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- EIN 47-4578727
- info@stepupdurham.org
- (919) 973-0890
- 112 Broadway Street Ste B Durham NC 27701 USA
- www.stepupdurham.org
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Causes: Human Service Organizations, Human Services
Mission: Stepup durham partners with adults in the shared goal of transforming their lives through employment training. Practicing compassionate accountability, we seek to break down the barriers that keep individuals and their families unemployed, thus benefiting the whole community.
Programs: Employment: the jobs team empowers, encourages and equips individuals to obtain and maintain employment through extensive job training workshops, case management and compassionate accountability. We uniquely invest in the needs of those facing long-term unemployment while also investing in the needs of, and enlisting the support of, area businesses. Through an innovative and partnered approach, we enable our business community to help formerly unemployed individuals thrive and participants to work toward becoming productive, healthy and actively employed members of our community. Stepup durham does this work through a racial equity and asset-based community development lens. Between july 1, 2016 and june 30, 2017, stepup durham trained and prepared 145 individuals for employment, and helped place 104 individuals in jobs.
step 2: once employed, stepup participant adults can attend a nine-month incentivized program that equips the whole family with the life skills necessary to live stable lives. Our adults may lack community support, but are responsible as primary wage earners and parents. Step 2 focuses on personal development, financial education and professional development. The goal is long term stability in all aspects of the adult's life. Between july 1, 2016 and june 30, 2017, 4 adults attended the step 2 program.