Jobs Plus

Based on an innovative national workforce development model, the Jobs Plus Program has helped more than a thousand public housing residents secure meaningful employment, increase their earnings, advance employment outcomes through work readiness, and build wealth.

Jobs Plus offers the following free services:

Employment and Training Services

• Employer linkages for employment and career advancement opportunities, job placement, and employment counseling
• Pre- and post-employment support services
• Résumé building, career coaching, work readiness training, and workshops
• Vocational skills training and academic enrichment programs

Financial Counseling, Coaching, and Literacy Services

• Access to rent-based financial incentives and Earned Income Tax Credits
• Establishing or increasing a credit score
• Financial literacy workshops
• Increasing child support services
• Minimizing debt
• One-on-one financial counseling services
• Opening a bank account
• Increased awareness, understanding and enrollment in the Earned Income Disallowance (EID) program (Jobs Plus program only)