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Harmony Corps
Program Details
Harmony Corps is a program of Harmony Café, and Harmony Café
is a program of Goodwill Industries NCW. Harmony Corps is a
short-term vocational training and job placement program
which includes community outreach, in-depth vocational
evaluation, action plan development, referral services, work
experience with vocational training, job development, job
placement, and follow-up services.
Harmony Corps is meant as a temporary job opportunity for
people who have significant barriers to employment. By
choosing to participate in this program, Harmony Corps
participants will actively find ways to improve their
employability, and will work to get a new job in the
community within 4 months.
Eligibility
Determination
To be
eligible for Harmony Corps, one must:
Be 16
years old or older;
Be a
resident of the City of Appleton
Be
unemployed (or severely underemployed)
Have
significant barriers to independently obtaining and maintaining
employment;
Be
motivated to working with a program designed to help people
overcome barriers to employment, and motivated to obtain
competitive community employment;
Be willing
to work within the Goodwill NCW and Harmony Café Team, and live
by Goodwill NCW values and Harmony Café expectations.
In
addition, to be eligible for Harmony Corps, one must have
struggles in two or more of the following areas:
Education (no high school diploma)
Extremely low income at or below poverty level
Difficulty finding and/or maintaining employment
Physical or
mental health problems interfering with ability to work
Alcohol
or drug abuse problems
Criminal history affecting ability to obtain work
Poor housing
situation (homeless, flopping in someone else’s house, etc.)
Transportation
limitations
Needing help
with hygiene, personal appearance, work-appropriate attire,
etc.
Needing help with social skills, anger management,
communication skills, etc. to keep a job
Referral from another non-profit organization
Street
outreach
reaching out to the people hanging on the streets,
building relationships, assessing their situations and investing
in their lives.
Comprehensive assessment and plan development
which includes an assessment of all areas of a person’s
life, such as education,
work history, drug and alcohol use, daily living skills, etc. as
well as the creation of individualized
short and long-term goals.
Referral
helping people engage or re-engage with the wealth of
services available in our community.
Job training and employment readiness
(the center piece of the Harmony Corps program)
we’ve created paid positions within Harmony Café where
individuals can gain valuable
work experience in a supportive yet challenging work
environment. The program participants
learn vital skills to help them find long-term employment in the
community.
Job placement
eaching the Harmony Corps participants skills and giving
them resources that
will lead to competitive jobs out in the broader community, and
getting these young folks
off the streets. All of the Harmony Corps members participate
in a weekly job club meeting
at Harmony Café where they learn interviewing and resume
creation skills, interpersonal skills,
team-building activities, workforce diversity training,
appropriate work behaviors, etc.
To
get involved with the program contact Raymond Carreira III,
Harmony Corps Program Coordinator
(920)734-2233/850-3362 or
raycarr3@yahoo.com
Donations needed
Gift Certificates and small fun prizes for group activities.
Household items for participants looking into living on their
own.
Clothing for participants who are lacking workplace appropriate
attire.
**All donations will be kept confidential, unless otherwise
specified. To make a donation
please contact, Raymond Carreira III, Harmony Corps Program
Coordinator.
Volunteer Opportunities
Mentors and tutors for the program participants, guest speakers,
members for the advisory
committee, and community members who would like to do a
collaborative work environment effort.
Links
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin, Inc.
Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley
Southern Poverty Law Center
United Way of the Fox Cities
Salvation Army of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
The Search Institute
Harmony Corps Printable Brochure
Harmony Corps At-a-glance
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