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1. Bridges for Businesses:
http://www.ahaprocess.com/Community_Programs/
Bridges for Businesses is the based on the Bridges out of Poverty training by Ruby Payne and Philip DeVol. The training is designed to increase participants’ awareness of the differences in economic cultures and how those differences impact opportunities for success.
Project HOPE is currently exploring ways to reach area businesses with the Bridges out of Poverty training to further expand the knowledge of what poverty is and how it affects people in the community through employers and local businesses.
2. CRC (Career Readiness Certificate):
The National Career Readiness Certificate verifies to employers anywhere in the United States an individual has essential core employability skills in Reading, Math, and Locating Information. ACT has researched over 16,000 occupations and these three skills are highly important to the majority of jobs in the workplace. The Certificate is an easily understood and nationally valued credential that certifies the attainment of these workplace skills.
When employers ask for the National Career Readiness Certificate for jobs in their workplace, they tap into the most qualified labor pool in the area. Applicants with a National Career Readiness Certificate provide solid insight into their foundational skills in the core areas of Reading for Information, Applied Mathematics, and Locating Information.
Iowa Workforce Development serves as a test center for Dubuque and has already awarded the Career Readiness Certificate to several individuals. http://www.iowaworkforce.org/region1/dubuque.htm
3. Dubuque Works
Dubuque Works is a new collaborative approach to a workforce development strategy in Dubuque. The group identifies strengths, weaknesses, duplication of services and opportunities for collaboration with current workforce strategies. The organizations represented within the group are: Greater Dubuque Development Corporation, Chamber of Commerce, Telegraph Herald, Iowa Workforce Development, Northeast Iowa Community College, Dubuque Area Labor Management Council and the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque/Project HOPE.
4. Financial Planning Coalition
The Community Foundation and Project HOPE have been coordinating with local banks, credit unions, League of Women Voters, Dubuque Community Schools, the City and the MFC to discuss the need for financial literacy within the community. The group is discussing the most beneficial and productive way of reaching families and creating financial literacy programs in the Dubuque community for those who are not aware of the financial options available.
To learn more about Project HOPE contact:
Alyssa Hauser
Project HOPE Coordinator
email: alyssa@dbqfoundation.org
phone: 563.588.2700
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