for Ex-Offenders Eleah Berry, Courtney Wilson, and Jason Spaetti

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1 Employment Resources for Ex-Offenders Eleah Berry, Courtney Wilson, and Jason Spaetti

2 PHONE NAME OF ORGANIZATION ADDRESS Employment assistance/vocational training and BJC Vocational Rehabilitation Multiple Locations 314/ psychological services (disabled only) 5535 Delmar Blvd., Suite Better Family Life 314/ Job training, referrals & bus tickets to program 2100, Part of a comprehensive program to help individuals and families move from crisis to Center for Women In Transition 7529 S. Broadway, / stability to self-sufficiency. s fficienc There are two transitional housing facilities This multi-purpose agency offers a program to assist residents of St. Louis County meet the Community Action Agency of St Woodson Road, terms of their probation and parole, including 314/ Louis County GED, money management, drug & alcohol counseling, family development, job readiness and placement. An apprenticeship program for various trades, such as carpenters, cement masons, floor Construction Training School of 6301 Knox Industrial Drive, 314/ layers, laborers, tech prep, and more. Visit their St. Louis website or call to find out more about how the programs work. Up to a year of supportive housing for men who Criminal Justice Ministries N. Jefferson Ave., can work full time, have a reason to return to the RELEASE TO RENT/St. Vincent 314/ St. Louis area, and are without community De Paul support. Criminal Justice Ministries/St. 100 N. Jefferson Ave., Bus tickets and employment and resource 314/ Vincent De Paul referrals for offenders; clothing vouchers

3 NAME OF ORGANIZATION Educational Opportunity Centers Employment Connection Manpower MERS/Missouri Goodwill Industries Missouri Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Options for Justice PHONE ADDRESS The Educational Opportunity Centers are part of the federally-funded TRIO program. The 4495 Forest Park Avenue, Educational Opportunity Centers provide free 314/ educational counseling to assist individuals in furthering their education beyond high school. Call for an appointment. Job training/bus tickets to program/case 2838 Market Street, 314/ management (ex-offenders only for some) 200 North Broadway, Employment Services, including Vocational 314/241/ Rehabilitation Vocational Evaluation, Counseling, Training, Job Search, Job Development, Job 1727 Locust Street, 314/ Placement, Job Retention, and Support Services St. Louis Downtown Office, / Employment assistance/vocational training Jefferson St, Suite 110, and psychological services 200 S. Hanley Road, Suite 314/ vocational training and psychological services 207, 63105

4 NAME OF ORGANIZATION ADDRESS PHONE This is a program that is conducted inside several prisons to ready participants for life after release. There is an 80-hour class that focuses on workforce Pathways to Success E. John Avenue, Connections to Success St. Louis, MO / readiness. Once on the outside, other programs include: Dress for Success (for women); Wheels for Success; Personal & Professional Development, among others. Connections to Success operates in St. Charles, Belleville, and Kansas City in addition to St. Louis Lindell Blvd., vocational training /psychological services and housing Places for People 314/ referrals (intake required must qualify) Service Stars (temp 611 North 10th Street, 314/ Temporary to permanent jobs employment agency) Downtown SLATE/ MO Career Market Street, Employment Services, including Career Advice, Job 314/ Centers CWE Delmar Search Counseling, Skills Training, Job Placement Blvd., St. Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources 2334 Olive Street, Housing referrals/vocational training and psychological 314/ services (disabled only)

5 NAME OF PHONE ADDRESS ORGANIZATION THE START HERE ST. LOUIS AREA RESOURCE DIRECTORY(a 52-page booklet in print format) and this website provide general information, street addresses, phone numbers and website addresses for dozens of START HERE St. Louis agencies, shelters, employment resources, food Area Resource Directory pantries and other organizations throughout the St. Louis area. To obtain a copy of the directory in print, call 314/ or send an from the contact page on this website. Dedicated Re-Entry page on website. The Educational Opportunity Centers are part of the TRIO Program at federally-funded TRIO program. The Educational 4495 Forest Park Ave. Educational Opportunity Opportunity Centers provide free educational counseling to St. Louis, MO Centers assist individuals in furthering their education beyond high school. Call for an appointment. HQ Grandel Career counseling/placement/job development/case Urban League 314/ Square, management Veterans Administration South 18th Employment Services, including Vocational 800/ St. Louis Regional Office Street, Rehabilitation

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