Recent Awards and Recognition
- Cincinnati Works received the great honor of winning an Impact 100 Grant for 2007.
- Cincinnati Works is a 2007 winner of the One Award. The One Award recognizes non-profit organizations for best practices.
- In 2007 Cincinnati Works was one of ten finalists in the United States for the Manhattan Institute Social Entrepreneurship Award.
New Ventures
Cincinnati Works is a partner in two new initiatives:
Cincinnati Works Foster Youth Project - A Foster Youth Program at Cincinnati Works has been established as an 18 month pilot project. We serve foster youth who at the age of 18 have "aged out" of the system. We are meeting the needs of this unique population as they go through our Job Readiness, Job Retention, Job Search, Advancement and Management of Barriers Program. We are partners in this project with Lighthouse Youth Services, ProKids, The Children's Home, The Department of Jobs and Family Services and Leadership Cincinnati, Class XXX.
CIRV Cincinnati Initiative to Reduce Violence - "The message is clear. The violence has to stop" This is the message that Cincinnati is sending out to its most violent population. The new initiative, CIRV (Cincinnati Initiative To Reduce Violence)has responded to this at risk population by uniting law enforcement with social service organizations, community leaders, the faith based community, and former felons and offenders with street creditability. Cincinnati Works has partnered with these groups to say one message, and one message only: "The shooting, the killing, and the violence must stop". Not only are Cincinnati Works and their partners uniting in this collective message, but they are also responding by saying help is available through employment, education, child support, record expungement, support groups, dealing with emotional issues, as well as other services that will show these young men how to change their lives by helping them recognize where they are, and how to change their behavior. This untraditional approach has been successful in other cities around the country. By utilizing former felons and offenders trained as outreach workers, these men go back into the neighborhoods and provide outreach services to the target population most at risk for being offenders or victims of gun violence, which are African American males, ages 14-35 years old. These outreach workers distribute educational materials on gun violence and offer assistance to those who choose a different way of life.
For more information about CIRV, call 633-3800
