Championing Career Potential

Towards Employment works with job seekers to maximize their success potential to in meaningful careers. TE focuses on skills development, career coaching, and advocacy to promote more equitable and inclusive paths to opportunity and employment.
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FEATURES Both grants will help provide pre-release and post-release employment and educational resources for individuals transitioning out of incarceration
Help on the way: Towards Employment secures $4 million in grants to facilitate workforce equity
Karin Connelly RiceThursday, July 18, 2024
Towards Employment recently received more than $4 million in grants from Opportunity@Work and U.S. Department of Labor’s Pathway Home to enhance its mission of economic mobility and workforce equity. The funds will support pre- and post-release employment and education resources for returning citizens, provide skills training, and community connections to ensure smooth transitions from incarceration to meaningful employment.
FEATURES Ronnie Cannon
Against the Odds: Towards Employment alums to share their stories at A Chance to Advance fundraiser
Jo DonofrioTuesday, June 11, 2024
At age 16, Ronnie Cannon was an average kid who made some bad decisions and served nearly 20 years in prison before turning his life around. Upon his release, he found Towards Employment, which helps individuals overcome barriers to employment and a career path to success. Cannon and two others will share their stories of personal and career transformation at Towards Employment's fundraiser A Chance to Advance this Friday, June 14 at the Maltz Performing Arts Center on the Case Western Reserve University campus.
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