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Career Focus: Career counseling and award-winning job readiness training program helps unemployed and underemployed gain the tools they need for a successful entry into self-sustaining employment. Self-sufficiency promoted through individual life management and career counseling, as well as job preparation workshops. About 75 percent of program graduates obtain employment and/or higher education after three months.
 
Second Chance: Baltimore’s first gender specific re-entry program to assist previously incarcerated women to overcome barriers and become employed through career-minded approaches by assisting individuals to identify career paths and explore employment opportunities. Men and women have access to rapid employment, job readiness training, mentoring, individual counseling, and education and skill training. Wraparound services and drug counseling are important program components.
 
Adult Literacy : Adult literacy classes in math and reading and preparation for the General Educational Development (GED) through small groups and tutoring.
 
Computer Literacy: Computer skills training in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Essential instruction and access to the use of the Internet for career exploration, job search, and e-mail accounts. Ten-week Microsoft Office applications helps low-income clients gain skills to enter new occupations and increase hourly wages. 
Career New Directions: An innovative fee-based program providing career assessments and barrier management workshops to organizations like Morgan State University and the Baltimore City Department of Social Services. Services include career and personality assessment, professional counseling and workshops, computer skill trainings, Employment Assistance Programs and outplacement services. These customized services are available to individuals, corporations and nonprofit organizations.
 
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