Community Partnership

EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVES

Get Hooked Up: Opportunities for neighbors to get registered on the Missouri Career Center's Great Hires system at a neighborhood school. Great Hires is an extensive online search tool and database through which residents can both post their information for employers and view available employment opportunities.

Employment Workshops: Skill-building workshops designed to improve employment related skills. Workshop topics include the importance of first impressions, how to improve their interviewing skills, and how to deal with workplace conflict.

Monday Motivators: A ten-week support group for stay at home parents and grandparents who might be thinking about going back to work.

For more information about employment initiatives, contact Judy Cross at 888-2020, ext. 116, or jcross@spsmail.org

Community & Capacity Building

• Council of Collaboratives
• Caring Communities - an initiative in 19 neighborhoods and 17 schools in north and central Springfield
  • Schools
  • Neighborhoods
  • Caring Communities Staff List
  • Map of Caring Communites Catchment Area
  • GED/Adult Education Class
  • Neighborhood-Based Initiatives
  • Family Support
  • Financial Literacy
  • Employment Initatives
  • School-Linked Programs
• Heart of the West Side Coalition
  • Heart of the West Side Marketing Group
• Continuum of Care
  • Chronic Homeless
  • Discharge Planning
  • HIMIS
  • Evaluation
  • HUD Steering Team
• Education Collaborative
• Environmental Collaborative
  • Air Quality
  • Water Quality
  • Population Growth
  • Community Health
  • Community Report Team
• Healthy Community Collaborative
• Housing Collaborative
  • Case Manager Training
  • Housing Trust Fund
  • HOWsing Subcommittee
• Senior Link
  • Senior Link Speaks
  • Senior Transit
  • Healthy Senior
• Transportation

Children & Child
Well-Being

More than two-thirds of America's young people ages 6-17 are not receiving enough of the Five Promises to be confident of success. Too many are not ready to enter school and fail once they enter, are physically unfit, engage in negative behaviors, or are a victim of abuse and neglect. We must do more!

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Alcohol, Drug & Violence Prevention

The Partnership's roots lie in violence prevention and efforts to reduce alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse. These problems evolved over decades, and changes in attitudes and behaviors do not happen quickly. Yet, our local and regional programming has made a difference.

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