Neighbors at Work helps unemployed and under-employed Phoenix-area residents secure and maintain employment. This is accomplished by addressing barriers to employment and providing occupational skills training, educational support services, work readiness classes, internship and job placements, leadership development opportunities, and financial literacy education. Neighbors at Work also helps participants advance into higher-wage jobs by providing assistance enrolling in and paying for advanced occupational certificate and degree programs. Finally, because unmet basic needs can easily become barriers to securing and maintaining employment, Neighbors at Work provides disenfranchised participants with financial assistance for emergency food, housing/utilities, transportation, childcare, and work-appropriate clothing. By helping to ensure these basic needs are met, Neighbors at Work empowers program participants to be healthy, motivated, and productive employees. This helps move under-served families out of poverty and into economic self-sufficiency.

Our department invests funding, time, and resources in “Building Hope & a Future” for any participant enrolled into our programs. We walk alongside job seekers and guide them through the steps of employment. We develop the skills and abilities necessary for their desired place of work. We work together to help establish realistic educational, employment, and personal goals that are fundamental to their success. We also know that receiving trauma-informed services and learning values builds the hope needed to succeed in the workplace and in life.