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Towards Employment has extensive provider partnerships across the community, often aligning services with organizations doing similar work. We also bring our services to other partner locations. In each partnerships, we leverage each other’s expertise to ensure participants and graduates benefit from as many resources as possible.
Towards Employment capacity building campaign
2022-2024
Our Career Pathway Model
Worker-Focused
Right job at the right time at the right place with seamless and comprehensive supports in place.
Employer-Focused
Deep understanding of employer needs that is responsive to hiring needs.
Advancement-Focused
From the beginning of engagement, an employment plan focused on growing a career, not just a job.
Connect job seekers to high demand sectors that offer quality jobs with strong career pathways.
The program's model takes a dual customer approach to meet the needs of both job seekers and employers.
The Social Determinants of Work
Towards Employment works with partners to provide individualized access to supportive services and other resources to Cuyahoga residents. Together, we work to address barriers of the social determinants of work.
Social Determinants of Work
Real People,
TE's Policy & Advocacy
Our Policy Action Plan
We promote economic mobility, focusing on those most impacted by systemic racism. We educate and advocate for a more equitable workforce system where racial income gaps have been eliminated and everyone has access to family sustaining wages and quality jobs.
Our Supporters
deaconess
cc
omj
annie e casey
keybank foundation
westfield
united way
lisc
Abington Foundation
Bank of America
Buckeye Health
Nordson Corporation Foundation
Citizen's Bank
Cleveland Votes
Bruening Foundation
Dusenbury Family Charitable Endowment Fund
FirstEnergy Foundation
Frank Hadley Ginn & Cornelia
Root Ginn Foundation
KeyBank
New York Community Bank
Nord Family Fund
Sacred Heart Fund
St. Luke's Foundation
Thatcher Family Fund
The Callahan Foundation
The Cleveland Foundation
The Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust
The George Gund Foundation
The Higley Fund
The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation
The Lozick Family Foundation
The Treu-Mart Foundation
U.S. Bank Foundation
Union Home Mortgage Foundation
This list of foundation and corporate donors is current as of December, 2023.
If you do not see your name, please contact Adaora Schmiedl at aschmiedl@towardsemployment.org
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