For reentry and health partners
Gettingthere ispart ofgettingwell.
Reentry Health Access and Transportation Pilot
Navigators who get people to their appointments.
Part of: Programs and Curriculum
Social Enterprise Workforce Model
Get paid while you learn the business.
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Real work. Real pay. A path to lead.
A social enterprise model that uses real business activity, like product recovery, resale, events, and online sales, as a paid learning environment. Participants build skills on the job, then lead, teach, and help launch the model somewhere new.
Get started
Interested in Social Enterprise Workforce Model?
Get started and we will show you how it fits your organization.
How it works
Explore
Interests, strengths, a digital skills check, and personal goals.
Practice
Guided work inside real operations.
Perform
Own a workflow, with quality review.
Teach
Record a short workflow guide and train the next person.
The pathway
Pathway ladder: Apprentice, Specialist, Team Lead, Manager, Site Director, Launch Specialist.
Learn the basics
Apprentice
Use it in real life
Specialist
Teach the next person
Team Lead, Manager
Start the next level
Site Director, Launch Specialist
Why choose Social Enterprise Workforce Model?
- Participation is voluntary and never tied to receiving services.
- Business revenue covers business costs; program funding covers learning and support.
- AI is built into real workflows, and people learn the work before automating it.
- Starts small with two participants and grows only when the work supports it.
- Every proven workflow is documented so another site can run it.
Who it's for
Organizations
Nonprofits, workforce programs, and housing and youth organizations that want an earned-revenue pathway without building a new department.
Participants
Young adults and adults rebuilding their lives, including people with records.
Best fit for
Organizations
- Reentry and workforce nonprofits
- Transitional housing programs
- Youth programs with paid work experience
- Thrift, resale, or donation-based programs
- Workforce boards
- Organizations that receive donated goods
Works best alongside
Already offering these? Here's what it adds:
- Participant stipends or paid work experience fundsAdds: Paid learning hours inside a real business, not a classroom.
- Donated or surplus productsAdds: A system to sell it, use it, donate it, or recover it, with every item tracked.
- Community eventsAdds: Pop-ups and markets that earn revenue and teach event operations.
- Storage or warehouse spaceAdds: A working receiving and inventory floor for training.
- Job developers or employer partnersAdds: Participants with documented skills and recorded work samples.
- Digital skills trainingAdds: AI and digital tools used in real daily work.
Bring Social Enterprise Workforce Model to your organization
Part of: Programs and Curriculum
Setup
We help your organization launch it.
Training
We train your staff to run it and teach it.
Follow-up
We stay with you while it takes hold.
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