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Financial Opportunity Center (FOC)
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Who is eligible?
Adults seeking financial and employment coaching What happens?
Participants work with financial and career coaches to improve net income, net worth, their credit score, and to obtain sustainable employment. How can I become involved?
Call Journey House during our open hours to speak to an FOC coach. |
Journey House is one of two Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC) Financial Opportunity Centers (FOC) in Wisconsin, with 72 across the nation (and growing).
Financial Opportunity Centers (FOC) are career and personal financial service centers that help low to moderate income individuals increase their net worth. We encourage individuals to change financial behavior in a way that helps them to make a commitment to increasing income, reducing expenses, improving credit, and building assets. In the FOC's strategy, individuals and families receive a coordinated set of three services, financial coaching and education, career coaching, and better access to public benefits and tax credits. How we do it: Financial Coaching and Education
Our one-on-one coaching approach and strategy strives to sustain a long term relationship with participants because building a stronger financial life is an ongoing process, often requiring three years’ time. We are there throughout the journey toward self-sufficiency, committed to helping them take the necessary steps to be more productive and successful in reaching their goals. |
FOC Testimonials
The FOC at Journey House was a pivotal part of my career success. In less than a year, I was able to secure a full time job with benefits, get a new apartment, and buy a car. The staff is very encouraging and helped motivate me to reach my goals.
-Lisa D.
Over the past few years, with the help of Journey House and my Financial Coach, I’ve been able to receive assistance with filing my taxes and building my credit score from insufficient to the 740 range. Their assistance has given me the opportunity to have the relatively new car that I need to maintain the decent paying job that I have. With the direct efforts and guidance of Marlene, my credit score is continuously building and I’m on a real path to success.
-Don R.
The free tax preparation at the Journey House FOC saved us lots of money. The financial coach helped us plan what to do with our tax refund to best help our family.
-Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins
-Lisa D.
Over the past few years, with the help of Journey House and my Financial Coach, I’ve been able to receive assistance with filing my taxes and building my credit score from insufficient to the 740 range. Their assistance has given me the opportunity to have the relatively new car that I need to maintain the decent paying job that I have. With the direct efforts and guidance of Marlene, my credit score is continuously building and I’m on a real path to success.
-Don R.
The free tax preparation at the Journey House FOC saved us lots of money. The financial coach helped us plan what to do with our tax refund to best help our family.
-Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins
Neighborhood Ambassadors Program (NAP)
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Who is eligible?
United Migrant Opportunity Services (UMOS) Welfare-to-Work (W2) program participants who are identified as a good fit for the program. What happens?
Participation in UCI programs to enhance prospects of securing gainful employment, neighborhood beautification, and special projects to address community health and safety concerns. How can I become involved?
Eligible W2 participants are identified jointly by UMOS and Journey House. |
The Neighborhood Ambassador Program (NAP) is a partnership between Journey House, United Migrant Opportunity Services (UMOS, Inc), and the City of Milwaukee. Initiated as a summer program, the NAP now operates during the entire year. Neighborhood Ambassadors, working under the direction of the Neighborhood Ambassador Crew Supervisor, provide a variety of public service activities in selected Milwaukee neighborhoods to improve quality of life for residents, business operators and visitors.
Journey House works closely with UMOS to identify, recruit, and case manage possible candidates participating in the Welfare-to-Work (W2) program. Involvement in the program is short term; the goal is for these Neighborhood Ambassadors to secure gainful employment, aided by the trainings they receive and experiences they have in the NAP. Participants are fully involved in the UCI while engaging in leadership development trainings, neighborhood beautification projects, and activities that address community health and safety concerns.
Journey House prides itself on the positive experience that participants have as they progress through the NAP. Many Neighborhood Ambassadors who have completed the program and secured employment have commented on the advantage of W2 placement at Journey House, because of our focus on going beyond simple "job placement" by developing their personal and professional capacity for the long-term.
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YouthBuild Pathways to Construction Trades (PaCT)
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Who is eligible?
Youth age 15-21 who have dropped out of high school and are low-income or have been in the criminal justice system. What happens?
Participation in YouthBuild attend classes at MATC to learn construction, carpentry, plumbing, and other skills while pursuing their GED and gaining real-world experience with hands-on construction projects in the community. How can I become involved?
Email kturner@journeyhouse.org for more information. |
Journey House is honored to partner with MATC to offer a program which gives young adults between the ages of 16 to 24 the opportunity to learn valuable skills in the construction trades while earning their GED.
This program pairs hands-on classroom and construction skills classes with dynamic academic classes that prepare students for their GED and a career in the trades. Through this training, students increase their skills in math, writing, reading, and construction technologies. More importantly, the YouthBuilders also complete the following intensive, experiential life-skill courses: Community Building and YES! (Youth Empowerment Seminar) along with customer service and leadership courses. YouthBuilders are prepared for careers in the trades and as civic leaders with a community service orientation. For more information, please contact Kevin Turner at kturner@journeyhouse.org or (414) 647-0548. In The NewsClarke Square apartment plans endorsed in Milwaukee
Bizjournals.com - Dec 5, 2016 Journey House Opens Second Property to House Youth Aging Out of Foster Care (October 26, 2016)
Neighborhood News Service - October 26, 2016 See how Journey House is empowering families on Milwaukee’s near south side
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016, BY BRIAN KRAMP Young Milwaukee’s Train for Careers in Construction, While Earning a GED
89.7FM WUWM - August 17, 2016 Young Adults in YouthBuild Help Construct Habitat for Humanity Houses
Neighborhood News Service - July 1, 2015 |
Earn & Learn Youth Employment Program
Journey House was honored to be able to provide 135 summer internships to local youth through Mayor Tom Barrett's Earn & Learn program during the summer of 2016! Participants had the opportunity to earn money and gain experience 20 hours each week for seven weeks in addition to weekly college and career events that exposed them to all the opportunities available to them. This program is focused on giving motivated youth a chance to build their networks, gain real-world experience, and improve their self-control and stress-reduction techniques, all while earning income!
