and east King County— those 16 years and older in the GED/High School 21+ classes and 18 years and older in English for Work, the work-focused English language classes. Classes focus on improving students’ reading, writing, math, communication, technology, and soft skills, so that students can successfully transition to post secondary education and/or living wage employment. 

Organization: Hopelink

Program: Employment Program

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2020): $10,200

Program Overview:  Serves job seekers in north and east King County at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level including homeless and very low-income clients who have a multitude of issues that hinder their ability to seek, secure, and maintain living wage employment for themselves and their families. Support services include career assessment, job search, resume and cover letter writing, job applications, interview preparation, job skills workshops, and job retention.

Organization: IKRON of Greater Seattle

Program: Integrated Employment Services

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2020): $19,575

Program Overview:  Combines employment readiness activities (career assessments, interview preparation, resume and cover letter writing), job placement and job maintenance activities, with other supports and behavioral health services. Integrating all services under one roof with a wraparound concept to care, facilitates increased quality of care and improved outcomes. The ultimate goal of its services is successful integration in the community through employment.

Organization: Jewish Family Service

Program: Refugee and Immigrant Services

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2020): $15,3000

Program Overview:  Refugee and Immigrant Services (RIS) works with approximately 1,000 refugees and immigrants annually, and provides a powerful and comprehensive array of essential services to the refugee and immigrant communities, including refugee resettlement, information and referrals, social services, language support, pre-employment services and training, job placement and retention, career advancement, English classes, immigration services and naturalization preparation.

Organization: Kindering Center

Program:  Early Care and Education Consultation

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2020): $20,000

Program Overview:  Focuses on early identification of developmental disabilities/delays and behavioral challenges by providing consultation and training to child care programs throughout King County. Our program directly benefits the hundreds of young children in King County who are in the regular care of these providers during crucial years of early development.

Organization: PROVAIL

Program: School-to-Work 

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2020): $10,000

Program Overview:  Ensures that youth with disabilities are connected to right-fit jobs that enable them to be more economically self-sufficient while meeting the needs of local employers in the community and contributing to inclusive work environments.

Organization: YWCA of Seattle-King-Snohomish

Program: Eastside Employment Services

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2020): $13,260

Program Overview:  The YWCA’s Eastside Employment Services matches Bellevue and Kirkland funds with DSHS Basic Food Employment & Training (BFET) funds to connect food stamp recipients in Bellevue and Kirkland to career counseling and job placement services and in demand vocational training at area colleges to improve economic opportunity and reduce reliance on public assistance. Primary activities are: career navigation, job readiness, vocational training, financial capability, job placement, and job retention.