Hour Working Women Program Works!
Hour Working Women Program provides job training, educational assistance, internship placement, and employment services to women who live in our supportive housing, and also to people in the community.
HWWP staff help participants to plan for their professional future, which includes setting expectations and developing a set of attainable goals.
HWWP staff meets women where they are, providing customized, highly personalized, one-on-one attention. Mentoring provides an additional layer of support and helps women get the pro-social skills they need to develop as working professionals.
In addition to one-on-one career and education planning and counseling, participants are offered the following workshops and training sessions:
Getting There
TASC Classes and Tutoring
Computer Training
Advocacy Leadership
Resume Writing
Social Capital
Creative Writing
Power Hour
Financial Counseling
Workplace Behavior
Training for Retail Employment
SafeCo
Meet Evelyn Reyes
Evelyn Reyes has a lot to be proud of. She recently celebrated her first year anniversary as head chef for the United Nations Federal Credit Union building.
After serving time, Evelyn connected with Hour Children. They provided her a supportive place to stay and she enrolled in the Hour Working Women Program.
Evelyn always felt like she was capable of more than she had achieved in the past, and she was right. Hour Children helped her navigate getting into culinary school. “They opened the door for me,” she says. Her hard work and openness to learning opportunities have gotten her where she is now: Head Chef.
That doesn’t mean everything is easy now. She works in a male-dominated industry and has to combat stereotypes.”I feel like a survivor” Evelyn says. “It makes me stronger every day.”
Hour Children saw the potential Evelyn always knew was inside her and helped her tap into it. She has set her sights on even greater challenges for the future; one day she hopes to own her own business. We believe she will!
Learn about some of our employment, job training, and education partners:
For more information on HWWP, or to consider hiring or offering an internship to one of Hour Women,
please contact Deb Rigano, at 347-326-3610.