Community Outreach to Diversity Organizations

Career Gear Houston, a non-profit organization, was established in 2004 to address the unmet clothing and appearance needs of unemployed, low-income, job-ready men in the greater Houston area, who are seeking gainful employment. Career Gear Houston's vision is to become a premier agency serving the needs of area employment service programs by providing their job-ready male clients with interview appropriate clothing.

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston is a sign of God's love and compassion in the community. The mission of Catholic Charities is to extend to all persons the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Catholic Charities provides culturally sensitive social services to those in need, without regard to race, religion or socioeconomic status. As an advocate for social justice, Catholic Charities empowers the community through action and education, asserting the principle of human dignity.

JobNet, a ministry of the Christian Community Service Center (CCSC), reaches out to Houston job seekers every day. Working closely with CCSC's Emergency Services program, JobNet focuses on helping the underemployed and the working poor - persons who often experience significant barriers to a traditional job search. Our comprehensive program makes an immediate impact on their employment searches, and thus, their lives.

The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County, Inc. is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate and advocate for the needs of persons who are homeless through support and coordination of services.

CROSSROADS at Park Place, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is a joint endeavor of Park Place United Methodist Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and Glenbrook United Methodist Church. It is administered by a volunteer board of directors, presenting broad range of social service, medical, ministerial, and non-profit experience. Located at the Park Place United Methodist Church, CROSSROADS opened its doors to homeless persons in October 2001 and has since then been providing services to promote their health, hygiene and dignity.

East Side University Village Community Learning Center offers a range of programs such as job workplace readiness, Graduate Equivalency Degree classes, and technical training for free to the public. Students will have open door access to an alternative neighborhood based community technology center which in addition to basic computer skill classes offers: GED Preparation Classes, Life Skills Training Classes, basic conversational Spanish classes, After School Youth Computer Tutorials and English As a Second Language (ESL).

Family Services of Houston provides individuals and families with the counseling and guidance they need to strengthen themselves and their relationships. For the past 101 years, Family Services has adapted its services to meet the changing needs of families in the Houston community and will continue to accommodate children and families as the landscape changes.

GCCSA provides a wide-ranging set of community services to income-eligible families and individuals of Harris County, Texas. Through twelve Community Services satellite offices we offer many services, including an Employment Skills Program. The program provides job search assistance, employability assessment and planning, referrals for on the job training, resume writing, and job development, job match and retention.

NAM's Rotary Learning Center provides classes in English as a Second Language (ESL), General Educational Development (GED) test preparation, reading and literacy and American Civics. The Center also offers a comprehensive Workforce Development Program. NAM is developing a partnership with the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) to provide workforce training and placement services to individuals with disabilities.

Open Door Mission is a Christ-centered emergency relief and rehabilitation shelter dedicated to meeting the needs of men in our community who are homeless, addicted, destitute and disabled. Positive life changes are wrought through structured residential programs, which focus on spiritual renewal, recovery from substance abuse, education and job training, job placement, convalescent care and access to healthcare.

Our mission is to provide homeless men, women and children with a stepping-stone of faith and equip them with a "SPIRIT" of confidence that will continue to strengthen them as they face new challenges. The advantages of the program is to make services available that will help remove women, men, and children from homelessness so that they can live a healthier and productive lifestyle in a safe environment.

The Fresh Start Program is an employment placement program for recently released prisoners living in Harris County 18 years old and older who have been convicted and imprisoned as an adult and who have never been convicted of a violent or sex-related offense. The Fresh Start Program proposes to serve 250 recently release prisoners during the first year of the contract and 300 recently released prisoners annually for the remaining years of the contract.

Skills For Living is about breaking the cycle of poverty. As a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, grass-root organization, Skills For Living (S4L) is dedicated to permanently improving the lives of low-income Houston families. S4L provides education and positive, practical mentoring to teach families how to define goals and implement strategies to enhance their lives and the lives of their children.

The mission of the Westside Homeless Partnership (WHP) is to prevent and end homelessness for families by providing them with resources and supporting services that lead to self-sufficiency. WHP's program is designed to empower families with children within the Spring Branch Independent School District (SBISD) area to achieve self-sufficiency and permanent housing through personal effort, education and growth. One major objective is to protect the children's education by preventing the families from having to move from one school to another during the same school year.