How We Help
Are you unemployed or under-employed? What’s keeping you from the job of your dreams? Are you housing insecure, need childcare, or are challenged by technology? Do you need training, or even some different clothing? Do you feel overwhelmed and don’t know where to start?
We can help! We have been helping people improve their lives since 1996. If you’re in crisis, we offer immediate support to get you out of crisis. Then we work with you to prioritize the barriers in your way, and help you remove those barriers one at a time.
Have you been incarcerated and are wondering if our support includes you? It does! We’re not focused on your past – we see your value and we’re here to help you reach your best future.
We know it takes courage to take that first step and reach out for help. Walk through our door and you’ll be on the right path to a brighter future. If you don’t have money for bus fare, let us know, and we’ll figure that our first!
Member Success Stories
Member Success Story: Simone Epperson
Several years ago, Simone Epperson came to Cincinnati Works in dire need of a job and dreaming of a better life. As is so often the case, a job was just the beginning. Simone is
Member Success Story: Deamonta Williams
Through the encouragement of his Cincinnati Works coach and a happy accident, Deamonta Williams found himself in a car with a man looking to fill a full-time position with good benefits.
Member Success Story: Raey Hill
Raey Hill has never minded getting up early to work. Even when he was in a Pennsylvania prison and his pay was 42 cents per hour, he was awake and ready to go every day.
Services We Offer
We’re committed to providing services that help people find jobs and reach their goals.
Career & Financial Coaching
Employment Connection
Support & Counseling
Career & Financial Coaching
Each Cincinnati Works Member receives professional career coaching designed to help make employment easier to find, keep, and succeed at, and financial coaching to help you accomplish the most with the money that you earn. Our career coaches are experienced, compassionate professionals who have helped thousands of your neighbors identify their strengths and goals while honing the skills they need to succeed in the workplace. Our career coaches will help you:
- Assess your strengths, ambitions & challenges
- Determine your goals and develop a plan with practical steps to reach them
- Connect you with additional services, assess progress, and plan your next steps
Our financial coaches provide a range of financial services to our Members, including:
- Budgeting
- Understanding and building credit
- Resolving debt
- Preparing taxes
- Accessing loans
Employment Connection
In addition to preparing our Members to be excellent additions to any team, Cincinnati Works partners with more than 90 regional employers who believe in our mission and know the value of helping people improve their lives.
Members can apply in our office, online, or at job fairs. Our partners and dedicated staffing specialists will work to find positions that will help them reach their goals.
We partner with companies who support their people and believe in our mission.
Support & Counseling
Cincinnati Works provides or directs Members to the support that they need to thrive in their new job. No one succeeds alone, and by providing a robust network of resources, Cincinnati Works helps Members make the most of their opportunities.
In addition to one-on-one career coaching, we provide:
- Transportation Assistance
- Behavioral Health Counseling
- Budgeting, Tax Prep and Debit Management
- Legal Coordination
Employee Partners
We have over 90 employer partners – employers who work with Cincinnati Works to fill positions. Here are some of our local employer partners. Click on “See All Partners” to see the complete list.
How Do I Become a Member?
- Stop into our office during office hours (no appointment necessary), or, fill out the “Contact Us” form, or, call us!
- We connect you with your very own workforce coach.
- You build a relationship with your workforce coach and together you set goals and design your future.
- Your journey towards success begins!
Support & Counseling
- Employment that pays a living wage
- A financial toolbox to create and meet your financial goals
- Understanding your strengths and building a career ladder
- Improved self-awareness and self-confidence
- A support system of professionals to help you
- A team of life partners for whatever comes next!