The DC Demonstration Model combines online workforce development training (Carpentry & Digital Skills-Smart phones, Notepads & Laptops), small business (owner/operator) training, and job placement assistance. All program participants (individual and business owners) must live in the community, their business must be located in the community, and everyone must be active in the community. The DC model’s initial focus shall be Wards 7 and 8.
Ward 7 & 8 Community: Over 170,000 residences (25% of D.C.’s population) live in the two Wards. The average household income is $37,500, and over one-third of the households live below the poverty line. Approximately, 2,500 inmates return to the District of Columbia from state and federal institutions. About fifty percent live in D.C.’s Wards 7 and 8.
Workforce and Small Owner-Operator Development (The Business Hub):
By definition, there are very few jobs within economically and socially depressed communities like Ward 7 & 8, even fewer that reward the dignity of hard work with a living wage.
So, TTCP’s programs train the workforce, creates the employer and the job, and match the two with a sustainable commitment to each other and their community. The DC Demonstration Model targets the property management, the building trade, landscaping and janitorial services. These industries are interconnected, and well suited to provide on-the-job training and apprentices style workforce development.
Community Activism: Non-partisan community activism, both volunteer and compensated, is seamlessly woven into the DC model for all participants, including but not limited to voter registration, voter restoration, and community educational forms.
E-RISE Newsletter (Online): The primary communication vehicle to organize, inform, educate, and advocate for returning citizens and recovered addicts shall be the E-Rise Newsletter, a digital, monthly publication that acts as a central clearinghouse for support and supportive services.