Raising Incomes

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Raising Incomes Committee

Overview

Next Meetings: (3rd Thursdays of odd months - 10:00 - 11:30 at 4C of Southern Indiana, 600 SE 6th St.)

Mar. 18 May 20 Jul 15

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Strategies & Activities

Raising Incomes Subcommittee

Self-Sufficiency Subcommittee

Women, Work, & Community

project vision

statistics & examples of social entrepreneur endeavors

meeting notes: July 2009

"How to Spot an Entrepreneur" community conversation was held Jan. 7, 2010

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Resources

Forms

Inter-agency Referral Form

Inter-agency referral form (PDF) Referral form-annotated (PDF)

Inter-agency referral form (Excel) Referral form-annotated (Excel)

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Workforce Resource Guide

Research Tools

The Homeless in Evansville: Current Jobs, Skills, Education and Training

- a snapshot of the working homeless in our community

Homeless Services Council resources

OVERVIEW

GAP: There are a significant number of residents who do not have the skills or the opportunity to obtain and maintain living wage positions.

GOAL: Increase opportunities for low-wage/low-skill workers to obtain the necessary skills and employment to earn a living wage.

OUTCOME: Vanderburgh County residents will have improved access to community services, education and training leading to employment resulting in self-sufficiency.

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STRATEGIES & ACTIVITIES

Raising Incomes strategies in Destination: Home (complete narrative of 4 strategies)

Raising Incomes

download: Strategies addressed by Raising Incomes Committee (narrative of those listed below)

Strategy 1: Improve Coordination of Employment Services

Activities:

Develop flow chart of referral process and current community services
Train staff on referral flow chart
Collaboration between homeless outreach programs and Community Employment Services
Determine how to use HMIS (Hoosier Management Information System)

Strategy 2: Establish Training and Employment Options

Activities:

1. Determine how homeless individuals currently access the workforce development system

2. Use results to improve access

3. Assess which industries need workers to tailor training

4. Have housing programs develop IEPs or Self Sufficiency Plan,

Strategy 4: Address the Employment Needs of Offenders, Youth and the currently “unemployable”

Activities

1. Seek alternate funding for offender programs

2. Develop on-site independent living programs at area youth homes

3. Research “Transitional Jobs” program

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Self-Sufficiency

download: Strategy addressed by Self-Sufficiency Subcommittee (narrative of that listed below)

Strategy 3: Establish a Wages to Allow for Self-Sufficiency

Activities:

1. Identification of champion

2. Advocacy

3. Education of public

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RESOURCES

Committee Info Slips

Strategies addressed by Raising Incomes Committee

Strategy addressed by Self-Sufficiency Subcommittee

The Homeless in Evansville: Current Jobs, Skills, Education and Training

- a snapshot of the working homeless in our community

Compiled by Marie Opatrny PhD, Department of Social Work, University of Southern Indiana, & Katrina Boyd, Master of Social Work Graduate Student Assistant